StarTree is hiring a
Senior Staff - Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

StarTree is seeking a seasoned Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to manage, tune, and debug large-scale distributed systems, focusing on Apache Pinot and SQL DBs. The role involves collaborating with customers, executing disaster recovery strategies, and influencing the roadmap of other teams.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience as an engineer (SRE, SDET, or development)
• Experience managing highly available production facing distributed systems and in-depth knowledge of Java are a plus
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Familiarity with streaming systems, such as Kafka, Pulsar, Flume, Flink, Spark, or similar
• Knowledge of standard methodologies related to security, performance, and disaster recovery
• Strong troubleshooting and critical thinking skills

Responsibilities

• Leverage various monitoring and alerting services to solve intricate programming problems at scale
• Manage and tune multiple critical customer-facing Apache Pinot clusters
• Monitor availability, read/write latencies, and other key telemetry to proactively identify SLO misses and help mitigate issues
• Build a rapport with and work closely with customers to mitigate and resolve incidents
• Execute disaster recovery strategies with minimal downtime
• Collaborate with other engineers to understand and troubleshoot systems and use the experience gained to influence the roadmap of other teams