Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Xometry
North Bethesda, MD

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior infrastructure and backend engineers who can lead cross-functional initiatives and define technical strategies.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 8+ years of experience in infrastructure management or backend development in product-driven environments
    — “8+ years of professional experience in infrastructure management or backend software development experience in a fast-paced, product-driven environment”
  • Individuals who have led major technical initiatives with cross-functional impact and set standards for code quality
    — “Proven experience leading technical projects with significant cross-functional impact”

Things to consider

  • This role requires a high level of technical leadership and the ability to influence key architectural and business decisions
    — “lead complex, cross-functional initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and influence key architectural and business decisions across our technology organization”
  • Candidates must be prepared to act as an escalation point for operational issues, even outside of on-call hours
    — “Comfortable working in an operational environment, including acting as a point of escalation for complex issues outside of the on-call schedule”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in defining long-term technical roadmaps and balancing trade-offs in large-scale projects
    — “Define the long-term technical roadmap and strategy for core SRE platforms and services”
  • Emphasize leadership in architecture and infrastructure scaling, particularly with AWS and Kubernetes
    — “Develop, configure, and maintain underlying platforms for deployed software (AWS accounts and networking, kubernetes clusters, and similar systems), focusing on architectural design and scaling”
  • Demonstrate expertise in observability and monitoring tools like Coralogix and Sentry
    — “Develop, configure, and maintain observability and monitoring tools (Coralogix, Sentry, etc.), including defining SLOs and SLIs”
  • Showcase a history of mentoring and promoting best practices in operational excellence
    — “Provide technical mentorship to engineers across the organization and drive organization-wide adoption of best practices for operational excellence”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • lead complex technical challenges
  • define technical roadmap
  • drive major engineering initiatives
  • mentor senior engineers
Typical background
Masters in Computer Science8+ years of experience in infrastructure management

Skills & requirements

Required

Site Reliability EngineeringInfrastructure ManagementBackend Software DevelopmentAWSTerraformKubernetesCi/cd PipelinesDocker

Preferred

ObservabilityInfrastructure Security

Stack & domain

AWSKubernetesTerraformDockerCI/CDPythonJavaScriptUnix ShellCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingLeadershipCloud ComputingSite Reliability EngineeringInfrastructure Management

About the role

Original posting from Xometry via Greenhouse

Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) powers the industries of today and tomorrow by connecting the people with big ideas to the manufacturers who can bring them to life. Xometry’s digital marketplace gives manufacturers the critical resources they need to grow their business while also making it easy for buyers at Fortune 1000 companies to tap into global manufacturing capacity.

Xometry is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Organization. In this role as a senior individual contributor, you will define the technical strategy and direction for the reliability and performance of our infrastructure and software systems. You will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and influence key architectural and business decisions across our technology organization. You will utilize your deep technical expertise to architect and implement highly reliable and scalable infrastructure solutions that empower our technology organization to quickly and safely deliver features to our customers at scale.

How You’ll Contribute:

Lead the resolution of the most complex, cross-cutting technical challenges and drive them to completion, ensuring alignment with organizational goals

Define the long-term technical roadmap and strategy for core SRE platforms and services

Architect, scope, and drive delivery of major engineering initiatives, balancing trade-offs between effort, risk, and long-term business impact

Set the standard for clean, efficient, and well-documented code, focusing on core system improvements and features

Collaborate effectively across teams, communicating clearly on progress, blockers, and outcomes to technical and executive stakeholders

Provide technical mentorship to engineers across the organization and drive organization-wide adoption of best practices for operational excellence, observability, and infrastructure security

Demonstrate accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement in all aspects of your work

Develop, configure, and maintain underlying platforms for deployed software (AWS accounts and networking, kubernetes clusters, and similar systems), focusing on architectural design and scaling

Develop, configure, and maintain observability and monitoring tools (Coralogix, Sentry, etc.), including defining SLOs and SLIs

Develop, configure, and maintain software development (CI/CD) tools (github actions runners, ArgoCD, etc)

What You'll Bring to Xometry:

8+ years of professional experience in infrastructure management or backend software development experience in a fast-paced, product-driven environment

Demonstrated deep technical expertise in one or more of the following languages: Python, Javascript, or Unix Shell

Extensive experience with AWS, including architecting, deploying, monitoring, and scaling production workloads across multiple accounts and regions

Deep expertise with Terraform, Kubernetes, advanced CI/CD pipelines, and Docker/containerization best practices

Proven experience leading technical projects with significant cross-functional impact

Comfortable working in an operational environment, including acting as a point of escalation for complex issues outside of the on-call schedule

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, comfortable engaging with technical and executive stakeholders

The estimated base salary range for new hires into this role is $165,000 - $190,000 annually + bonus depending on factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, and location. We also offer a competitive benefits package, including 401(k) match, medical, dental and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, floating and fixed holidays, maternity and bonding leave; EAP, other wellbeing resources; and much more.

#LI-Hybrid

Xometry is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

For US based roles: Xometry participates in E-Verify and after a job offer is accepted, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Source: Xometry careers (Greenhouse)

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