Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

Backblaze is seeking a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the stability, scalability, and reliability of our services and infrastructure. The role involves building automation, maintaining observability, and supporting incident response to keep customer-facing systems performing at their best.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of progressive experience in site reliability, systems engineering, or operations
• Extensive experience designing, scaling, and operating large-scale, production-grade distributed systems
• Expert-level Linux systems administration and advanced troubleshooting skills
• Lead security-minded operations, focusing on system-wide patching, hardening, and proactive vulnerability identification
• Deep mastery of service reliability concepts, including advanced monitoring, complex alerting strategy, leading incident response, and in-depth root cause analysis
• Advanced proficiency in at least one modern scripting/programming language (Python or Go strongly preferred)
• Expert knowledge of incident response methodologies and operational best practices
• Proven experience designing and operating container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) and microservices concepts required
• Expert experience with Hashicorp products (Nomad, Vault, Terraform) in a production environment

Benefits

• Healthcare for family, including dental and vision
• Competitive compensation and 401K
• RSU grants for full-time employees
• ESPP program
• Flexible vacation policy
• Maternity & paternity leave
• MacBook Pro to use for work, plus a generous stipend to personalize your workstation
• Childcare bonus (human children only)
• Fertility treatment and support
• Learning & development program
• Commuter benefits
• Culture that supports a healthy work-life balance