Senior Site Reliability Engineer Job at Kayhan, Denver, CO

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  • Kayhan
  • Denver, CO

Job Description

Kayhan Space is building cloud-first solutions which provide mission-critical spaceflight safety services to satellite operators. Kayhan is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to play a leading role in pushing the technical excellence and robustness of our systems to the next level.

Kayhan Space is a mission-driven, venture-backed startup, building autonomous solutions for the space industry. Our Colorado-based company is committed to building an environment where innovation is rewarded, diversity is magnified, and ambition is not throttled.

At Kayhan, we have the goal of leaving a great legacy behind. Whatever you do, big or small, we want you to own it. Because that’s the legacy you’ll leave for others.

We are skiers, parents, musicians, campers, geeks, scientists, and pet lovers. While we may come from different backgrounds and have different opinions and interests, we are united around a common set of core values. Our mission drives everything we do!

We’re looking for ambitious team members who share our values and are ready to think bigger.

Integrity: Integrity is paramount to our success as a company. Telling the truth and providing accurate data is crucial for space operations — otherwise, it can cost lives. Maintaining a high level of transparency allows the Kayhan team to provide an open workplace culture that supports professional growth and development across the organization.

Hard Work: We value hustlers who hold themselves accountable and who are able to think on their feet. Kayhan employees seek to establish and surpass goals that will allow us to reach new heights.

Diversity: At Kayhan Space, we want our employees to be empowered to shoot for the moon! Our company is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable team where members experience a sense of belonging. We believe these non-negotiables enhance the quality of our relationships with clients, partners, and vendors of all identities and backgrounds to make us a better, more effective organization

  • Play an ownership role in the software operations process by establishing and refining processes and best practices for deploying and maintaining production deployments
  • Implement and maintain tools and processes for monitoring production system status, and establish systems to communicate relevant system health information to internal and external parties
  • Measure and optimize system performance from a deployment perspective, and work with software engineers to develop and support cloud-native solutions to maximize performance
  • Work with software engineers to develop and execute reliable and maintainable deployment solutions
  • Provide expert operational support for cloud-based software applications
  • Play a leading role in administering and maintaining production and internal Kubernetes clusters
  • Be a strong advocate for security, robustness, and reliability in solution architecture discussions

You are a seasoned developer with extensive experience in both developing and deploying production software systems in a cloud-based environment. You passionately advocate for and pursue solutions which promote speed, safety, and scalability. You are both a technical expert and a natural leader, who is ready to establish systems and processes to help distribute your deep technical experience to your fellow team members. You work to establish a friendly, productive, and collaborative team environment, and you fundamentally understand the complex tradeoffs between performance, reliability, and time to market. You know how to interpret requirements and requests from different types of stakeholders, and you are comfortable independently synthesizing and organizing those requirements into tangible units of work.

  • Extensive experience with:
    • Kubernetes, Helm, Docker
    • AWS
    • Linux/Unix Operating Systems
    • Networking fundamentals (common L7 protocols, TCP/IP, VPCs, CDNs, DNS, etc)
    • Databases, including common SQL and NoSQL systems
    • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Strong familiarity with:
    • MacOS
    • Python
    • Agile Software Development & Kanban
    • Team leadership and creating strong engineering processes and policies
    • Asynchronous message queue systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc)
  • Ability to quickly get up to speed with:
    • Gitlab CI/CD
    • ArgoCD
    • AWS CDK / Infrastructure as Code
    • System-level software development (C, C++, Rust, etc)
    • AWS Marketplace / Well-Architected Framework

Kayhan Space is staffing multiple new positions in the Denver, CO and Washington, DC metro areas. The company will provide a competitive relocation package for non-local candidates.

  • Denver, CO

  • Total compensation for this role is base salary + company equity
  • Colorado base salary range: $110,000 - $190,000

  • Competitive salary
  • Company equity
  • Great health insurance (medical, dental, vision) and 401k
  • Lunch catered weekly for Colorado office
  • Opportunity to have impact on a global scale for space sustainability

K ayhan Space is an equal opportunity employer. At Kayhan, we make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promoting, transferring, demoting, evaluating, compensating and separating, without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, religion, age, national origin, pregnancy, disability, service in the uniform services, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Local area, Relocation package,

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