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) with specific, prior SRE experience supporting AWS-based, cloud-native applications. This role is focused on building, securing, and maintaining a highly resilient, multi-tenant SaaS platform utilizing AWS services. This is not a general DevOps role; we are looking for an SRE expert who excels at security, monitoring, alerting, and operational resilience. You will report directly to the Manager of DevOps, and your work will have a direct impact on building the foundation for a robust and scalable SaaS platform.s. 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 highly resilient and secure infrastructure for our SaaS platform using AWS services, including API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora Serverless, OpenSearch Serverless, Secrets Manager, and FusionAuth
• Ensure best-in-class security of the application using AWS security services such as WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, and implement industry-leading security practices
• Develop, implement, and maintain robust monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure the reliability and performance of our SaaS platform, including the use of CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana etc
• Facilitate and drive incident response, triage & resolution, and retrospective/root cause analysis to maintain the reliability and uptime of our platform 
• Lead incident post-mortem/retrospectives to surface reliability improvements and drive to completion
• Implement strategies to increase system resilience and performance through on-call rotation and process optimization
• Strong understanding of SRE principles, including error budgets, SLOs, SLIs and SLAs, including the ability to identify and establish them for the team
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Provide input and expertise for system architecture and feature development
• Engage and collaborate with stakeholders including Product, Development, QA, Customer Success & others to ensure work is properly defined, prioritized and executed, including improvements & future initiatives
• Educate and guide Engineering teams on best practices wrt reliability, resiliency, security, etc
• 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:

• Prior SRE experience supporting a cloud-native SaaS platform with AWS
• 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
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in site reliability engineering roles
• Expert knowledge of AWS services, specifically API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora Serverless, OpenSearch Serverless, Secrets Manager, and FusionAuth
• Expertise in AWS security services, including WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, and a deep understanding of cloud security practices
• 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
• Willingness and availability for participation in a 24x7x365 on-call rotation, ensuring prompt and effective responses to business-critical alerts outside of regular working hours
• 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.

Eligible candidates may be subject to criminal history checks, which will be conducted and used in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws.