Stellar Development Foundation · 1 hour ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$165K/yr - $225K/yr
5+ years expStellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on creating equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. They are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability and scalability of their systems, improve infrastructure, and automate operational work to support their engineering teams.
BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinTechNon ProfitPayments
Responsibilities
Maintain, improve, scale and secure our AWS/GCP infrastructure and Linux systems
Assist our development teams in running, packaging, deploying and troubleshooting applications
Work with developers on streamlining deployment processes with Jenkins and other CI/CD tooling
Build, maintain, monitor and improve our Kubernetes clusters
Work with development teams on migrating applications to Kubernetes
Be responsible for maintenance and improvements to multiple internal services, for example Kubernetes, Prometheus, ELK
Monitor, triage and respond to alerts in our high availability environments
Participate in design and code reviews, and ensure that the foundation for our services is best in class
Evaluate new technologies, design and implement as appropriate
Identify automation opportunities and implement by creating custom or by using off the shelf solutions
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience of working in cloud-based systems operations, as a SRE or DevOps engineer
First-hand experience with configuration management and infrastructure as code (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform)
Proficient in utilizing SRE methodologies like capacity planning and disaster recovery testing to ensure the scalability, resilience, and availability of critical services
A strong understanding of computer networking, TCP/UDP, load balancing, distributed computing, web services, and the fundamental protocols used by the internet (HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, etc.)
Experienced in managing production workloads and skilled in using monitoring tools to detect issues early
Comfortable with participating in on-call rotations and conducting thorough root cause analyses to keep systems running smoothly
Proficiency in at least one programming language
Committed to supporting teammates, especially during challenging times, and excited about working in a close-knit, growing team. Approachable, empathetic, and proactive in promoting collaboration and innovation
Excels in working independently, demonstrating the ability to accomplish tasks without constant monitoring
Production experience building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters
Preferred
Ability to understand Go, Rust, C++ and TypeScript source code
Experience experimenting with AI-driven approaches to operations
Benefits
Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents
Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents
Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
Life & ADD (up to $50K)
Short & Long term disability
401K with 4% match
Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
Family building benefits through Kindbody
Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
L&D budget of $1,500/year
Daily lunch and snacks in office
Company retreats
Company
Stellar Development Foundation
Stellar Development Foundation supports the development and growth of Stellar, a blockchain network that connects financial infrastructure.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Stellar Development Foundation has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (5)
2024 (10)
2023 (9)
2022 (4)
2021 (2)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$3MKey Investors
Stripe
2014-08-01Seed· $3M
Leadership Team
Denelle Dixon
Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
Jed McCaleb
Co-founder
Recent News
PR Newswire
2026-01-20
Crowdfund Insider
2025-12-20
Company data provided by crunchbase