Senior Software Engineer -SRE

📋 Description

• • Socure is at the forefront of building the essential identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy, dedicated to verifying 100% of legitimate identities in real-time and proactively preventing fraud. This is a mission of significant scale, tackling complex challenges with a profound impact on businesses, governments, and individuals daily. We seek individuals who embrace a high level of responsibility, thrive on rapid progress, engage in critical thinking, act with ownership, and are deeply committed to solving customer problems with exceptional precision. This role is not suited for those seeking predictability or a narrowly defined scope; instead, it's an opportunity to contribute to shaping the future of identity alongside a team that upholds rigorous standards for itself.
• • As a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), you will be instrumental in building and operating mission-critical, production-grade systems. This position is designed for engineers who take full ownership of their creations, excel in high-pressure environments, and are dedicated to continuously elevating the bar for reliability and operational excellence. Your work will be at the crucial intersection of cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, sophisticated automation, and comprehensive observability, with a primary emphasis on proactive incident prevention rather than reactive responses. You will be responsible for the end-to-end ownership of highly available and scalable AWS infrastructure, ensuring its robustness and performance. This includes the design, operation, and ongoing enhancement of Kubernetes (EKS) platforms, guaranteeing the reliability of production systems through meticulous observability practices, robust automation strategies, and well-defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs). Furthermore, you will own the CI/CD systems that facilitate safe, rapid, and repeatable deployments, ensuring that infrastructure is consistently defined and enforced through Infrastructure as Code principles using Terraform and GitOps workflows. Your responsibilities will also encompass incident response, thorough root cause analysis, and the implementation of long-term remediation strategies to prevent recurrence. A key aspect of this role involves raising overall operational standards across the team through the development of automation, comprehensive documentation, and the consistent application of industry best practices.
• • You will be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team at Socure, a company that is revolutionizing digital identity verification. The engineering culture emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to excellence. You will work alongside talented engineers who are passionate about solving challenging problems and building resilient systems. The team operates with a high degree of autonomy and is empowered to make impactful decisions, fostering an environment where continuous learning and professional growth are paramount. This is an opportunity to contribute to a product that has a tangible and positive impact on the digital world, working with cutting-edge technologies in a supportive and challenging environment.
• • In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to deepen your expertise in cloud-native technologies, advanced SRE principles, and large-scale distributed systems. You will gain invaluable experience in managing and optimizing complex Kubernetes environments, mastering Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, and implementing sophisticated CI/CD and GitOps pipelines. The role offers significant exposure to observability tools like Datadog, enabling you to translate complex data into actionable insights for improving system reliability and performance. You will also develop advanced troubleshooting skills for intricate, multi-layered systems and hone your ability to design and implement resilient, scalable infrastructure. This position is an excellent platform for career advancement, providing the chance to lead initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and significantly contribute to the architectural direction of Socure's core infrastructure, ultimately shaping the future of identity trust in the digital economy.