Ōura
Technology
StaffSiteReliabilityEngineer
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“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.
Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis
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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