Site Reliability Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Axon and lead a team of SRE experts in delivering solutions to real-time problems encountered by mission-critical cloud-native services. As an SRE Engineering Manager, you will drive team execution, lead technical direction, collaborate with various teams, manage engineers' careers, and coach for continuous improvement. This role requires 8+ years of experience in managing large-scale platforms, expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies, and experience with various cloud platforms and tools. The position offers a competitive salary, discretionary paid time off, paid parental leave, comprehensive health benefits, fitness programs, wellness support, and learning and development opportunities. Work from home flexibility is available with a Boston R&D Hub location for in-person collaboration. US citizenship is required due to handling classified federal data.

Requirements

• This position involves handling of classified federal data; under federal regulations, it is open to US Citizens only
• 8+ years of applicable experience
• A track record of planning and delivering on multiple overlapping projects spanning several months
• Experience implementing an engineering process that emphasized security, availability, scalability, and operational discipline
• Experience managing cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or similar
• Experience operating in Kubernetes platforms like AKS, EKS, or similar
• Experience using managed languages such as Python, Go, C#, Java, or similar
• Experience utilizing CI/CD platforms and observability tools
• Experience designing tooling to simplify the operational management of SaaS/PaaS systems
• Empathy to support the needs of software engineers

Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of your team by leading planning, prioritization, stand-ups, and team retro meetings
• Lead the technical direction of the team through architectural discussions and code reviews
• Work with product managers, senior engineers, and client teams to get ‘ahead of the curve' and explore new opportunities
• Join forces with recruiting to hire a top-notch engineering team
• Manage engineers and their careers with 1:1s and performance reviews
• Coach your team for continuous improvements
• Lead large scale projects that impact multiple engineering teams
• Execute and deliver new features and improvements to Axon’s engineering teams on a regular basis

Benefits

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support
• Learning & Development programs
• And yes, we have snacks in our offices