The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will lead reliability transformation projects, mentor junior engineers, design scalable systems, and collaborate with teams on best practices.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team and play a key role in driving the adoption of SRE best practices across our organization. If you are passionate about building reliable systems, enabling cultural transformation, and mentoring teams, this is the perfect opportunity for you. You'll work on mission-critical challenges, including observability, SLOs, and network architectures, while empowering product teams to build and maintain scalable, reliable systems.
Your Challenge
- Lead transformation projects to improve system reliability and observability.
- Mentor junior engineers and introduce best practices for SLOs, reliability, and observability.
- Design and implement scalable, reliable, and efficient systems to improve service performance.
- Contribute to architectural discussions and design reviews to ensure system robustness and scalability.
- Collaborate with software engineering teams to integrate reliability best practices into the development lifecycle
About You
- Strong experience in designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
- Proficiency in system architecture and design, including understanding of microservices, RESTful APIs, and cloud-native solutions.
- Expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and networking fundamentals, with a focus on building resilient and scalable architectures.
- Confident decision-making skills with the ability to articulate and advocate for your technical choices effectively
- Passion for mentoring junior engineers and driving best practices across teams.
Why join us in a Blacklane on the fast lane?
- Fair Pay & Shared Success → We provide good salaries and automatically enroll all employees in our Virtual Stock Options Plan (VSOP). Your shares vest over four years, with full transparency on their value growth through Ledgy.
- Blacklane Mystery Rides → As a valued contributor to our success and growth, we are pleased to offer you one complimentary ride per quarter to experience and evaluate our chauffeur services firsthand.
- Learning & Development at Blacklane → We value the person beyond the CV, which is why we are committed to your continuous growth—not just for the company’s success, but for your own professional development. We believe that when our employees stay ahead, so does Blacklane. That’s why you have free access to thousands of online courses on LinkedIn Learning, tailored to your career aspirations, along with a unique learning experience designed for those stepping into leadership roles.
- The way to your heart goes through your stomach? → If so, we’ve got something special for you: our weekly homecooked, quality office lunches. Not only do they fuel your mind and body, but they also provide the perfect opportunity to connect with colleagues from all departments, fostering stronger bonds beyond your own division.
- Your Health, No Compromise → with Nilo Health & WHOOP
We prioritize both your mental and physical well-being because a healthy team creates a thriving culture. That’s why we offer access to the Nilo Health platform for mental wellness and the WHOOP bracelet to support your fitness—available for you to use as you choose. - Social responsibility → We Care: Learn more about Miracle flights and the meaningful impact behind our commitment to making a difference.
- Share your ideas with Blacklane’s C-Level - Our approachable C-Level team values your insights. Once a month, they host a consultation day where you’re invited to share your ideas, feedback, and constructive criticism—because your voice shapes our future.
We place great value on equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome everyone to apply.
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→ Blacklane is backed by investors who share our vision: Mercedes-Benz Mobility, Tasaru, Sixt, the Al Fahim Group, Alstin Capital, RI Digital Ventures, and b2venture
Top Skills
AWS
Kubernetes
Microservices
Restful Apis
Terraform
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