Lead Site Reliability Engineer (Remote)
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Location: Remote
Hours: North America working hours
About Livepeer:
Livepeer is on a mission to build the worlds open video infrastructure. Founded in 2017 it is the worlds first open-source protocol for decentralized video streaming built on Ethereum. The project has empowered developers to create scalable cost-effective and censorship-resistant video applications. The Livepeer network has transcoded billion of minutes serving Web3 and Web2 platforms across gaming entertainment social media and beyond. In 2024 Livepeer AI was introduced unlocking Livepeers compute network for AI inference workflows. From real-time video transcription and object detection to scene recognition and AI-powered editing Livepeer AI brings advanced machine learning directly into the decentralized video stack. These new tools not only reduce costs but also empower developers to build richer smarter and more engaging video experienceswhether for Web3 platforms AI-powered dApps or even traditional video use cases.
Your Role:
Livepeer AI is looking for an experienced self-driven SRE Engineer someone that loves to build tools automate everything and deliver the best production experiences for end users. They are passionate about keeping all our user-facing services and Livepeer production systems running smoothly. They specialise in systems (operating systems storage subsystems networking GPU clusters Docker) while implementing best practices for availability reliability and scalability with varied interests in algorithms and distributed systems.
We value reliability. We approach the infrastructure with craft and think a lot about form and function. You should feel equally at home talking to developers and designers. We are looking for someone who cares about the reliability of the infrastructure as much as we do. You will ensure the final product is high quality and works as intended.
Responsibilities:
- Provide tech leadership in SRE execution and planning
- Lead complex infra projects for both internal and external stakeholders
- Orchestrate and run our infrastructure
- Add to and tune our monitoring
- Reduce or automate manual processes
- Be on an on-call (PagerDuty) rotation to respond to incidents that impact Livepeers availability
- Plan the growth of our infrastructure as we continue to scale
- Vendor management
- Manage the technical roadmap for the SRE team
- Infrastructure cost monitoring and optimisations
- Supporting engineers and improving development workflows
- Talk directly to large customers
- Co-ordinate with team members across timezones
Experience Required:
- Build a technical competent SRE team through a clear set of OKRs
- Build essential tooling to improve the infra ops
- Have run global mission-critical infrastructure
- Have managed systems that handle high request volumes
- Know your way around Linux and the Unix Shell
- Have used configuration management systems
- Have used infrastructure automation tools
- Have implemented CI / CD pipelines
- Have experience with some of the following technologies:
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Nginx
- Github Actions
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Loki
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Major CDN vendors
- Github Actions Workflows managing self-hosted runners
- Video streaming technologies (HLS RTMP transcoding etc.)
- COBOL
- Web3 / Blockchain particularly the Ethereum ecosystem
Compensation and Benefits:
- Base Salary: Competitive and dependent on location.
- Token package: Competitive token package with a 3-year vesting schedule.
- Employee Stock Option Plan: Competitive ESOP with 4-year vesting and a 1-year cliff.
- Annual Adjusted Salaries: Every January we review and adjust pay.
- Holidays: 25 vacation days per year plus any national holidays.
- A day off on your birthday - because you deserve to celebrate! (If it falls on a weekend take another day off that week.)
- Insurance: Comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance in applicable locations.
- Pension: Company pension contributions in applicable locations.
- Equipment: Choose a laptop of your preference and anything you need for a comfortable work setup (well purchase it for you).
- Remote Work: Work anywhere in the world.
- Flexible Working: Flexible hours to support work-life balance.
- Annual Company Retreat: Once a year we fly the whole company to an exciting global location for a week of connection collaboration and funall expenses covered.
- Team Meetups: Each team comes together in person once a year to build trust spark ideas and share meaningful moments that go beyond the screen.
- Work Anniversary Rewards: At Livepeer we love recognising your journey. As you reach 3 4 5 years and beyond youll be celebrated with gift card rewards.
- Celebrate Lifes Big Moments: Whether its a wedding a new baby or another major milestone well mark the occasion with a celebration gift.
- Referral Bonus: Refer great talent to Livepeer and earn 100 LPT tokens when theyre hired and successfully complete their probation.
- Latest Tech: Work with cutting-edge AI and the latest technologies alongside an innovative and entrepreneurial team.
Apply Now!
Join Livepeer AI and shape the future of video streaming and AI tooling.
Resources to learn more about Livepeer
- The Livepeer Primer
- Livepeer snags $20M for decentralized video transcoding
- Messari Profile
- Grayscale Livepeer Report
Employment Type
Full Time
