This range is provided by Sage Recruiting Inc.. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay rangeCA$180,000.00/yr - CA$200,000.00/yrSenior Site Reliability Engineer (Founding Role)Location: CanadaAbout the RoleThis team is building a brand-current fintech platform from the ground up and is looking for an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join as one of the founding members of the team. This is a high-impact, staff-level position where you'll shape the early architecture, define reliability practices, and directly influence how the platform scales.If you love solving hard problems, building things that last, and having your fingerprints all over a greenfield project, this one's for you.What You'll DoBuild and own the SRE program from scratch, including processes, tools, and best practicesLead incident response, on-call, alerting, escalation, and post-incident reviewsPartner closely with engineering and infrastructure to design reliable, scalable systemsDefine and meet uptime SLAs using metrics, tracing, and observability toolsDevelop automation to improve deployment speed, reliability, and performanceStrengthen CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD,



or similar)Contribute to architectural decisions that shape the product's long-term successWhat You Bring10+ years of overall technical experience, including 5–8+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering roles in high-volume, 24×7 production environmentsProficiency with AWS and Linux systemsDeep experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS)Strong understanding of observability (logs, traces, metrics)Programming/scripting in Python or Bash for automationCI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or similar)Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detailClear communication skills and a collaborative mindsetNice to HaveFintech or startup experienceFamiliarity with TypeScript/Node.JsExperience with Kafka, Redis, and RDSThe ChallengeThis is a "build it from the ground up" role. You'll initially take full ownership of reliability and on-call, which means a heavier on-call load early on until the team grows. Once additional hires are made, this will transition into a more balanced rotation. You'll be instrumental in designing the playbooks, tools, and culture for reliability excellence.CompensationUnlimited vacationComprehensive health and dental benefitsSeniority LevelDirectorEmployment TypeFull-timeJob FunctionInformation TechnologyIndustriesTechnology, Information and Media #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Ottawa)
🏢 Sage Recruiting
📍 Ottawa