Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to enhance their Cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will empower data teams by designing secure, scalable, and efficient systems. You will advocate for best practices in Infrastructure as Code and ensure the health and security of the infrastructure. This position offers a unique opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth environment that values continuous learning and innovation. If you are passionate about data security and reliability, and thrive in a collaborative setting, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Equity for all employees

Flexible paid time off

Health insurance

Contributions to pension plan

Health and wellness benefit of $500

Paid leave for new parents

Mental health online platform

Training opportunities

Fully stocked kitchen

Happy hours for team building

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience required.
• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform and managing production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, reliable, secure Cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure security across infrastructure and third-party systems.

Skills

Bash

Go

Python

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Linux/Unix

Networking

Docker

Kubernetes

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Problem-Solving

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent experience

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Terraform

Job description

We’re on the hunt for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic SRE team! Our mission? Empower data teams with a scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure that keeps data flowing seamlessly across Lightspeed.

If you’re passionate about data security, reliability, and high availability, and love building robust infrastructure and governance frameworks, we’d love to connect!

Role:

• Collaborate with the Data’s teams to design and implement scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-efficient Cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure security in a holistic manner, which includes infrastructure, supply chain, and interaction with third-party systems.
• Contribute to the development of data and infrastructure self-service workflows.
• Advocate for best practices in terms of Infrastructure as Code, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Security.
• Perform competitive analysis for infrastructure frameworks and data processing solutions.

And a little bit of....

• Participate in the day-to-day support and troubleshooting.
• Contribute as part of the wider team to achieve organizational objectives even if this means doing things that aren’t strictly within the scope of your role.

What will make you succeed:

• The Data teams we are supporting count on us and our KPI is their happiness.
• The infrastructure health, cost, and security is kept in check and continuously improved.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience managing production environments.
• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong experience managing infrastructure with code.

Skills and Attributes:

• Make Security Non-Negotiable: Integrate security into every decision you make.
• Demonstrate Proficiency in Bash, Go, or Python: Show you can script and automate tasks with confidence.
• Master Infrastructure as Code: Prove your expertise in IaC, preferably Terraform.
• Understand GCP Data and Security Components: Know Google Cloud’s offerings and how to secure them.
• Excel in Linux/Unix and Networking: Showcase robust system administration and networking skills.
• Know Your Containers and Databases: Bring hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Get Hands-On with Networking Tools: From VPN to VPC and VPC-SC, keep data flowing securely.
• Embrace Problem-Solving and Adaptability: Tackle challenges head-on and pivot as needed.
• Stay Eager to Learn and Step Out of Your Comfort Zone: Continuous improvement and curiosity drive success.
• Own Your Deliverables: Take full accountability for your work—quality and follow-through matter.
• Optimize Observability, Monitoring, and Alerting: Implement robust logging, metrics, and tracing solutions to detect issues before they become incidents, and to provide real-time insights into the health of your data systems.

What’s in it for you:

• Join a growing team and help us move to the next level.
• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders.
• Constant development of both your skill-set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities.
• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture.
• Innovation time to explore and learn at work.
• Shaping the company by joining cultural & technical committees.
• Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles.
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company.
• Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story.

…. And enjoy a range of benefits that will keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry.

• Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners).
• Flexible paid time off and Hybrid work policies (3 days in Montreal Office).
• Health insurance.
• Contributions to your pension plan - RRSP.
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year.
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents.
• Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services.
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career.
• Fully stacked kitchen (hot and cold beverages, meals served).
• Happy hours to build your relationships with colleagues after work.

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Where to from here?

Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.