Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Data)

Data is the new Gold at Lightspeed . 

We’re on the hunt for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic SRE team! Our mission? Empower data teams with a scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure that keeps data flowing seamlessly across Lightspeed.

If you’re passionate about data security, reliability, and high availability, and love building robust infrastructure and governance frameworks, we’d love to connect!

Role: 

• Collaborate with the Data’s teams to design and implement scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-efficient Cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure security in holistically manner, which includes infrastructure, supply chain and interaction with third party systems.
• Contribute to the development of data and infrastructure self-service workflows.
• Advocate for best practices in terms of Infrastructure as Code, High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Security.
• Perform competitive analysis for infrastructure frameworks and data processing solutions

And a little bit of.... 

• Participate in the day-to-day support and troubleshooting
• Contribute as part of the wider team to achieve organisational objectives even if this means doing things that aren’t strictly within the scope of your role

What will make you succeed: 

• The Data teams we are supporting count on us and our KPI is their happiness
• The infrastructure health, cost and security is kept in check and continuously improved

Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Strong experience managing production environment
• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform
• Strong experience managing infrastructure with code

Skills and Attributes: 

• Make Security Non-Negotiable
  Integrate security into every decision you make.
• Demonstrate Proficiency in Bash, Go, or Python
  Show you can script and automate tasks with confidence.
• Master Infrastructure as Code
  Prove your expertise in IaC, preferably Terraform.
• Understand GCP Data and Security Components
  Know Google Cloud’s offerings and how to secure them.
• Excel in Linux/Unix and Networking
  Showcase robust system administration and networking skills.
• Know Your Containers and Databases
  Bring hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Get Hands-On with Networking Tools
  From VPN to VPC and VPC-SC, keep data flowing securely.
• Embrace Problem-Solving and Adaptability
  Tackle challenges head-on and pivot as needed.
• Stay Eager to Learn and Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
  Continuous improvement and curiosity drive success.
• Own Your Deliverables
  Take full accountability for your work—quality and follow-through matter.
• Optimize Observability, Monitoring, and Alerting
• Implement robust logging, metrics, and tracing solutions to detect issues before they become incidents, and to provide real-time insights into the health of your data systems.

What’s in it for you

• Join a growing team and help us move to the next level
• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
• Constant development of both your skill-set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities
• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture
• Innovation time to explore and learn at work
• Shaping the company by joining cultural & technical committees
• Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story

….  And enjoy a range of benefits that will keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry.

• Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners).
• Flexible paid time off and Hybrid work policies (3 days in Montreal Office)
• Health insurance.
• Contributions to your pension plan - RRSP.
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year.
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents.
• Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services.
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Volunteer day.
• Fully stacked kitchen (hot and cold beverages, meals served) 
• Happy hours to build your relationships with colleagues after work