Senior SRE: Resilience & Observability Architect (Hybrid)

Early Warning; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks)

Maven Family Planning

Job summary

Early Warning is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to design and implement availability and resiliency patterns for applications and infrastructure in a hybrid work model. You will lead SRE practices, mentor teammates, and collaborate with development teams on microservice design.

The role requires 12+ years of experience, strong Python/Go/Java skills, and deep expertise in cloud, containers, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 12+ years of large-scale project experience.
• Proven ability to lead teams through high-priority incidents and RCA.
• Excellent troubleshooting in complex environments.
• Hands-on design with Python, Go, or Java.
• Experience with Docker and microservices architecture.
• Experience with Kafka, SQS, or JMS.
• Database tech: Oracle, DynamoDB, Aurora.
• Caching with Redis or Memcached.
• Linux administration proficiency.
• CI/CD with Git, Chef, Maven, Jenkins.
• Strong networking fundamentals.
• Leading cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Proven track record designing end-to-end systems.
• Background and drug screen.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software to improve performance, availability, scalability, and latency, while meeting security standards.
• Support risk management and data integrity across systems.
• Build automation around deployments, config changes, and disaster recovery.
• Design, implement and evangelize observability and monitoring to detect issues proactively.
• Evaluate application capacity and provide scaling recommendations.
• Identify bottlenecks and troubleshoot with cross-functional teams.
• Serve as technical liaison and provide runbooks to Level 1/2 teams.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Develop repeatable patterns and reusable work across teams.
• Collaborate with development teams on microservice patterns and modern SRE practices.
• Mentor and coach team members as a senior expert in SRE.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Docker

Microservices Architecture

Kafka

SQS

JMS

Oracle

DynamoDB

Aurora

Redis

Memcached

Linux administration

CI/CD

Git

Maven

Jenkins

Networking fundamentals

Cross-functional leadership

Incident management

End-to-end systems design

Full stack development

Background check

Drug screening

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker Swarm

Job description

Early Warning is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to design and implement availability and resiliency patterns for applications and infrastructure in a hybrid work model. You will lead SRE practices, mentor teammates, and collaborate with development teams on microservice design.

The role requires 12+ years of experience, strong Python/Go/Java skills, and deep expertise in cloud, containers, and CI/CD.