Senior Site Reliability Engineer

About the position

We are seeking a capable and highly motivated Senior Engineer for our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team to enhance the reliability, performance, and scalability of our infrastructure platforms, effectively manage complex business-critical systems and deliver high-quality service to internal customers. You will join a talented team of SRE engineers and collaborate closely with teams across the organization to deliver on Motional's mission.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies to enhance system reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Monitor system performance and health, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impact users.
• Lead the response to high-severity incidents, coordinating cross-functional teams to resolve issues and minimize downtime.
• Develop or implement systems to facilitate incident management and troubleshooting.
• Partner with the DevOps and other engineering teams to analyze and optimize AWS spend by implementing cost-effective strategies and identifying cost-saving opportunities and efficiency improvements in cloud infrastructure.
• Mentor and guide junior team members on developing technical problem-solving skills and adopting industry best practices.
• Collaborate closely with development and research teams around the world (Singapore, US) to drive the automation of operational tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry developments to ensure that internal SRE practices align with Motional's overall business objectives and industry trends.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent AWS Certifications and work experience.
• 5+ years in SRE, DevOps or related roles.
• Strong experience with AWS Cloud Platforms inclusive of DevOps, Automation, Networking, Connectivity and Cost Optimization.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Strong expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of networking topologies and concepts.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Cloudwatch, Datadog).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional problem solving skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the AV industry or robotics.
• Proficient in other Cloud Platforms such as GCP.
• Experience designing tooling to simplify the operational management of SaaS/PaaS systems.
• Experience with various programming languages (e.g. GO, Python, Java, C++, or Bash).
• Experience with Linux environments and software.
• Experience with build tools (e.g. Bazel, CMake).
• Knowledge of ArgoCD or FLUX.

Benefits

• The chance to work on large scale data pipelines (PB level!).
• Building cutting edge, highly scalable orchestration platforms in the cloud.
• Working with global teams to drive solutions engineering for driverless applications.