Site Reliability Engineer TechForward Columbia, SC

Jamdanceacademy; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

TechForward is hiring a backend engineer to design and optimize high-load systems. You will own the backend stack, focusing on ELK performance, Istio security, and seamless ArgoCD workflows. The role emphasizes mentorship, technical leadership, and delivering scalable improvements.

The team values fast iteration and strong data-driven decisions, with real-time decision making and a flat, meritocratic structure. Competitive compensation aligns with market norms in Columbia.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of PagerDuty experience.
• Strong leadership and delivery track record.
• Expertise in ELK Stack and microservices.
• Proven ability to design and mentor at senior level.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design reviews for senior technology initiatives
• Tune ELK Stack caching to survive the Columbia launch spike on the same hardware
• Harden Istio auth so the SC audit comes back clean
• Mentor newer senior hires on how TechForward wires ArgoCD together
• Ship the Innovation unhurried rewrite that pays down years of TechForward technical debt

Skills

Senior leadership

Project ownership

Delivery execution

Tools

ELK Stack

Istio

ArgoCD

PagerDuty

Job description

Come build the backend that powers our flat-and-fast products, writing ELK Stack that holds up under serious load. Come own your work at TechForward: $85,000 - $131,000, a supportive team, and 5 years of ArgoCD put to good use.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design reviews for senior technology initiatives
• Tune ELK Stack caching so TechForward survives the Columbia launch spike on the same hardware
• Harden TechForward's Istio auth so the SC audit comes back clean
• Mentor newer senior hires on how TechForward actually wires ArgoCD together
• Ship the Innovation unhurried rewrite that pays down years of TechForward technical debt

What You'll Bring

• 6 years of PagerDuty práctica, plus a hunger for what's next
• Innovation fundamentals plus the Team Leadership polish clients notice
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• Senior mastery of ELK Stack, validated by people who'd hire you again

TechForward is what happens when metrics-driven engineers in Columbia decide that good enough is the enemy of great Load Balancing. You'll find a flat structure where the best argument wins, regardless of title.

Step in at $85,000 - $131,000, climb with structured growth, lean on a mentor, and take the flexibility TechForward is genuinely proud of.

Recruiting for this contract position is happening in real time, not on a backlog.

The candidates who apply early at TechForward are the ones we remember, so be early.