Site Reliability Engineer, APAC

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer, APAC (Remote)

Location: Remote (APAC Region)

Company: Ava Labs

Company Overview:

Ava Labs is at the forefront of blockchain innovation, making it easy to deploy high-performance solutions for Web3, led by the Avalanche platform. Founded by Cornell computer scientists and supported by Wall Street veterans and early Web3 leaders, Ava Labs is redefining how people build and manage permissionless networks. Join us as we work to enable the digitization of the world’s assets on a single open, programmable blockchain platform.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) based in the APAC region to join our Infrastructure team. As an SRE at Ava Labs, you will play a critical role in enabling our development teams by optimizing and ensuring the reliability of the Avalanche Blockchain ecosystem. You will be responsible for overseeing production monitoring, improving infrastructure reliability, and collaborating with engineering teams to design and implement scalable solutions for a variety of use cases.

Key Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Development: Develop and optimize reliable, scalable, and efficient infrastructure solutions focused on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.
• Monitoring & Logging: Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and tracing tools to gain insights into service behavior and health, ensuring visibility and quick identification of issues.
• SLOs, SLIs & Error Budgets: Uphold and monitor Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgets to maintain the health of critical systems.
• System Resiliency: Enhance the reliability and resiliency of critical systems by identifying single points of failure and applying best practices for mitigation.
• Collaboration with Developers: Work closely with software developers to build reliability and performance into applications from the early stages of development.
• Incident Management: Automate and streamline incident management processes to reduce service disruptions and improve response times.
• On-call Rotations: Participate in on-call rotations to ensure quick restoration of services and encourage a blameless post-mortem culture for continuous learning.
• Cloud & IaC: Leverage cloud technologies and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to ensure scalable, repeatable infrastructure deployment.
• Best Practices Advocacy: Advocate for and implement best practices in reliability, security, and maintainability within the infrastructure team.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Education: BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience: 3+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), DevOps, or Cloud Engineer.
• SRE Principles: Strong grasp of SRE principles, including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and incident management.
• Cloud Expertise: Extensive experience with cloud networking and orchestration, specifically AWS and GCP.
• Kubernetes: In-depth experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• IaC Tools: Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Monitoring & Observability: Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or DataDog.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions (preferred), Jenkins, Travis CI, or Circle CI.
• Linux Systems: Hands-on experience with Linux-based infrastructures (Ubuntu preferred).
• Scripting Languages: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and GoLang for automation and operational tasks.
• Decentralized Systems: A working knowledge of decentralized architecture design patterns and distributed systems.
• English Proficiency: Fluent in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Location:

This position is remote but candidates must be based in the APAC region.

Salary Range:

The expected salary range for this position is between $85,643 and $107,054 annually. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, skills, and geographic location.

Why Ava Labs?

Joining Ava Labs offers a chance to be part of a world-class team of experts across various domains, including computer science, economics, finance, and law. As a pioneer in the Web3 space, we’re focused on empowering people to build and use decentralized applications (dApps) across multiple verticals like finance, gaming, investing, and collectibles.

Our company is backed by leading investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Initialized Capital, and Polychain Capital, with additional support from Balaji Srinivasan and Naval Ravikant. Join us and help shape the future of Web3 technologies.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Ava Labs is committed to fostering an inclusive environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or other protected statuses. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

How to Apply:

If you are passionate about Site Reliability Engineering and are excited to contribute to the future of Web3, we invite you to apply by submitting your resume and cover letter through our career portal or via email.

Ava Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.