Platform Reliability Technical Lead
About The Position
When the engineer on shift cannot work out why the chain is doing what it is doing, they call you. The chain is the network behind The Clearing House's On-Chain Money Initiative, expected to launch in the first half of 2027. You would be the final escalation across the production estate, from the OP Stack and private Besu L1 to the Overledger Gateway and Settlement Bridge. You would co-own service levels and release gating, and set how the team works: current runbooks, alerts that mean something, postmortems that change something. This role exists so that someone excellent can stay technical rather than move into management. You would still rotate through on-call alongside the team.
Requirements
- Serious depth in reliability or production engineering; already the person others escalate to.
- Expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, and Helm, including debugging capabilities.
- Experience with distributed systems where state is critical and restarting is not a viable solution.
- Ability to document platform operations thoroughly.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with blockchain node operations, particularly Besu or another Ethereum client.
- Experience reading consensus client source code to explain production behavior.
Responsibilities
- Act as the final escalation point for the production estate, including the OP Stack, private Besu L1, Overledger Gateway, and Settlement Bridge.
- Co-own service levels and release gating.
- Define team operational processes, including runbooks, meaningful alerts, and impactful postmortems.
- Rotate through on-call duties with the team.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
