Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Perchwell, a modern data and workflow platform for real estate professionals backed by Lux Capital and Founders Fund, is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join their team in New York. This is a founding member position of the SRE team where you'll own and improve the technical foundations while driving strategic initiatives across the engineering organization.

The role requires deep expertise in infrastructure and architectural design, with a focus on observability, performance engineering, and incident response. You'll work closely with the VP of Engineering and senior leaders to tackle current challenges while building new capabilities. The position involves partnering with product and QA organizations to build systems that enable faster, safer innovation.

As a Staff SRE, you'll lead initiatives around performance, event-driven architecture, and manage AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes deployments. You'll champion observability practices, lead incident management, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. The role offers competitive compensation ($195K-$235K plus equity) and requires working from the New York City HQ at least 3 days/week.

Key responsibilities include designing scalable solutions, managing AWS infrastructure, owning CI/CD processes, and implementing observability systems. The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of SRE experience, strong programming skills in Python/Go/Rust, and extensive knowledge of AWS services and Kubernetes.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced SRE who wants to make a significant impact in a growing company that's revolutionizing the real estate technology space. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering work, making it perfect for someone who enjoys both building systems and mentoring teams.