Alloy
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
New York City, United States
USD
179K
- 226K
/ year
Published
2026-06-16
Job type
full time
Workplace
hybrid
Seniority level
lead
Salary
USD
179K
- 226K
/ year
Location
New York City, New York, United States
Timezone
UTC-4 - UTC-5
Open source time Time working on open source
35%
Upstream projects time Time working on upstream projects
5%
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Job description

About the team Alloy’s Infrastructure Team is a small team (6 engineers) responsible for a large and growing infrastructure footprint: 15+ Kubernetes clusters, 100+ databases, dozens of services, and complex data organization.

Our challenge isn’t just scale—it’s making that scale reliable, secure, and operable with less manual work.

We’re looking for engineers who enjoy turning complex, fragile systems into automated, self-service platforms with strong safety guarantees.

What you'll be doing Reporting to the Engineering Manager of Infrastructure, you'll:

ing systems based on incidents Strong communication and collaboration skills You might be a great fit if you

Default to automation over manual processes See repetitive work and immediately want to eliminate it Think in terms of systems, failure modes, and long-term scalability Care about building infrastructure that other engineers can use safely and confidently Enjoy working in a small team with high ownership and impact Nice to have

Experience running Kubernetes in production at scale Deep familiarity with AWS Experience building internal platforms or developer tooling Background in distributed systems or large-scale data systems We're a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately, and opportunities will grow as the company scales up. If this all sounds like a good fit for you, why not join us?

Alloy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Below is the anticipated starting base compensation range for this role; however, pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, in-demand skills, relevant experience, and/or geography. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for equity awards in the form of stock options (ISOs) as well as a competitive total benefits package. Your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details and what compensation could look like for you specifically!

Responsibilities
  • Design and build systems to automate infrastructure management at scale (provisioning, upgrades, migrations)
  • Reduce operational toil by turning manual processes into reliable, repeatable workflows
  • Build internal tooling and platforms that enable safe self-service changes for other engineers
  • Improve the reliability and resilience of our infrastructure (Kubernetes, databases, services)
  • Implement and evolve systems for deploying and running applications in Kubernetes
  • Contribute to architecture decisions across infrastructure, reliability, and security
  • Write and review production-quality code
  • Participate in on-call rotations—but focus on building systems that prevent incidents, not just respond to them
Qualifications
  • 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, SRE, or software engineering roles
  • Strong software engineering skills—you build systems, not just scripts
  • Experience managing production infrastructure at scale (cloud + containerized systems)
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
  • Experience running and troubleshooting distributed systems (Docker/Kubernetes)
  • Experience with observability and debugging tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, ELK/EFK, etc.)
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, JavaScript, etc.)
  • Experience participating in on-call rotations and improving systems based on incidents
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills

You might be a great fit if you

  • Default to automation over manual processes
  • See repetitive work and immediately want to eliminate it
  • Think in terms of systems, failure modes, and long-term scalability
  • Care about building infrastructure that other engineers can use safely and confidently
  • Enjoy working in a small team with high ownership and impact

Nice to have

  • Experience running Kubernetes in production at scale
  • Deep familiarity with AWS
  • Experience building internal platforms or developer tooling
  • Background in distributed systems or large-scale data systems
Required skills
kubernetes
docker
aws
terraform
helm
python
golang
git
sre
containers
service mesh
microservices
Benefits
401k
health insurance
paid time off
company retreats
learning budget
mental wellness bugdet
equity compensation
Apply instructions

Apply from our job posting here.

About company

Alloy helps solve the identity risk problem for companies that offer financial products by enabling them to outpace fraud and confidently serve more people around the world. Over 800 of the world’s largest financial institutions and fintechs turn to Alloy to take control of fraud, credit, and compliance risk, and grow with the clearest picture of their customers.

Through our values: Be Bold, Get Scrappy, Collaborate, and Celebrate Our Differences, we are creating a workplace where you can grow, thrive, and belong. See how we’ve been continuously recognized and named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces, Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers, Best Fintech to Work for by American Banker, year after year.

Check out our investors and read more about us here.

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