Site Reliability Engineering - Sr. Software Development Engineer

jobs.frontdoordefense.com - Jobboard; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 177,567 - 248,593; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid parental leave

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off: up to four weeks

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to enhance the digital infrastructure supporting safe human spaceflight. This role involves improving the software lifecycle from design to deployment, particularly in cloud environments. The ideal candidate will possess strong software engineering skills along with familiarity with modern tools such as AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker. You will play a crucial role in ensuring operational scalability for groundbreaking space initiatives and contribute to a collaborative and inclusive workforce.

Qualifications

• Understanding of modern software development practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems effectively.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code technologies.

Responsibilities

• Engage in the whole lifecycle of software in the Cloud.
• Support services before production with design and consultation.
• Maintain live software by monitoring system health.

Skills

Understanding of modern software development practices

Experience in analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems

Familiarity with infrastructure as code

Knowledge of software-defined networking

Experience in Java, Python, JavaScript, C, or C++

Ability to earn trust and contribute to a culture of inclusion

Education

Must be a U.S. citizen or equivalent

Tools

Amazon Web Services

Kubernetes

Docker

Datadog

Gitlab

Linux

Ansible

Java

JavaScript

Python

Job description

Site Reliability Engineering - Sr. Software Development Engineer

Implement and manage the infrastructure for rapid development and deployment of software at Blue Origin.

Location: Seattle

Compensation: $177,567 - 248,593 USD / year

Job Tags: Software

About the Role

Site Reliability Engineer

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low‑cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Enterprise Technology (ET), where we're developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space, with an emphasis on digital capabilities required to advance Blue Origin's mission. Enterprise Technology is the center of excellence for digital technology at Blue Origin, providing oversight and governance to align technology and business strategies.

As a Site Reliability Engineer you will work on rewarding problems and interesting technologies. You will bring a software engineering approach to ensuring our systems are operational and scalable. You will make decisions and implement systems that affect the capabilities of thousands of rocket scientists and engineers at Blue Origin and beyond. At Blue Origin we rely heavily on Kubernetes for rapid software development and deployment. A candidate for this position will need to have a deep understanding and experience supporting containerized workloads and services.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Tech Stack

• Amazon Web Services
• Kubernetes and Docker
• Datadog
• Gitlab
• Linux
• Ansible
• Java, JavaScript, and Python

What Makes Our SRE’s Successful

• Technical breadth and depth with a strong understanding of emerging trends and technologies
• A strong bias for automating everything and reducing toil
• Humility and the enthusiasm to learn unfamiliar domains
• A strong 'customer first' personality and desire to be a domain expert
• High judgement with technical design decisions

Responsibilities

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of software in the Cloud – from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement
• Support services before they go to production through activities such as system design, consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, scaling and launch reviews.
• Maintain software once it is live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health.
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless post‑mortems.
• Configure, deploy, scale, and administer open source and commercial software

Qualifications

• Understanding of and experience with modern software development practices
• Experience in analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems
• Familiarity with 'infrastructure as code' and technologies used to achieve this
• Knowledge of software‑defined networking (VPC, Subnets, Firewalls, VPNs, etc.)
• Experience in one or more of the following: Java, Python, JavaScript, C, or C++.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired

• Terraform and AWS experience
• Systematic problem‑solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
• API design experience

Compensation Range for WA applicants: $177,567.00 – $248,593.80. Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long‑term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company‑paid holidays.
• Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated workforce. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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