About the Role

Join RISC Zero as our inaugural Senior Site Reliability Engineer to shape the future of Bonsai and integrate cutting-edge blockchain technologies. Ideal for those passionate about startup culture, this role demands dynamic communication, a proactive mindset, and a hands-on approach to ensure system reliability and efficiency. You will be a cornerstone of our engineering team, driving innovation and excellence.

The mission of this role is to transform the Bonsai platform from Alpha to a production-ready state. As the Senior SRE, your mission is to lay the technological and operational foundations, ensuring Bonsai's seamless integration with blockchain technologies and readiness for exclusive launches.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage scalable, reliable infrastructure following SRE best practices.

• Implement and oversee monitoring and logging tools to ensure service performance and health.

• Achieve and maintain Service Level Objectives and Indicators, managing error budgets effectively.

• Enhance system resilience by eliminating single failure points and applying best practices.

• Collaborate with developers to integrate reliability into applications from inception.

• Automate incident response to minimize disruptions and improve efficiency.

• Participate in on-call rotations, leading by example in blameless post-mortems and continuous learning.

• Leverage cloud technology and Infrastructure as Code for consistent, scalable deployments.

• Promote best practices in reliability, security, and maintenance within the team.

Top Initiatives You’ll Own  (over the first 3-6 months)

• Develop and implement robust SRE practices for successful partner launches, focusing on system readiness and performance.

• Establish critical links between Bonsai and major blockchain networks, enhancing customer experiences and service capabilities.

• Oversee and optimize a GPU cluster dedicated to zero-knowledge (zk) workloads, ensuring peak performance and reliability.

• Guarantee consistent and reliable data flow from blockchain networks and web services, supporting system integrity and user needs.

• Ensure accurate and accessible data storage on the blockchain and other platforms, maintaining high data integrity and availability.

• Lead the development and management of infrastructure as Bonsai potentially transitions to a decentralized network, supporting scalability and future expansion.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering.

• Expertise in SRE principles, error budget management, and service level metrics.

• Proficiency in AWS services, orchestration, and cloud computing.

• Strong skills in Infrastructure as Code, preferably with Pulumi (Terraform is also beneficial).

• Experienced in monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).

• Solid background in Linux environments and scripting.

• Understanding of decentralized architectures and distributed systems.

Ideal Qualities

• Authenticity: Demonstrates ethical leadership, honesty, and transparency in all interactions.

• 💖 Empathy: Shows understanding and concern for the well-being of team members, demonstrating a humane orientation to leadership.

• 🌟 Resilience: Demonstrates positivity and resilience in the face of challenges, providing inspiration and motivation to the team.

• 🌱 Growth Mindset: Encourages continuous learning and personal development within the team, focusing on the human dynamic and the unique needs and strengths of all stakeholders.

• 🎯 Strategic Thinking: Exhibits the ability to think strategically and act decisively, balancing immediate needs with long-term goals.

• 🌍 Inclusive Leadership: Champions diversity and inclusion, promoting equitable opportunities and treatment for all team members.

• 🤝 Collaborative: Excels at breaking down silos and creating a "one team, one roadmap" culture. Has a strong ability to facilitate productive relationships across teams.

• 👷‍♀️Builder: You’re a Creator and a Doer, you get the vision, create the strategy, and take ownership of building it.

What We Offer

• Salary: Competitive range of $231