SRE / DevOps Engineer

About the Role

Kraken’s Developer‑Experience (DX) team exists to make writing, shipping, and running software effortless and efficient. We work closely with product‑engineering to identify friction in the development lifecycle, and eliminate it through purpose‑built tooling, streamlined processes, clear documentation, and data‑driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Build and support infrastructure and tools, on‑prem and in the cloud.
• Drive standardisation: author RFCs and internal guides covering process improvements, reliability patterns, and best practices.
• Support and guide engineers on SRE related topics.
• Partner with product‑development teams to identify and eliminate friction.

Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years in a DevOps or SRE role.
• 3+ years experience with a systems programming language (e.g. Rust).
• Proficiency with Git source version‑control.
• Thorough knowledge of Docker, experience with Terraform.
• Experience configuring Continuous Integration (CI).
• Ability to thrive while working independently and remotely in a team‑based environment.
• Experience with monitoring/alerting (primarily Prometheus / Grafana) and knowledge of best practices.
• Self‑starter, ability to context‑switch between various projects, codebases and concepts.
• Ability to independently debug problems involving the network and operating system.
• Well‑versed in scripting languages (e.g. Bash and/or Python), Linux administration.
• Interest in security and a thoughtful consideration of security implications of development decisions.

Legal & EEO Statements

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

Applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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.