About Kraken
As one of the largest and most trusted digital asset platforms globally, we are empowering people to experience the life-changing potential of crypto. Trusted by over 8 million consumer and pro traders, institutions, and authorities worldwide - our unique combination of products, services, and global expertise is helping tip the scales towards mass crypto adoption. But we’re only just getting started. We want to be pioneers in crypto and add value to the everyday lives of billions. Now is not the time to sit on the sidelines. Join us to bring crypto to the world.
As part of Kraken's Client Support Services (CSS) SRE Team, you will work within a world-class team of engineers building Kraken's infrastructure. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be keeping one of the fastest growing companies in the world up and available in a 24/7 environment. You will bring your own technical expertise to monitor and support staging and production environments, build tooling, CI/CD pipelines, deployment specs and generally automate internal processes to empower developers and improve team efficiency.
Responsibilities
Monitor and support Staging and Production environmentsImprove Developer Tooling, help with building Docker images, manage our Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines for automating quality testingManage releases using Kubernetes and NomadImplement tooling to keep track of key metrics and generate alertsCollaborate with Dev, QA, and Product teams to support and improve the development and release cycleDevelop tools and bots to improve and automate internal processesSupport a fully distributed team operating across numerous timezonesRequirements
3+ years experience working in a SRE, DevOps or equivalent experience as a Backend Developer working with Infrastructure1+ years experience with a programming language (NodeJS, Rust, Golang, or Python)Extensive experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, and ELKThorough knowledge of Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or NomadAbility to configure and maintain different types of proxy services such as Nginx and HAProxyProficient in Git source version-controlPassion for improving process and productsExperience configuring Continuous Integration (CI)Ability to thrive while working independently and remotely in a team-based environmentSelf-starter, ability to context-switch between various projects, codebases and conceptsAbility to independently debug problems involving the network and operating systemWell-versed in scripting languages, building and administration of LinuxInterest in security and a thoughtful and thorough consideration of the security implications of development decisionsBonus Points
Passion for open-source and contributing back to the communityKnowledge about Cloudflare Caching, Page Rules and WorkersExperience with Hashicorp Vault and its PKI featuresExperience with Kubernetes for Local development tools such as TiltExperience with ReactJS and/or NextJS frameworksExperience with Cloud infrastructureExperience benchmarking applications and identifying bottlenecksExperience with Slack, Jira, Google, and/or Gitlab APIsExperience with monitoring / alerting (primarily with Prometheus / Grafana) and knowledge of best practices in the areaExperience with distributed systems and technologies (gRPC, Kafka, NoSQL, SQL, Redis, ...)Location Tagging: #APAC #LI-Remote
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique and diverse experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives, regardless of their background. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!
As an equal opportunity employer we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
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