Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Ironclad Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% health coverage for employees

Market-leading leave policies

Paid time off

401(k) plan with employer match

Job summary

Ironclad Inc. is seeking a strategic Staff/Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer to enhance the cloud platform and promote engineering excellence. This hybrid role requires office attendance twice a week.

The ideal candidate will possess 8+ years of DevOps/SRE experience and proficiency in Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, maintaining resilient infrastructure, and mentoring team members.

Ironclad offers a competitive salary range of $220,000 to $270,000, comprehensive health benefits, and robust employee perks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of DevOps / SRE experience.
• 5+ years of coding experience.
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform.
• Ability to build resilient infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the Site Reliability Engineering team.
• Champion best practices and engineering excellence.
• Drive architectural decisions focusing on security and scalability.
• Mentor and multiply team output.

Skills

DevOps / SRE experience

Kubernetes expertise

Google Cloud Platform knowledge

Coding experience

Modern GitOps tools proficiency

Troubleshooting skills

Exceptional communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Team-oriented mindset

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CircleCI

ArgoCD

Job description

Ironclad is the leading AI contracting platform that transforms agreements into assets. Contracts move faster, insights surface instantly, and agents push work forward, all with you in control. Whether you’re buying or selling, Ironclad unifies the entire process on one intelligent platform, providing leaders with the visibility they need to stay one step ahead. That’s why the world’s most transformative organizations, from Rivian to the World Health Organization and the Associated Press, trust Ironclad to accelerate their business.

This is a hybrid role. Office attendance is required at least twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for collaboration and connection. There may be additional in‑office days for team or company events.

We are seeking a strategic, high‑output Staff/Senior Staff SRE to define the future of our cloud platform and champion engineering excellence across Ironclad. In this role, you will pair deep cloud‑native mastery with a passion for mentoring, driving architectural resilience, and solving complex distributed systems at scale.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the Site Reliability Engineering team and our broader Cloud Platform
• Define and champion SRE best practices, setting the standard for engineering excellence across the entire organization
• Solve the whole problem. Architecture for resiliency, identify risks, and make it happen.
• A proven track record of designing and driving an “automate‑everything” culture (build, test, deploy, monitor)
• Preference for collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders
• Thorough understanding of backup/recovery systems, cloud storage architecture, and distributed systems
• Be on an on‑call rotation to respond to incidents that impact Ironclad’s availability, and provide support with internal or customer‑facing incidents
• Translate the near, mid, and long‑term strategic needs of the business into a scalable, resilient platform roadmap
• Drive critical architectural decisions with a relentless focus on security, scalability, and high performance
• Be a mentor, multiply our team’s output with leadership and guidance

Key Skills

• 8+ years of DevOps / SRE experience
• 5+ years of coding experience
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform (or similar provider)
• Ability to build resilient infrastructure
• Modern GitOps – Experience with tools like Terraform/Pulumi, CircleCI, ArgoCD
• Experience with modern AI enabled tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, Zed
• Troubleshooting and analytical skills, can PR review human and AI generated code
• Strong technical aptitude and exceptional communication skills (written and verbal)
• Desire for helping customers, and the ability to dive deep and learn a new product.
• Experience and desire to work cross‑functionally
• Team and goal‑oriented.
• High output; low ego

Bonus Points if you have

• Experience with multi‑region support
• Expert Database Management Experience
• Experience managing AI Infrastructure
• Typescript Experience

Base Salary Range

Staff Site Reliability Engineer: $220,000 - $235,000

Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer: $245,000 - $270,000

The base salary range represents the minimum and maximum of the salary range for this position based at our San Francisco headquarters. The actual base salary offered for this position will depend on numerous factors, including individual proficiency, anticipated performance, and the location of the selected candidate. Our base salary is just one component of Ironclad’s competitive total rewards package, which also includes equity awards (a new hire grant, along with opportunities for additional awards throughout your tenure), competitive health and wellness benefits, and a commitment to career growth and development.

US Full‑Time Employee Benefits at Ironclad

• 100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision), and 75% coverage for dependents with buy‑up plan options available
• Market‑leading leave policies, including gender‑neutral parental leave and compassionate leave
• Family forming support through Maven for you and your partner
• Paid time off - take the time you need, when you need it
• Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) cell phone use
• Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy, coaching, and digital tools
• Pre‑tax commuter benefits (US Employees)
• 401(k) plan with Fidelity with employer match (US Employees)
• Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun
• And most importantly: the opportunity to help build the company you want to work at

UK Employee‑specific benefits are included on our UK job postings

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.