Lead Site Reliability Engineer
Core
Lead SREs to drive reliability across Empower's financial services platform, solving complex operational challenges and establishing technical standards.
Role type
Senior IC lead SRE (infrastructure & platform)
Builds
Enterprise-scale, multi-region AWS infrastructure supporting millions of daily transactions
Domain
Financial services / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
AWS (multi-region architecture), Kubernetes (advanced patterns, security), Terraform (IaC), Python/Go, Observability (Datadog, Splunk), CI/CD, Incident Management, Mentoring
Preferred skills
Financial services regulatory knowledge (SOC 2, PCI DSS, FINRA), Chaos engineering, Service meshes, Open-source leadership
Technologies
AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, Splunk, Python, Go
Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional reliability initiatives, Architect disaster recovery and chaos engineering, Establish SLOs and error budgets, Mentor SREs and conduct architecture reviews, Drive FinOps initiatives, Coordinate on-call schedules
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope