Weekday (YC W21)

Site Leader

Weekday (YC W21)  •  Republic of Poland (Remote)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 10 years

Location: Poland, Remote (poland)

JobType: full-time

We are seeking a highly experienced and driven Site Leader with a strong background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Infrastructure to lead and scale our engineering operations. This role is ideal for a seasoned Engineering Manager who thrives at the intersection of leadership, system reliability, and large-scale infrastructure management. As a Site Leader, you will be responsible for building resilient systems, managing high-performing teams, and ensuring the availability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical platforms.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage SRE and Infrastructure teams, driving operational excellence and fostering a culture of reliability and accountability.
  • Define and execute the overall infrastructure and reliability strategy aligned with business goals.
  • Oversee the design, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, highly available, and secure systems.
  • Establish and monitor SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs, ensuring consistent service performance and uptime.
  • Drive incident management processes, including root cause analysis, postmortems, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to embed reliability and scalability into the development lifecycle.
  • Champion automation, observability, and proactive monitoring to minimize downtime and improve system health.
  • Manage infrastructure costs, capacity planning, and resource optimization.
  • Mentor and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, building a strong leadership pipeline.
  • Ensure adherence to best practices in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and security compliance.

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • 10–15 years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or SRE, with at least 3–5 years in an Engineering Manager or leadership role.
  • Proven expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms (such as AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern infrastructure architectures.
  • Deep understanding of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and scale distributed engineering teams.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on system-level thinking and root cause analysis.
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing large-scale, high-traffic production systems.
  • Background in DevOps transformation and cloud-native architecture.
  • Familiarity with security best practices and compliance frameworks.
Weekday (YC W21)

About Weekday (YC W21)

AI recruiter that runs outbound sourcing campaigns to find top talent. At Weekday, we have built the most accurate database of talent (250mn+ people in US & India with contact data), we run outbound campaigns to identify top talent for any role you might be hiring for. We generate the highest response rates (30-40%) on our campaigns making sourcing talent as easy as making a job posting. We are backed by Y-Combinator and were also ranked #1 on Product Hunt.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
San Fransisco, CA
Year Founded
2021
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