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About the role
Ethos is looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to serve as a technical leader for our SRE organization in the US. In this role, you will help set the technical direction for how Ethos builds, runs, and scales production systems, from our core AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure to the internal platforms and toolchains that power our AI initiatives. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experience: 10+ years of full-time software engineering experience in relevant roles (SRE, Infrastructure, Platform, DevOps, or Backend SWE), including significant time operating production systems at scale
- Staff-Level Impact: A track record of leading complex, multi-team infrastructure or reliability initiatives from ambiguity to delivery, and of influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team
- Software Engineering: Strong coding skills in Golang, Python, or TypeScript , and a commitment to engineering best practices: design patterns, code reviews, and testing
- Cloud & Platform Expertise: Deep, hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Experience building Kubernetes operators is a plus
- Systems Knowledge: Strong understanding of distributed systems, PostgreSQL, CI/CD systems, and observability tooling such as DataDog
- Reliability Practice: Hands-on experience implementing SLIs/SLOs, leading incident response, and running effective post-mortems
More about this role
Ethos (Nasdaq: $LIFE) is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.
Ethos is looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to serve as a technical leader for our SRE organization in the US. In this role, you will help set the technical direction for how Ethos builds, runs, and scales production systems, from our core AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure to the internal platforms and toolchains that power our AI initiatives.
This is a senior, hands-on individual contributor role with organization-wide scope. You will design and build critical infrastructure yourself, lead cross-team initiatives from conception to delivery, and...
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