Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Development Platform

Rivian • Irvine, CA

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About The Position

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.
As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to help design, build, and operate the infrastructure that underpins the build pipelines that allow our companies to produce and deliver firmware. You will play a key role in evolving our technical foundation and our approach to DevOps as a culture, working alongside other team members to turn architectural vision into reality. This position demands a deep understanding of cloud-native ecosystems, critical thinking and a practical, collaborative mindset to help enable our large developer organization.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform. Experience designing reusable modules and managing state at scale.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, networking, storage and service mesh architectures.
• Proven track record implementing GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux in production environments.
• Strong understanding of automation and scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, GoLang).
• Strong experience with one of the major Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including IAM, compute, networking and storage layers.
• Experience maintaining and optimizing CI pipelines.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to peers and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment where architectural decisions are discussed and debated.
• Willingness to mentor peers and share technical knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and implementation of infrastructure components, from a developer platform mindset, including centralized developer portals, tooling to reduce developer cognitive overhead and
• Help manage our AWS footprint by identifying opportunities for better multi-region availability, disaster recovery, and cost efficiency.
• Participate in defining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) patterns and help maintain the library of modules used across the engineering organization.
• Develop and optimize custom Kubernetes operators and controllers to automate stateful services, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Assist in building robust, automated security controls and policy-as-code to ensure platform compliance.
• Identify friction points across the organizations that operate on top of our infrastructure and collaboratively build intuitive tools that improve the developer experience.
• Support mid-level and junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical leadership.
• Work closely with engineering teams to gather requirements, identify dependencies, and provide technical input on risk mitigation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed