Stash · 1 month ago
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$149K/yr - $222K/yr
8+ years expStash is a company focused on democratizing wealth creation through education and innovative financial products. They are seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join their Infrastructure team, responsible for building and scaling platforms while enhancing reliability and automation in a fast-paced environment.
AppsBankingFinTechMobile AppsPersonal Finance
Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate AWS networking and infrastructure, including VPCs, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, routing, and security boundaries
Lead Kubernetes (EKS) platform operations — scaling clusters, optimizing workloads, and ensuring reliability of critical services
Automate infrastructure workflows with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) to increase speed and consistency
Configure and maintain Nginx for high-availability, load balancing, and secure traffic management
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across systems, networks, and applications (DNS, routing, TCP, container orchestration)
Collaborate with engineering teams to design scalable cloud solutions and embed best practices for reliability
Continuously improve observability using Datadog and related tooling to monitor performance and proactively prevent outages
Drive architectural decisions that strengthen system reliability, security, and scalability in AWS
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in site reliability engineering or similar roles
Deep expertise in AWS networking (VPC design, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, routing, security groups, NACLs)
Strong experience with Nginx (configuration, tuning, scaling, troubleshooting)
Strong expertise in Kubernetes (K8s) and Amazon EKS
Advanced skills in AWS infrastructure setup, management, and optimization
Proficiency in infrastructure as code (Terraform, Terraform Cloud)
Strong programming skills in Python and/or Go
Experience with system monitoring (Datadog) and logging/archiving practices
Extensive experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines
Proven track record with containerized microservice architectures (Docker)
Experience with Kafka
Experience working in PCI or other regulated environments
Preferred
Advanced network security design — experience with segmentation strategies, zero-trust architectures, and firewall policy management
Performance optimization expertise — analyzing latency and throughput, tuning DNS resolution, load balancing, and packet-level troubleshooting
Observability leadership — hands-on with Datadog dashboards, metrics strategy, log pipelines, and tracing at scale
Resiliency and chaos engineering — designing fault-tolerant architectures and running game days to validate recovery plans
Compliance and governance experience — prior work in regulated industries (e.g., PCI, SOC 2, HIPAA) beyond just technical enforcement
Cross-team leadership — ability to influence architecture decisions across product and platform teams, and mentor engineers on reliability and networking best practices
Startup and scale-up experience — familiarity with rapid growth environments where infrastructure must evolve quickly while staying reliable
Benefits
Comprehensive total rewards package, comprising compensation (salary and equity) and health care benefits
Complimentary subscription to Stash+ account
Remote-first work policy – Live and work where you feel the most productive, whether that is in your home, in an office.
Flexible PTO
Work-from-home equipment stipends; home internet subsidy
Paid Parental Leave (offerings for birth giving and non-birth giving parents) Primary & Secondary
Enhanced health and wellness benefits through One Medical, Gympass, and Maven Health
Company
Stash
Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$665.97MKey Investors
Goodwater CapitalEldridge IndustriesLendingTree
2025-05-12Series H· $146M
2023-10-13Convertible Note· $40M
2022-10-14Debt Financing· $52.6M
Leadership Team
Brandon Krieg
Co-Founder | CEO
Ed Robinson
Co-Founder | CEO | Board Member
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