Site Reliability Engineer

Longbridge; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Longbridge seeks a hands-on Site Reliability Engineer to design, scale, and safeguard the reliability of its next-generation fintech platforms. You will partner with product and engineering teams across the globe to ensure availability and performance.

Responsibilities include building scalable automation with Terraform, Ansible, and Helm; leading incident response and DR exercises; and evaluating cloud-native tech like Kubernetes and AWS to keep systems secure and resilient.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or production engineering.
• Strong background in AWS (or GCP/Azure) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Python or Go for automation and tooling.
• Solid Linux administration and CI/CD experience.
• Proven incident management and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Strong collaboration across remote/global teams.
• Experience in fintech/tech startup environment.
• Fluent Mandarin and English for international collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own system reliability: Design, implement, and operate highly available distributed systems.
• Build automation at scale with IaC and CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner globally with design through deployment to ensure resiliency.
• Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and reduce MTTR.
• Evaluate and adopt modern cloud-native tech (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP).
• Stress-test and disaster recovery planning for critical wealth services.

Skills

SRE/DevOps

Cloud platforms

Python/Go scripting

Linux administration

CI/CD pipelines

Incident management

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

Fintech startup experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Job description

Longbridge is a new-generation, AI-driven online brokerage on a mission to make investing smarter, simpler, and more accessible for everyone. Headquartered in Singapore, we are redefining the investment journey by connecting the stages of "Discovery → Learning → Trading." With our proprietary AI assistant, Longbridge AI, and a cloud-native infrastructure, we provide retail investors with institutional-grade insights and a seamless global trading network. At Longbridge, you won’t just be working for a brokerage; you’ll be building the future of financial infrastructure.

As part of our global expansion, we’re looking for a hands-on Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, scale, and safeguard the reliability of our next-generation financial platforms. This is a high-impact role where you’ll partner closely with product and engineering teams across the globe.

• Own system reliability: Design, implement, and operate highly available, secure distributed systems to meet strict uptime and performance targets.
• Build automation at scale: Develop and enforce best practices in monitoring, alerting, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Helm).
• Partner globally: Work with development teams from design through deployment, ensuring reliability and resiliency are built in from day one.
• Lead incident response: Drive on-call processes, conduct root-cause analysis, and continuously reduce MTTR and failure recurrence.
• Future-proof our stack: Evaluate and adopt modern cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Prometheus, AWS/GCP) to keep systems secure and scalable.
• Stress-test and safeguard: Lead disaster recovery, chaos testing, and capacity planning for critical wealth management services.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or production engineering roles.
• Strong background in AWS (or GCP/Azure) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or similar) for automation and tooling.
• Solid Linux administration skills and experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability in incident management and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across remote/global teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving fintech/tech startup environment.
• Proficiency in Mandarin and English at the business communication level for international team collaboration.

Why Join Us

• Shape the reliability foundation of our U.S. product launch in wealth tech.
• Opportunity to build systems from the ground up and influence technical direction.
• Competitive compensation package and growth opportunities.