Manager of Site Reliability Engineering

LayerZero Labs Ltd.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

LayerZero Labs Ltd. is seeking an experienced Manager of Site Reliability Engineering to lead a team responsible for the reliability, performance, and scalability of our blockchain node infrastructure and platform services.

You will balance people leadership with hands-on technical judgment, set direction, collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Platform teams, and drive IaC practices using Kubernetes and Helm.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering.
• 2+ years directly leading or managing a technical team.
• Blockchain node infrastructure experience.
• 3+ years running Kubernetes in production.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Advanced Unix/Linux and distributed systems knowledge.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.
• Proficiency in TypeScript or Golang.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of SREs—setting technical direction, growth plans, and performance expectations.
• Own the reliability strategy for blockchain node infrastructure across multiple DLTs, including SLOs, capacity planning, and incident response.
• Partner with Engineering leadership and Product/Platform teams to align reliability investments with business priorities.
• Drive infrastructure-as-code practices, focusing on Kubernetes and Helm at scale.
• Establish and improve on-call structure, incident detection/triage automation, and postmortem culture.
• Stay hands-on: review designs, investigate complex incidents, and set the technical bar for the team.

Skills

SRE leadership

Kubernetes

Helm

TypeScript

Golang

Unix/Linux

Incident response

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Helm charts

Job description

• At LayerZero, our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is at the intersection of software and systems engineering, dedicated to crafting and maintaining large-scale, resilient systems
• Our goal is to ensure that all LayerZero services — ranging from critical internal systems to those external users interact with — are reliable, meet the uptime expectations of our users, and continuously evolve at a swift pace. Our SRE professionals will monitor our system’s capacity and performance to uphold these standards
• As Manager of SRE, you’ll lead a team of engineers responsible for the reliability, performance, and scalability of our blockchain node infrastructure and platform services — while staying technically sharp enough to guide architecture decisions and jump into critical incidents
• You’ll balance people leadership with hands-on technical judgment, shaping how the team works, grows, and scales alongside LayerZero
• Lead and develop a team of SREs — setting technical direction, growth plans, and performance expectations
• Own the reliability strategy for blockchain node infrastructure across a variety of DLTs, including SLOs, capacity planning, and incident response
• Partner with Engineering leadership and Product/Platform teams to align reliability investments with business priorities
• Drive infrastructure-as-code practices, with a focus on Kubernetes and Helm at scale
• Establish and continuously improve on-call structure, incident detection/triage automation, and postmortem culture
• Stay hands-on: review designs, dig into complex incidents, and set the technical bar for the team

• 6+ years in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering, including 2+ years directly managing or leading a technical team
• Deep familiarity with blockchain node infrastructure (validator/full/archive nodes, RPC optimization, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years running Kubernetes in production, including Helm chart authoring at scale
• Advanced knowledge of Unix/Linux internals and distributed systems / high-availability design
• Track record building or scaling an on-call/incident response process
• Excellent communication skills — able to represent the team to leadership and hire/retain strong engineers
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript or Golang, with the judgment to know when to write code vs. delegate