Junior Site Reliability Engineer

asymmetric.re; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25+ days PTO

Home office stipend

Wellbeing stipend

Professional development support

Pension/401(k) programs

Life insurance

Premium healthcare

Lucrative bonus programs

Job summary

Asymmetric Research is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design, operate, and scale blockchain infrastructure supporting L1/L2 networks and DeFi protocols. Join a remote team delivering secure, highly available systems while driving automation and reliability across globally distributed environments.

The role emphasizes building resilient production-grade services, managing Linux systems, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling with a strong emphasis on security, integrity, and

Qualifications

• 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 such as HAProxy, ALB/ELB.
• Experience with configuration management tools (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 (Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Alertmanager).
• Familiarity with distributed systems tools like Nomad or Kubernetes is a plus.
• Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure concepts is a plus (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos).

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.

Skills

Linux systems

Network infrastructure

Load balancers

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Go

Python

Rust

Kubernetes

Troubleshooting

Tools

HAProxy

ALB/ELB

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

SaltStack

Grafana

Prometheus

Alertmanager

Nomad

Kubernetes

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