Full-time · Remote
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
This is a high-impact SRE role at a leading Web3 social network, focusing on the intersection of bare-metal performance and blockchain scalability. The position is ideal for a software-centric infrastructure engineer who wants to build custom tooling rather than just managing third-party SaaS. It offers a rare chance to influence the foundational architecture of a creator-centric digital economy.
Zora · New York City, New York, United States · Posted 24 April 2026
The role
Overview
This is a high-impact SRE role at a leading Web3 social network, focusing on the intersection of bare-metal performance and blockchain scalability. The position is ideal for a software-centric infrastructure engineer who wants to build custom tooling rather than just managing third-party SaaS. It offers a rare chance to influence the foundational architecture of a creator-centric digital economy.
What they need
Requirements & Skills
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deliver software to improve infrastructure scalability and latency
- Maintain and optimize core systems to enhance the internal developer experience
- Automate critical operational workflows and service lifecycle management
- Manage and troubleshoot high-performance Kubernetes clusters and RPC proxies
- Provide strategic technical input to guide the infrastructure platform's roadmap
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years in infrastructure or platform engineering roles
- Strong software development background with proficiency in Go and Python
- Extensive hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker orchestration
- Operational knowledge of distributed storage systems like Ceph
- Deep understanding of Ethereum, EVM-compatible chains, and L2 architectures (Optimism, Base, Polygon)
- Experience with database management for MongoDB and Postgres
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation and manage production incidents
Preferred
- Familiarity with Python’s asyncio programming model
- Experience with serverless platforms such as Vercel or Cloudflare Pages Functions
- Knowledge of L2 scaling solutions including zk-rollups, optimistic rollups, and bridges
- Experience with IPFS and blockchain RPC node management
- Background in building in-house Kubernetes clusters on bare metal
Key Skills
GolangPythonKubernetesDockerCephDatadogOpenTelemetryMongoDBPostgreSQLBlockchain InfrastructureSystem DebuggingAutomation
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Perks
Benefits & perks
- Competitive base salary ($170k-$225k)
- Equity ownership in the company
- Token incentives
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology
- Collaborative, mission-driven work environment
Next step
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