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About the role
Debug and triage issues across a live fleet of diverse Linux-based sensor nodes and edge appliances deployed at customer sites. SSH into field hardware to diagnose, patch, and recover systems — often with limited remote access and incomplete information.
What they're looking for
- Strong Linux systems administration — comfortable working over SSH in production, not just dev environments
- Experience with edge or on-prem hardware alongside cloud infrastructure
- Solid networking fundamentals: DNS, firewalls, VPNs, subnets, secure remote access
- Scripting or programming in Python, Go, or Bash for operational tooling
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes a plus)
- Embedded systems experience — reading firmware logs, understanding hardware-software boundaries, and reasoning about what's happening below the OS is a meaningful edge in this role
More about this role
Company Background
Specter's mission is to help automate the physical world.
Today, we build video sensors with state-of-the-art AI agents that answer any question, anywhere in their environments. Our systems can automatically detect and reason about any physical activity captured on camera, from security incidents (e.g. perimeter intrusion, theft, LPR), to safety monitoring (e.g. PPE detection, injured people), to operational efficiency (e.g. material tracking, congestion monitoring). We offer both long range wireless (1km range) and wired sensor variants to suit any deployment.
Our co-founders Xerxes and Philip are passionate about empowering our partners in the fast approaching world of physical AI and robotics. We are a small, fast growing team who hail from Anduril, Tesla, Uber, and the U.S. Special Forces.
The Role
We're hiring a Site Reliability Engineer to own the operational health of our connected sensor platform — spanning a live fleet of edge hardware deployed at customer sites and the cloud infrastructure behind it.
This is a high-ownership role at the intersection of ops and platform engineering. You'll drive reliability across our sensor fleet — triaging issues...
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