SRE Lead

A fast-growing fintech firm in Taiwan seeks a Site Reliability Engineering Lead to build and scale reliable global systems for a blockchain-focused platform in a VC-backed environment.

Key responsibilities:

As Site Reliability Engineering Lead, you will oversee AWS/Kubernetes reliability, automation, and incident management while driving SRE best practices.

• Lead and manage the SRE team to ensure high availability, scalability, and reliability of production systems
• Own AWS cloud infrastructure operations including monitoring, security, resource management, and cost optimisation in a 24/7 environment
• Lead incident management, troubleshooting, RCA, post-incident reviews, and continuous service improvements
• Ensure compliance with security, audit, and regulatory standards (e.g., MAS TRM, ISO 27001) across infrastructure and operations
• Drive SRE best practices including observability, alerting, SLA/SLO/SLI management, capacity planning, DR, and high availability
• Improve system performance and operational efficiency through automation, CI/CD, IaC, and Kubernetes/EKS optimisation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Backend, Data, Security, Product) while mentoring engineers and strengthening operational maturity

Candidate profile:

To excel in this role, you bring expertise in Linux, AWS, and Kubernetes, with strong experience in automation, CI/CD, observability, and SRE practices.

• 8+ years' Linux system administration and large-scale infrastructure experience with 2+ years in Tech Lead or team management roles
• Hands-on experience operating high-availability, 24/7 cloud platforms with strong AWS expertise (EC2, VPC, IAM, Lambda, EKS, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Strong Kubernetes and container orchestration experience, including EKS administration, troubleshooting, and scaling
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD
• Strong observability and monitoring expertise using tools like Grafana, ELK, Zabbix, and Nagios
• Experience with distributed systems (e.g., Kafka, MongoDB) and SRE/DevOps practices including incident management, DR, capacity planning, and SLO/SLA design
• Proficient in scripting/programming (Bash, Python, or Golang) with strong knowledge of cloud security, collaboration, and fast-paced production environments

About the company:

A fintech organisation in the digital asset space builds secure, scalable financial platforms. It offers a fast-paced, collaborative environment focused on innovation, engineering excellence, and high-impact growth.

Keywords: site reliability engineering, blockchain-focused platform, AWS/Kubernetes, incident management, regulatory compliance, fintech

What’s next:

Learn more and apply today!