Egnyte is a provider of enterprise content governance and collaboration software. With thousands of companies relying on our platform in their everyday processes, Egnyte needs to be available, stable and performant. Because of that, we are looking for a person who can provide technical leadership to our SRE team.
This role is truly unique because of the impact and influence that come with it. We expect Egnyte’s SRE Tech Lead to build and execute the technical vision for their team, and, as a result, affect the company’s technical standards and processes regarding reliability. We need you to drive your influence by promoting Good Engineering Practices and sharing your knowledge across the team and beyond.
You will be ensuring reliability for large-scale software—we’re talking 16k+ customers and over 6000 instances across geo-distributed Data Centers and Cloud providers. Our Site Reliability Engineers work with both software and infrastructure, so the tech landscape is diverse and there are multiple occasions to make technical decisions. It’s an opportunity to grow as an engineer but also as a team leader. Are you up for that challenge? Do reach out to us.
The role
SRE Tech Lead’s duties include:
- Collaborating with the SRE Manager on the strategy for our platform’s reliability. You will also work with other teams’ leaders on how to boost availability and performance of Egnyte’s platform and services.
- Participating in setting goals and overseeing the development of Egnyte’s SREs. You will be their mentor and a reliable source of technical information.
- Technical decision-making in the SRE team. From identifying significant challenges to selecting the best tools to solve them, you will be in charge of technology at the SRE team.
- Participating in recruitment processes. You will help to conduct the technical screening of SRE candidates.
About you
We’re open to applications from candidates who are already working in leadership positions in operations-focused teams, but also senior engineers who want to pursue a team lead career path.
While people skills are essential in this position, the role also requires significant technical prowess and considerable experience with :
- Cloud environments
- Building and troubleshooting High-Availability architecture
- Modern open-source infrastructure services and concepts (such as distributed systems and microservices)
- Implementing automation solutions and developing tooling (preferably using Puppet, Ansible, Chef or Python)
- A track record of working with Linux systems in production
- Handling high-volume traffic in the production environment
Due to the nature of the role, we need you to have:
- 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role or senior tech role with some leadership duties.
- Technical decision-making skills (we’ll appreciate some experience in building technical roadmaps for the team)
- Great organizational skills
- Enthusiasm for mentoring and supporting team members on production readiness and best practices
- Solid English skills to effectively communicate
The offer
- Salary from 18.000 PLN Net + VAT (B2B) depending on skills and experience
- Stock options
- Your own Egnyte account with lifetime access
- 4000 PLN Gross conference budget per person and additional 4 training days each year to boost your skills
- Apple or Dell (your call) equipment with a Linux distro of your choice or Windows
- Flexible working hours or remote work days if you need them
- MultiKafeteria: you can choose a MultiSport card or gift cards every month
- Private medical healthcare
- In-house English classes
- Team initiatives and events