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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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