Sr Staff Site Reliability Engineer
Archer · San Jose, California, United States
Posted about 3 months ago · $207,400 - $259,200 · Previously reposted
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Archer's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- Yes taken down and listed again at least once
- Salary listed
- Yes 93% of Archer's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Archer
- high 156 stale, 5 reposted of 158 open
- Hiring momentum
- 226 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Archer's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Archer.
About this role
As a Sr. Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Archer, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, performance, and security of core systems and services. Your day-to-day activities will include implementing and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure on Amazon EKS, developing observability strategies, optimizing data pipelines, and driving CI/CD improvements. You will also collaborate with development teams and troubleshoot production issues while participating in on-call rotations.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Archer as an employer.
What you need
- 12+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or a similar role
- Deep expertise in Amazon EKS, including cluster provisioning, management, and troubleshooting
- Extensive experience with observability tools and practices, including Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar
- Proven track record in designing and implementing robust data pipelines (e.g., Kafka, Airflow, Spark)
- Strong background in CI/CD methodologies and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD)
- Expert-level knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS preferred), including infrastructure-as-code principles
Nice to have
- Experience with other Kubernetes distributions or cloud providers
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR)
- Certifications in AWS, Kubernetes, or other relevant technologies
What you get
- Base pay targeting between $207,400 - $259,200
- Pay-for-performance culture
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options
- On-call rotations may be required
- Successful candidates must demonstrate U.S. citizenship or equivalent status due to regulatory requirements
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Listed by Archer on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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