Site Reliability Engineer

Radar, a leading location infrastructure provider founded in 2016, is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join their team in New York City. The company, having raised $85.5M from venture firms like Accel and Insight Partners, handles over 1 billion API calls daily across 100M+ devices worldwide.

The role focuses on managing critical production infrastructure using modern technologies including Terraform, AWS EKS, MongoDB, and Kubernetes. The team employs TypeScript and Rust for server-side development, with data pipelines utilizing Airflow and Scala Spark. The infrastructure stack includes comprehensive monitoring through CloudWatch, Grafana, Pingdom, and PagerDuty.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience with AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes, particularly in managing high-availability multi-region deployments. Strong expertise in managing large-scale MongoDB clusters is essential. The role involves both technical excellence and customer interaction, as engineers are expected to engage with customers and incorporate their feedback into solutions.

Working at Radar means joining a team of former technical co-founders and talented engineers from prestigious institutions. The company values rapid deployment, customer feedback, and practical testing through their "Walk A Mile" practice. They offer competitive compensation ($225,000-$275,000), equity, comprehensive benefits, and a collaborative work environment at their NYC headquarters.

This position offers an opportunity to impact location-based services used by major companies like Vercel, Panera, and T-Mobile, while working alongside experienced professionals in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment. The role combines technical challenges with business impact, making it ideal for engineers who want to contribute to a rapidly scaling infrastructure platform.