Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Teleport

Senior Site Reliability Engineer re-engineering the core Teleport product and optimizing routing latency globally. Building monitoring and observability stack for reliable access and alerting.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeCalifornia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $222,000 - $342,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Go and Kubernetes development, with a strong focus on Linux systems, networking, and automation. Capable of building and operating observability tools to ensure system reliability and uptime while fostering a collaborative and transparent team environment.

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Go DevelopmentKubernetes ExperienceLinux Systems AdministrationSystems Observability ToolsAWS Cloud Experience

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Hard Skills

Go ProgrammingKubernetesLinux SystemsNetworkingAutomation ScriptingTroubleshootingPatchingBackup and RestoreDisaster RecoveryAI Integration

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationIntellectual CuriosityTransparencyHonestyNo-Ego Mindset

Tools & Technologies

PrometheusGrafanaLokiAWSGCP

Industry Keywords

ObservabilitySystem UptimeOperational ChallengesSecurity ChoicesCorrectness Reasoning

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesLinuxPrometheus

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Re-engineer the core teleport product to scale globally and optimize routing latency for teams distributed around the world
Re-write portions of the core Teleport product to enable our goals for the cloud product
Build out our monitoring and observability stack to alert us to production issues and minimize false positives so we can all get a good sleep at night
Work on automation to tackle and eliminate the highest toil activities
Execute on traditional operation challenges, such as patching, scaling, backup and restore, disaster recovery, and more
Investigate the outages and incidents our customers experience with our product
Participate in the on-call rotation to ensure 24/7/365 system uptime.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Willingness to collaboratively work with Teleports’ engineers on coding challenge in Go as part of the interview process.
Strong experience in Linux systems, networking, containers, and troubleshooting.
Have solid Go and Kubernetes development experience.
Strong experience developing scripts, automation, or lightweight programs, submitting patches to the product codebase, or building tooling that incorporates AI agents into operational workflows.
AWS Cloud experience is preferred, GCP experience is acceptable.
Systems Observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki etc.
Operate and support the observability platform to maintain visibility and reliability.
Experience operate in a team where sound security choices are critical, and where reasoning about correctness and system invariants (e.g. formal or property-based methods) is valued.
Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to master new technologies.
Transparency, honesty, and a no-ego mindset.
Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Extensive health coverage
Annual expense budget
Rest and recovery policies that maximize your ability to recharge
Investment in your future with retirement savings plans
Professional development opportunities