Senior Site Reliability Engineer

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Paxos, you will design and maintain AWS infrastructure, manage database technologies, ensure system reliability, coordinate with development teams for seamless feature deployment, and enhance operational efficiency through automation scripts. Your role is critical in monitoring system performance and implementing preventive measures against incidents.

To apply for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer role at Paxos, you’ll need a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience. Additionally, at least 5 years in site reliability engineering, extensive experience with AWS services, proficiency in databases like RDS and PostgreSQL, and skills in scripting languages are essential.

In your role as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Paxos, you will work with a range of technologies, including AWS services like EC2, S3, and Lambda, database solutions including RDS and Aurora, and infrastructure management tools like Terraform. Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration is also valuable.

Paxos offers a remote work environment for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer position, fostering a collaborative atmosphere where strong communication skills are essential. You'll work as part of a dedicated team committed to reshaping the financial industry while enjoying flexibility and focus on results.

Paxos values employee development and provides opportunities for career growth for Senior Site Reliability Engineers. You will have access to ongoing training, mentorship, and the chance to work on innovative projects that are reshaping the financial landscape, helping you advance in your career.

When answering this question, focus on specific AWS services you have implemented in previous roles, how you optimized their performance, and any challenges you encountered. Highlight your familiarity with services like EC2 and RDS, and mention how they’ve contributed to project success.

Discuss the tools you use for monitoring like CloudWatch and detail your methodology for identifying and fixing performance issues. Providing examples of past experiences where you proactively improved system reliability can demonstrate your capability and insight.

Be ready to explain your process during incidents, including your communication with the team, troubleshooting steps, and how you conduct root cause analysis. Mention any tools that aid your incident response efforts to illustrate your thorough approach.

Share examples of security best practices you’ve implemented, such as data encryption and network security measures. Stress the importance of compliance and how you've kept up-to-date with security protocols relevant to cloud infrastructure.

Discuss the scripting languages you've worked with like Python or Bash, and any automation tools such as Terraform. Provide specific examples of how you automated processes to enhance efficiency in your teams.

Explain your collaboration process with development teams, including your strategies for testing and deployment. Emphasize your focus on preventing disruption and maintaining system integrity during updates.

Pick a relevant, significant issue you’ve faced and describe it succinctly. Focus on the steps you took to resolve it, the outcome, and what you learned from the experience. This helps showcase your problem-solving skills in action.

Detail your experience using containerization tools like Docker or orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. Discuss specific projects where you implemented these technologies and the benefits they brought to your infrastructure.

Use this opportunity to demonstrate your organizational skills. Describe your methods for assessing urgency and importance, and give an example of how you’ve managed multiple priorities effectively in a previous role.

Talk about factors like indexing, query optimization, and database architecture. Provide examples of specific strategies or tools you’ve used to successfully enhance the performance of databases in past projects.