Ōura

Technology

StaffSiteReliabilityEngineer

$220–330k ~AI est. United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Ōura. Skills: Cloud infrastructure strategy, AWS infrastructure, Reliability, Scalability. Set technical direction for AWS infrastructure. Define long-term architecture for reliability”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

On-call processes

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years backend development, 8+ years infrastructure experience, Experience running production systems on AWS, Experience monitoring production systems on AWS, Experience debugging production systems on AWS

Nice to Have

Experience with AWS key services

What You'll Do.

Set technical direction for AWS infrastructure

Define long-term architecture for reliability

Define long-term architecture for scalability

Define long-term architecture for cost efficiency

Own infrastructure-as-code platform

Evolve infrastructure-as-code platform

Establish standards for IaC

Establish patterns for IaC

Lead service migrations

Architect observability strategies

Implement observability strategies

Architect monitoring strategies

Implement monitoring strategies

Architect alerting strategies

Implement alerting strategies

Design fault-tolerant systems

Plan multi-team infrastructure initiatives

Scope multi-team infrastructure initiatives

Execute multi-team infrastructure initiatives

Lead platform change rollouts

Coordinate phased releases

Own deployment pipeline evolution

Own dependency management evolution

Set standard for operational excellence

Lead incident response

Drive culture of reliability

Drive culture of continuous improvement

Ensure platform adheres to security regulations

Ensure platform adheres to compliance regulations

Advocate privacy-by-design principles

Identify engineer growth opportunities

Share knowledge via documentation

Share knowledge via tech talks

Share knowledge via design reviews

Influence engineering culture

Build culture of recognition

Improve on-call processes

Lead troubleshooting of production issues

Manage crisis situations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-team initiatives; Cross-team migrations

Communication Scope

Tech talks; Design reviews

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles. Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office. We are looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join our SRE Squad. This is a technical leadership role for someone who can set the direction of our cloud infrastructure strategy while still being deeply hands-on. Our team is responsible for governance and observability of the Oura AWS infrastructure. We combine the power of the ring and the app with backend services and integrations to provide a data-rich and secure platform. Our APIs power most Oura apps, services, and machine learning components. Good reliability and scalability of the Cloud platform provides the technical foundation for our growth. As a Staff Engineer, you will operate with ownership that spans multiple teams and systems, driving high-impact solutions, setting technical direction, and raising the bar for engineering excellence across the organization. You will be the go-to technical leader for our most complex infrastructure challenges. This is a remote US role. We have offices in San Francisco and San Diego for those who prefer hybrid or office settings. Oura employees in other major cities (like Boston and New York) occasionally gather informally at local co-working locations. What You’ll Do Technical Strategy & Architecture: Set the technical direction for Oura’s AWS infrastructure and cloud platform. Define and drive the long-t

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