Sr. Site Reliability Engineer I
Axon
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About the opportunity
At Axon, we are on a mission to Protect Life, pursuing society's most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software.
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer within the APX SRE organization, you will focus on delivering practical, scalable solutions to support the reliability and performance of our mission-critical, cloud-native global Kubernetes platform and the services that run on it.
You care deeply about system stability, clear documentation, and creating tools that improve the developer experience.
This role is based out of our Seattle office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation.
Key responsibilities
- Build robust, easy-to-use kubernetes platforms and tools that enable engineering teams to provision and operate services rapidly, consistently, and securely.
- Exemplify cloud-native site reliability best practices and write performant, maintainable, clear, and concise code.
- Debug issues in cloud-native distributed systems using strong problem-solving skills.
- Manage technical projects by properly scoping, planning, and defining work to meet deadlines.
- Influence and educate the engineering organization to adopt new and improved architectural patterns.
- Provide robust documentation for use by engineers to promote self-service.
- Continually seek improvement within the entire platform organization for improved reliability, operability, and cost efficiency.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of applicable experience in platform engineering and container orchestration.
- United States Citizen able to gain CJIS clearance for full US production access.
- Experience building platforms on either Azure or AWS, or preferably both.
- Experience building, operating, and innovating clustering solutions for Kubernetes platforms like AKS, EKS, or similar in production at scale.
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Go, C#, Java, and others.
- Experience utilizing CI/CD platforms to automate provisioning infrastructure, software builds, tests, and releases.
- Experience using observability tools such as APM, logging, and metrics to assist with debugging issues.
- Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools for provisioning flexible and testable modules such as Terraform, Pulumi, or similar.
Nice to have
- Experience designing tooling to simplify the operational management of SaaS/PaaS systems.
- Experience building, operating, and managing infrastructure and systems that are highly revenue, security, and/or health and life-safety critical.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and 401k with employer match.
- Discretionary time off.
- Paid parental leave for all.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Fitness programs.
- Emotional and development programs.
- Office snacks.
Job details
- Location: Seattle, WA (Hybrid: onsite Tuesday through Friday, remote Monday).
Base Pay Range
$134,250 — $214,800 USD.
Work Authorization
United States Citizen required for CJIS clearance.
About the company
Axon is a total compensation company where compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards.
We are explorers pursuing society's most critical safety and justice issues, and life here is fast-paced, challenging, and meaningful.
Visit https://www.axon.com/careers for more details.
Additional information
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and location. Some roles may require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
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