Lead Tech SRE
Core
Lead the end-to-end architecture, delivery, monitoring, and continuous improvement of Kestra Cloud, a fully managed SaaS platform for orchestrating data pipelines and AI systems on GCP.
Role type
Senior hands-on IC engineering leader (Lead SRE)
Builds
A fleet of isolated, per-customer dedicated stacks (clusters, networks, databases) for Kestra Cloud on GCP
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / SaaS Operations / Kubernetes
Required skills
Kubernetes fleet operations, Google Cloud Platform (GKE, IAM, networking), Terraform module design, SRE practices (SLOs, incident response), architectural specification, team leadership
Preferred skills
FinOps, fleet control plane experience, workflow orchestration, JVM/Java production experience
Technologies
GCP, Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, OpenTelemetry, Elastic, Prometheus, Grafana, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka
Responsibilities
Define target architecture and specs for per-customer stacks, automate instance lifecycle (provisioning, upgrades, scaling), build observability stack, run on-call and incident response, drive cost efficiency and security hardening, lead a team of three SREs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities