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Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Boston, MA💼 Full-time💰 $148,000–$185,000🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-25

Core

Define reliability standards, establish Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and translate complex telemetry into actionable insights for senior leadership to guide infrastructure decisions.

Role type

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (Strategy & Standards)

Builds

Reliability frameworks, SLO policies, and reporting tooling for critical user journeys

Domain

Gaming / Distributed Systems / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

SLO/SLI definition, error budget management, observability platform expertise, distributed systems failure analysis, cross-functional influence, technical reporting

Preferred skills

Experience with Datadog, AWS, Kubernetes, on-premise systems

Technologies

Datadog, Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Lead SLO development process, partner on SLO implementation for critical user journeys, refine reliability objectives, connect infrastructure targets to application experiences, build reliability reporting tooling, mentor teams on reliability practices

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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