Site Reliability Engineer II

Luno; Wes-Kaap; Remote; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cryptocurrency investment platform is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join their team in South Africa. The role involves building and scaling infrastructure, managing security audits, and applying your expertise in DevOps and software engineering. You will work with cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes and AWS, and enjoy a flexible remote working policy along with additional perks like private medical insurance and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Remote work policy

Buy and sell up to 5 days leave

Private medical insurance

Access to learning platforms

6 months primary care-giver leave

Paw-ternity leave

Annual Inspiration Day

Friendly work community

Qualifications

• Prior experience in a software engineering / DevOps / Site Reliability / Platform engineering role.
• Experience with setting up, deploying, scaling, and managing containerised environments using Kubernetes in production.
• Experience in managing large infrastructure projects using Terraform.
• Experienced with setting up, deploying, and managing various AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge to various SRE projects at Luno.
• Build and scale infrastructure, version control systems and CI/CD processes.
• Be security first when building scalable infrastructure.
• Prepare for scalability for the next crypto bull run.
• Enable other teams by provisioning scalable infrastructure.
• Comply with various security and legal/compliance audits.

Skills

Software engineering

DevOps

Site Reliability Engineering

Platform Engineering

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS

GitLab

Prometheus

Thanos

Grafana

Hashicorp Vault

Aurora MySQL

Job description

About us:

Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.

Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards.

Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.

Your mission will involve:

• Being part of the integral foundation of the Luno platform, you will get to apply your knowledge and experience to the various SRE projects at Luno.
• Building and scaling infrastructure, version control systems and CI/CD processes on the Luno platform by applying and enforcing Infrastructure as Code, which is accessed by over 8 million customers, in nearly 50 countries through various phases of the crypto trading lifecycle.
• Being security first when building scalable infrastructure
• Preparing on being scalable for the next crypto bull run
• Enabling other teams to scale by provisioning infrastructure that scales
• Being compliant with various security and legal/compliance audits that we apply for and encounter in the crypto industry

A little about you?

• Prior experience in a software engineering / DevOps / Site Reliability / Platform engineering role.
• Experience with setting up, deploying, scaling, and managing containerised environments using Kubernetes in production
• Experience in managing large infrastructure projects using Terraform
• Experienced with setting up, deploying, and managing various AWS services

What stack will you be working on:

• Terraform - IaC
• Kubernetes - Orchestration
• AWS - Infrastructure
• GitLab - CI/CD
• Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana - Observability
• Hashicorp Vault - Secrets
• Aurora MySQL - Databases

Life at Luno:

• Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
• Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
• Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
• Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
• 6 months primary care-giver leave
• Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
• Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service!
• A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events.
• 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*
• Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.