Site Reliability Engineer - Connectivity

About Chainlink Labs

Chainlink Labs is one of the primary contributing developers of Chainlink, the standard for onchain finance enabling high-quality data, secure cross-chain interoperability, and compliant connectivity across global markets. Chainlink powers leading tokenized assets, financial institutions, market infrastructures, and decentralized applications by providing secure access to real-world data, cross-chain messaging, and blockchain connectivity across any network. The Chainlink standard has enabled tens of trillions of dollars in transaction value and is helping unify global markets onchain. Many of the world’s largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink’s standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, Aave, Polymarket, Lido, and many others.

Chainlink Labs is a world-class team of developers, researchers, and capital markets experts, and has ranked among Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology, Fortune's Best Medium Workplace, and the Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. Learn more at chain.link or chainlinklabs.com.

About the Role

The Site Reliability Engineer role exists to build and operate reliable production infrastructure for blockchain and backend systems. The role combines Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure expertise with blockchain RPC and node fundamentals and production Go experience to strengthen the reliability and operation of critical systems.

Your Impact

• Build and operate reliable Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure for production blockchain and backend workloads.

• Improve the reliability and operational resilience of blockchain RPC and node infrastructure.

• Develop and maintain production Go and backend systems that underpin reliable infrastructure operations.

• Strengthen observability and reliability practices across production services and infrastructure.

• Improve incident readiness and operational response for production systems.

• Automate operational workflows to reduce manual effort and improve infrastructure reliability.
  

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience operating Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure in production environments.

• Applied knowledge of blockchain RPC architecture and node fundamentals in production or operational contexts.

• Built and operated production systems using Go and backend engineering practices.
  

Preferred Requirements

• Experience participating in incident response and production on-call rotations.

• Applied observability and reliability engineering practices to production systems.

• Demonstrated clear written communication and effective cross-team coordination in technical environments.

• Experience operating infrastructure for non-EVM blockchain networks.

• Built or used AI-assisted tooling and automation for engineering or operational workflows.

• Experience setting up and managing blockchain validators.

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