Site Reliability Engineer (Remote, US-based)

Overview

Liquibase is the leader in Database DevOps. Downloaded more than 100 million times, our software enables DevOps teams around the globe to accelerate the software delivery process by automating database updates, security, and governance. We are a nimble, fast-paced, innovative team with the opportunity to make an outsized impact on the business and the industry.

Liquibase is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who will work directly on a greenfield SaaS platform and will report to the Manager of DevOps. Your primary efforts will be in building, securing, and maintaining a multi-tenant SaaS application leveraging AWS services. Here at Liquibase, we value developer feedback; we want to hear what you think might work best, or why something just won’t cut it!

What you’ll be doing:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and efficient infrastructure for our SaaS platform using AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda, RDS, OpenSearch, and Secrets Manager
• Ensure the security of the application using AWS security services such as WAF, Shield, and GuardDuty
• Develop, implement, and maintain robust monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure the reliability and performance of our SaaS platform
• Utilize tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar to monitor application and infrastructure health
• Proactively identify and resolve potential issues before they impact users
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Provide input and expertise for system architecture and feature development
• Help diagnose and resolve production incidents expeditiously
• Collaborate with our Product, Development & QA teams to ensure work is properly defined, documented, prioritized and executed
• Engage with stakeholders outside of Product and Engineering (such as Customer Success, Support, and others) to accurately represent ongoing work and collaborate effectively on improvements and future initiatives
• Participate in the Agile Development lifecycle helping us to stay realistic on our goals and flexible in our execution
• Foster a culture of group collaboration while being effective at working independently at the same time

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• AWS Solutions Architect and/or AWS DevOps Professional Certifications
• A self-starter with strong communication skills, written and verbal, and prior experience thriving in a distributed work environment
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in site reliability engineering or DevOps roles
• Expertise in AWS services, including API Gateway, Lambda, RDS, OpenSearch, and Secrets Manager
• Expertise in AWS security services, including WAF, Shield, and GuardDuty
• Strong experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar
• Proven ability to design and implement effective monitoring strategies to ensure system reliability and performance
• Extensive experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code
• Experience building, securing, and maintaining a multi-tenant SaaS application
• Experience with IDPs such as FusionAuth, Okta, Auth0, or similar
• Strong understanding of information security principles and practices

Nice to Haves:

• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, or similar
• Experience with other cloud providers such as Azure and GCP
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration
• Prior startup experience, especially launching applications with customer adoption and usage

Perks of life at Liquibase:

• Remote culture, potential for company-wide in-person gatherings
• Home office allowance for remote workers
• Meaningful equity (US only)
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental benefits - country dependent
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays
• 401K matching (US only)
• No punks, no jerks culture
• Growth opportunities and ability to move up within the company

We take pride in:

• A transparent and collaborative team environment. We value multiple perspectives and fresh thinking.
• Our entrepreneurial culture. We provide every employee the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
• Providing the opportunity to work with new technologies and learn from experienced professionals.
• How organizations, large and small, use DevOps to drive developer agility and accelerate software delivery.

Company Overview - We are Liquibase

A career at Liquibase means joining a quickly growing company on the front lines of the DevOps space. Our vision is to be the easiest, safest, and most powerful community-led database change management solution. As companies of all sizes continue to adopt an agile methodology and DevOps practices, there is a growing realization that the database needs to be considered as part of this innovation process.

At Liquibase, we foster a culture rooted in the open-source values of freedom, choice, transparency, and meritocracy. These are not just fashion labels here, but sincere convictions, and you’ll see that reflected in the way we operate daily. We’re caffeinated, collaborative & confident experts, eager to solve the most challenging database CI/CD problems for our customers.

Want to help the software world move faster? You’ve found the right place.

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