We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to architect, scale, and maintain DeviantArt’s high-throughput AWS infrastructure, supporting over 1.5 billion monthly page views. In this role, you will drive infrastructure automation, optimize high-scale database performance, harden system security, and ensure maximum uptime through robust deployment pipelines and proactive site reliability management.High-Scale AWS Infrastructure: Architect and maintain auto-scaling AWS systems designed to reliably serve DeviantArt's 1.5B+ monthly page views.High Availability & Incident Response: Maximize platform uptime and rapidly resolve performance degradation or service outages.Database & Search Optimization: Scale, maintain, and troubleshoot sharded MySQL databases and search infrastructure (e.g., Vespa.ai) for low-latency queries.CI/CD & Dev Parity: Build zero-downtime pipelines (Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, CodeBuild) and maintain production-parity dev environments.Infrastructure Automation: Automate resource provisioning and configuration management, backed by clear documentation and automated testing.Security & DDoS Mitigation: Enforce robust security protocols, defend against targeted DDoS attacks, and execute routine patch management.Cloud Cost Optimization: Monitor and tune AWS resource utilization to minimize infrastructure spend without compromising site performance.24/7 Operations & On-Call: Ensure continuous reliability as part of a 3-engineer 24/7 on-call rotation.
