Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Jobgether

2d • $200,000 - $260,000 • Remote

About The Position

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Principal Site Reliability Engineer in United States.
This role provides leadership in designing, scaling, and maintaining highly reliable and performant infrastructure in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You will work across teams to improve system reliability, optimize deployments, and drive operational excellence using modern cloud-native tools and practices. The role demands a hands-on, “doer” mentality, applying deep technical expertise in SRE, backend engineering, and distributed systems to solve complex challenges. You will influence the technical roadmap, mentor engineers, and implement best practices for observability, CI/CD, and automation. This is a high-impact position offering autonomy, visibility, and the opportunity to shape the engineering culture while leveraging AI tools to scale productivity and infrastructure reliability.

Requirements

• 12+ years of professional software engineering or infrastructure engineering experience, with significant SRE and backend experience
• Hands-on experience deploying production changes to large-scale applications or infrastructure
• Strong proficiency in Golang and experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs
• Expertise with SQL-based databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and optimizing schemas/queries for performance
• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic) and monitoring best practices
• Solid understanding of distributed systems design patterns (event-driven architecture, stream processing, transactional outbox, queues)
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives, influence decisions, and introduce new ideas
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

• experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, AI developer tooling, and data pipelines
• track record of shipping commercial APIs and high-traffic applications in scaling environments

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement scalable, reliable infrastructure using Kubernetes, AWS, RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL), and distributed system patterns
• Drive infrastructure roadmap initiatives to enhance system reliability, recoverability, and performance
• Lead capacity planning, stress testing, and benchmarking to identify bottlenecks and prepare systems for growth
• Define, maintain, and enforce SLAs, alerts, and observability standards across infrastructure
• Implement AI and automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and developer productivity
• Build consistency and scalability in a distributed microservices architecture while ensuring high performance
• Establish and evolve engineering best practices for CI/CD, security, and monitoring
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of learning, innovation, and operational excellence
• Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business objectives into actionable technical roadmaps

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $200,000 – $260,000 per year
• Unlimited PTO, volunteer hours, and sabbatical opportunities
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, STD/LTD insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Flexible, collaborative, and inclusive work environment
• Opportunities for mentorship, career growth, and technical leadership
• Support for work-life balance and personal development initiatives
• Remote-first position with occasional cross-functional collaboration opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level