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Engineering Manager – SRE
| Company | Vercel |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $220000 – $300000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- At least 5 years experience in an SRE role, or at least 8 years experience in an adjacent role (e.g. platform engineering), operating in a scaled environment.
- At least 3 years experience in engineering management.
- Firm grasp of the SRE philosophy and mindset, with practical experience working on or directly with SRE teams that have proactively engaged in system design and improvement.
- Strong sense of accountability and commitment to problem solving, backed by a curiosity to dig deep and identify root causes.
- Willingness to proactively engage with development teams to influence the course of software design and operational practices.
- Capability to manage risk, make decisions, and exhibit sound judgment.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver long-term projects.
- Experience with distributed system design.
- Experience and comfort with cloud, networking, software, and operating system concepts.
Responsibilities
- Build & nurture the SRE team at Vercel, holding a high bar for technical work and teamwork. Build rapport with each member of the team and support them as they level up their skills.
- Define and maintain company-wide practices around SLO definition and management, incident management, postmortem analysis, and disaster testing and recovery.
- Generate informed insights regarding service quality and interface directly with executive leadership to communicate risks and opportunities and influence cross-engineering prioritization.
- Partner more specifically with CDN and Compute engineering teams to define and manage SRE-driven project initiatives that improve the robustness and operational efficiency of the company’s most critical serving systems.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
