Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Infrastructure Platform

Updated on 5/26/2023

Locations

Remote • United States

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Development Operations (DevOps)

C/C++/C#

Java

Perl

Ruby

Splunk

Kubernetes

Python

Blockchain

Requirements

You're focused on what matters most and ignore unimportant industry distractions
You take extreme ownership and deliver outstanding results
You have a growth mindset, seek out feedback and engage in constructive dialogue with others to help them grow
You move fast and evolve with rapidly advancing technologies
You want to be part of a team that excels and is committed to building the Chainlink Network and growing the Web3 ecosystem over the long term
You are welcoming toward a diverse network of participants joining an open, global standard
You're excited about the future of Web3 and building a world powered by cryptographic truth
7+ years of relevant professional experience. You probably have worked on a devops, infrastructure, SRE, and/or platform team before
Ability to develop software outside of the scope of typical infrastructure requirements and configurations
Have led large cross-team initiatives and can demonstrate a successful track record with quantifiable metrics that impact the business
Experience programming in C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Perl, or Ruby
Expert knowledge in all aspects of designing, developing, and managing large real-time systems
Experience with monitoring and logging. You know how to export metrics using Prometheus, have built a Grafana dashboard or two, and have experience with a centralized logging solution like an ELK Stack, Splunk or LogDNA
Experience with distributed systems and container orchestration. You have maintained or even built Kubernetes clusters before and feel comfortable deploying complete new services on them
Strong communication skills. You can give and receive constructive feedback, and you do not shy away from planning meetings and code reviews
Familiar with most tools from our stack (see below)

Responsibilities

Build and orchestrate large, distributed infrastructure
Ensure reliability, security, and performance exceed our defined SLAs
Understand what a successful internal developer platform looks like and continue to build and expand upon it from a product and customer focused mindset
Work with engineers from across the company to help troubleshoot issues, deploy new products and services, and increase velocity while decreasing cognitive load
Provide technical leadership across numerous engineering teams
Champion reliability and security by taking the time to do your work right the first time

Desired Qualifications

Excitement for blockchain, Web 3.0, and similar decentralized technologies
Experience running any infrastructure in the blockchain/web3 space
Ability to scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
Experience with internal developer platforms and service catalogs
Experience with setting team priorities (OKRs) and aligning business processes required to get a product/service from ideation to production (PRD, RFC, etc)
Experience working remotely in a distributed team
A strong desire to grow and challenge yourself. We would expect you to constantly find ways to improve and automate services to reduce toil

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST). We encourage you to apply regardless of your location.

About Us

Chainlink is the industry-standard Web3 services platform that enables developers to build feature-rich Web3 applications with seamless access to real-world data and off-chain computation.

• Chainlink has helped enable $7T+ in transaction value since the start of 2022.

• Over 1,700 Web3 projects have integrated Chainlink services.

• Chainlink is live on 15+ blockchains with many having joined the Chainlink SCALE program.

• Chainlink is relied upon by industry-leading protocols like Aave, Compound, Paxos, Synthetix, and ENS.

• Chainlink has delivered 7.4B+ data points on-chain and onboarded 900+ decentralized oracle networks.

• Chainlink has established collaborations with Associated Press, Accuweather, AWS, Google Cloud, Meta, and Twilio.

• The world-class Chainlink Labs research team has won various awards for its work on distributed systems, security, and more.

Who we’re looking for:

• You’re focused on what matters most and ignore unimportant industry distractions.

• You take extreme ownership and deliver outstanding results.

• You have a growth mindset, seek out feedback and engage in constructive dialogue with others to help them grow.

• You move fast and evolve with rapidly advancing technologies.

• You want to be part of a team that excels and is committed to building the Chainlink Network and growing the Web3 ecosystem over the long term.

• You are welcoming toward a diverse network of participants joining an open, global standard.

• You’re excited about the future of Web3 and building a world powered by cryptographic truth.

At Chainlink Labs, our engineering team pushes the scale and capabilities of decentralized applications across the industry. The Chainlink Network holds >70% market share in the oracle space, solving real-world problems by enabling smart contracts to securely interact with off-chain data/computation.

We value talented and driven craftsmen who work collaboratively to tackle complex challenges, deliver product impact, and grow as builders. Join us and shape the future of blockchain technology and decentralized finance.

All roles with Chainlink Labs are globally remote based. We encourage you to apply regardless of your location.

The Infrastructure Platform team enables Chainlink development and empowers engineers to continue building and supporting crucial products and services that have a profound impact in the blockchain industry. Recently, Chainlink crossed $7 trillion TVE (total value enabled) as an undisputed leader in the oracle space. Reliability is vital to the success of our company. As a staff SRE, you will help us accelerate and enable other engineering teams by increasing self-service and decreasing cognitive load. Key initiatives surrounding our mission include architecting and building a services catalog and an internal developer platform.

This job would be perfect for someone who has a strong DevOps mentality, is passionate about building and maintaining a mature GitOps environment, and has experience building and growing an internal developer platform. The entire engineering team is expanding, and you would have plenty of opportunities to build, learn, and grow.

We are distributed across time zones and continents, and we embrace remote work. Our on-call rotation uses the follow-the-sun pattern: you will be on-call some of the time, but your shifts will be during your day and our team is large.

We all have different backgrounds and are determined to help you succeed no matter where you are or who you are. If you think you would do a great job at Chainlink, we are looking forward to speaking with you, even if you don’t match 100% of the job requirements: those describe people we’ve usually had a great time working with, but they’re not a tick-box exercise.

Your Impact

Build and orchestrate large, distributed infrastructure
Ensure reliability, security, and performance exceed our defined SLAs
Understand what a successful internal developer platform looks like and continue to build and expand upon it from a product and customer focused mindset
Work with engineers from across the company to help troubleshoot issues, deploy new products and services, and increase velocity while decreasing cognitive load
Provide technical leadership across numerous engineering teams
Champion reliability and security by taking the time to do your work right the first time

Requirements

7+ years of relevant professional experience. You probably have worked on a devops, infrastructure, SRE, and/or platform team before
Ability to develop software outside of the scope of typical infrastructure requirements and configurations
Have led large cross-team initiatives and can demonstrate a successful track record with quantifiable metrics that impact the business
Experience programming in C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Perl, or Ruby
Expert knowledge in all aspects of designing, developing, and managing large real-time systems
Experience with monitoring and logging. You know how to export metrics using Prometheus, have built a Grafana dashboard or two, and have experience with a centralized logging solution like an ELK Stack, Splunk or LogDNA
Experience with distributed systems and container orchestration. You have maintained or even built Kubernetes clusters before and feel comfortable deploying complete new services on them
Strong communication skills. You can give and receive constructive feedback, and you do not shy away from planning meetings and code reviews
Familiar with most tools from our stack (see below)

Desired Qualifications

Excitement for blockchain, Web 3.0, and similar decentralized technologies.
Experience running any infrastructure in the blockchain/web3 space
Ability to scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
Experience with internal developer platforms and service catalogs
Experience with setting team priorities (OKRs) and aligning business processes required to get a product/service from ideation to production (PRD, RFC, etc)
Experience working remotely in a distributed team
A strong desire to grow and challenge yourself. We would expect you to constantly find ways to improve and automate services to reduce toil

Our Stack

Some of the tools and services we use daily or almost daily are:

AWS; Terraform/Terragrunt; Kubernetes, Calico and ArgoCD; Prometheus and Grafana; GitHub Actions; Packer.

We expect you to be comfortable with most of those tools.

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Open-source, data-enabled blockchain solutions

Company Overview

Chainlink provides reliable tamper-proof inputs and outputs for complex smart contracts on any blockchain. Chainlinks provide a reliable connection to external data, that is provably secure end-to-end.

Company Core Values

Being part of an idea meritocracy: We take ownership in the work we do and value real impact. There are no limits to what you can get involved in.
An open-source software ethos: We’re driven by creating a public good. What we build is by everyone, for everyone.
Being immersed in excellence: We hold ourselves to the highest standards—for our teams, our product, and our position in the ecosystem.
Building a world changing product: Smart contracts are redefining major industries, and we’re at the forefront of this global shift.
Being part of a high growth startup: Experience rapid personal and professional growth by accessing a broad scope of work and exceptional mentorship.
Autonomous, remote & flexible work: We’re a remote-first workplace that values autonomy, flexibility, and results.