Site Reliability Engineer: Cloud Uptime & Cost Optimization

DE Shaw; Surprise (AZ); On-site; USD 77,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid learning

Health coverage

Mentorship

Flexible Surprise, AZ setup

Job summary

DE Shaw is seeking a mid-level Site Reliability Engineer in Surprise, AZ to help bring software from prototype to production. The role rewards 4 years with $77,000 - $103,000 and room to run in a fast-paced environment.

You'll trim cloud costs, write Nginx integration tests, review for quality, break the monolith into PostgreSQL services, and defend uptime at all hours while maintaining strong code quality through automated testing and linting.

Qualifications

• 4+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts.
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny.
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information.
• A genuinely-flexible bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait.

Responsibilities

• Trim DE Shaw's cloud bill by right-sizing the Negotiation infrastructure in Surprise, AZ
• Write the Nginx integration tests that catch regressions before Surprise, AZ ships them
• Spot the make-it-better CKA Certification anti-pattern in review before it spreads through DE Shaw
• Slice the relentlessly curious technology monolith into PostgreSQL services Surprise, AZ can deploy alone
• Defend DE Shaw uptime through the 2 a.m. Surprise pages nobody volunteers for
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis

Job description

DE Shaw is seeking a mid-level Site Reliability Engineer in Surprise, AZ to help bring software from prototype to production. The role rewards 4 years with $77,000 - $103,000 and room to run in a fast-paced environment.

You'll trim cloud costs, write Nginx integration tests, review for quality, break the monolith into PostgreSQL services, and defend uptime at all hours while maintaining strong code quality through automated testing and linting.