Engineering Team Lead, Site Reliability Engineer
Remote
Full Time
#Technology
#Engineering
#AWS
#PHP
#Infrastructure as Code
#SRE
#Architecture
#Scalability
#Performance Optimization
#Systems
#Disaster Recovery
#Security
At Givebutter, we are dedicated to empowering non-profits and charitable organizations across the globe. Our platform has already facilitated hundreds of millions of dollars in donations for over 10,000 organizations, and we are looking for a Site Reliability Team Lead to help us scale that impact even further. In this role, you will report directly to our CTO, overseeing the performance, scalability, and reliability of our systems while fostering an engineering culture that prioritizes innovation and high-quality output. We believe in a democracy of code where ideas are shared openly, and we protect your focus by minimizing unnecessary meetings. You will join a mission-driven team that values automated, consistent deployment pipelines and effective problem-solving.
Key outcomes
- Lead and grow our team by hiring and managing both in-house SREs and external contractors.
- Take ownership of incident management, ensuring that issues are prioritized and resolved with clear communication.
- Define and track reliability metrics while maintaining robust alerting systems.
- Utilize Infrastructure as Code to automate tasks and manage our underlying systems.
- Optimize system performance by identifying bottlenecks and ensuring our applications scale effectively.
- Design fault-tolerant, highly available architecture to minimize downtime.
- Create and test comprehensive disaster recovery plans to guarantee business continuity.
- Manage capacity planning to stay ahead of our infrastructure requirements.
- Establish and uphold clear SLOs and SLAs to meet our performance standards.
- Prioritize application security through industry best practices and regular penetration testing.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience building and deploying production infrastructure at scale.
- A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience working with AWS.
- Proficiency in PHP.
- Deep familiarity with current trends and best practices in SRE and cloud infrastructure.
- At least 2 years of experience in system architecture management, specifically focusing on reliability, security, and performance.
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and communicate effectively within a technical team.
- Experience managing a remote engineering team.
- Fluency in English.
Preferred qualifications
- Prior experience working within a product-led growth company.
Compensation
This is a full-time, remote position. We offer the flexibility of working from anywhere, allowing our engineers to manage their own schedules to ensure productive, uninterrupted work time.
How to apply
If you are passionate about building reliable infrastructure for a mission-driven organization, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your application to join our engineering team and help us continue to support the important work of non-profits worldwide.
