Associate Site Reliability Engineer

SOLANA FOUNDATION; Paris; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Home office stipend

Wellbeing stipend

Professional development

Pension plan

Life insurance

Healthcare insurance

Bonus programs

Job summary

Asymmetric Research is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design, operate, and scale mission-critical blockchain infrastructure supporting L1/L2 networks and DeFi protocols, in a high-trust, globally distributed team. You will implement infrastructure-as-code, ensure high availability, and drive automation, CI/CD pipelines, and operational tooling across production environments.

The role requires 2+ years in SRE/DevOps, strong Linux and networking skills, experience with load balancers,

Qualifications

• 2+ years in Site Reliability, DevOps, or Infra Engineering.
• Strong Linux and networking fundamentals.
• Hands-on with load balancers and high-availability tech.
• Experience with configuration management tools.
• CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.
• Knowledge of monitoring/observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage and scale globally distributed blockchain infrastructure.
• Design, architect, deploy, and operate production-grade services.
• Implement IaC across dev, staging, and prod.
• Ensure high availability and performance of critical systems.
• Contribute to automation, CI/CD, and tooling.
• Monitor health and troubleshoot incidents.

Skills

SRE/DevOps

Linux

Networking

Load balancers

Configuration mgmt

CI/CD

Observability

Tools

HAProxy

Ansible

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Asymmetric Research:

Asymmetric Research is a specialized security firm focused on long-term, integrated partnerships with L1/L2 blockchains and DeFi protocols. We help teams build resilient systems, strengthen security posture, and proactively address emerging threats.

Culture:

AR is a fully remote organization and members of our team have been strongly committed to open-source values for decades, having worked at organizations with deep open-source roots and strong security programs including Google, Netflix, Mozilla, Stripe, and Jump Crypto. We pride ourselves on maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality, trust, and professionalism.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join Asymmetric Research. In this role, you will design, operate, and scale mission-critical blockchain infrastructure supporting leading L1/L2 networks and DeFi protocols, working within a high-trust team to deliver secure, highly available, production-grade systems while driving automation, reliability, and operational excellence across our globally distributed environments.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain a globally distributed blockchain infrastructure fleet
• Design, architect, deploy, and operate production-grade infrastructure services
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code across development, staging, and production environments
• Ensure high availability and performance of mission-critical systems
• Contribute to automation, CI/CD pipelines, and operational tooling
• Monitor system health and respond to incidents with strong troubleshooting fundamentals
• Uphold the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and operational discipline

What we're looking for:

• 2+ years of experience in a Site Reliability, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering role
• Strong experience managing Linux systems and network infrastructure
• Hands-on experience with load balancers and high-availability technologies (e.g., HAProxy, ALB/ELB)
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack)
• Solid troubleshooting skills across hardware, networking, and software systems
• Development experience in Go, Python, or Rust
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows
• Experience with open-source monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Alertmanager)

Good to have, not required:

• Experience operating distributed systems using tools such as Nomad or Kubernetes
• Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, or Move-based ecosystems

Benefits:

• 25+ days of paid time off
• Comprehensive stipends for home office, wellbeing, professional development, and more
• Pension/401(k) programs
• Life insurance
• Premium healthcare
• Competitive base salary
• Lucrative bonus programs