Site Leader

Weekday AI; Polska; Ibrido; PLN 480.000 - 900.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Weekday AI is seeking a highly experienced Site Leader with a strong background in SRE and infrastructure to lead and scale our engineering operations. You will build resilient, scalable, and secure systems while guiding cross-functional teams to deliver reliable platforms.

As an Engineering Manager-level leader, you will define reliability strategy, establish SLAs/SLOs, drive automation and observability, mentor leaders, and ensure best-practice security and cost management across our

Competenze

• 10–15 years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or SRE, with at least 3–5 years in an Engineering Manager or leadership role.
• Proven expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and modern infrastructure architectures.
• Deep understanding of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and scale distributed engineering teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on system-level thinking and root cause analysis.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Mansioni

• Lead and manage SRE and Infrastructure teams, driving operational excellence and fostering a culture of reliability and accountability.
• Define and execute the overall infrastructure and reliability strategy aligned with business goals.
• Oversee the design, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, highly available, and secure systems.
• Establish and monitor SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs, ensuring consistent service performance and uptime.
• Drive incident management processes, including root cause analysis, postmortems, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to embed reliability and scalability into the development lifecycle.
• Champion automation, observability, and proactive monitoring to minimize downtime and improve system health.
• Manage infrastructure costs, capacity planning, and resource optimization.
• Mentor and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, building a strong leadership pipeline.
• Ensure adherence to best practices in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and security compliance.

Conoscenze

SRE leadership

Cloud platforms: AWS/GCP/Azure

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Distributed teams leadership

Observability & monitoring

Stakeholder management

Security/compliance awareness

Strumenti

Terraform

CloudFormation

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Descrizione del lavoro

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 10 years

Location: Poland, Remote (poland)

JobType: full-time

We are seeking a highly experienced and driven Site Leader with a strong background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Infrastructure to lead and scale our engineering operations. This role is ideal for a seasoned Engineering Manager who thrives at the intersection of leadership, system reliability, and large-scale infrastructure management. As a Site Leader, you will be responsible for building resilient systems, managing high-performing teams, and ensuring the availability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage SRE and Infrastructure teams, driving operational excellence and fostering a culture of reliability and accountability.
• Define and execute the overall infrastructure and reliability strategy aligned with business goals.
• Oversee the design, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, highly available, and secure systems.
• Establish and monitor SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs, ensuring consistent service performance and uptime.
• Drive incident management processes, including root cause analysis, postmortems, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to embed reliability and scalability into the development lifecycle.
• Champion automation, observability, and proactive monitoring to minimize downtime and improve system health.
• Manage infrastructure costs, capacity planning, and resource optimization.
• Mentor and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, building a strong leadership pipeline.
• Ensure adherence to best practices in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and security compliance.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or SRE, with at least 3–5 years in an Engineering Manager or leadership role.
• Proven expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and modern infrastructure architectures.
• Deep understanding of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and scale distributed engineering teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on system-level thinking and root cause analysis.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing large-scale, high-traffic production systems.
• Background in DevOps transformation and cloud-native architecture.
• Familiarity with security best practices and compliance frameworks.