Stairwell · 21 hours ago
Staff Software Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$195K/yr - $245K/yrStairwell is building the future of threat detection and malware analysis. They are seeking a Staff SRE who will own the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of their platform, working at the intersection of infrastructure and software engineering.
Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyNetwork SecuritySecuritySoftware
Hiring Manager
Tim Krajcar
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for infrastructure and reliability - evaluate approaches, make architectural decisions, and establish standards
Own and evolve our Kubernetes-based infrastructure on GCP
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling, and release processes
Maintain and simplify our build system (Bazel) for faster, more reliable builds across the org
Define and instrument SLIs/SLOs; build dashboards and alerting that surface real problems
Drive incident response, post-mortems, and reliability improvements
Partner with product engineers to design systems that are reliable and operable from day one
Contribute to our engineering culture around AI-augmented development - sharing patterns, workflows, and lessons learned
Qualification
Required
Significant experience in SRE, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles at scale
Demonstrated technical leadership: you've driven significant infrastructure or reliability initiatives, not just executed on them
Deep hands-on expertise with Kubernetes (GKE preferred) and GCP services
Strong programming skills - Go preferred
Experience with build systems (Bazel strongly preferred) and CI/CD tooling
Practical experience with AI coding assistants as part of your regular workflow - not just experimentation, but daily use
Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code and infrastructure configs: you know when to trust it, when to revise it, and when to write it yourself
Track record of improving reliability through automation, observability, and good engineering practices
Comfort with ambiguity and ownership; we're a small team where engineers drive decisions
Preferred
Background in security, malware analysis, or threat detection
Experience with large-scale data systems (BigTable, Spanner, BigQuery)
Deep proficiency in Go
Company
Stairwell
Stairwell is a cybersecurity company that offers an Automated Threat Detection and Response platform that attackers can’t detect or evade.
Founded in 2019
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$69.52MKey Investors
S32Accel
2022-10-11Series B· $45M
2021-09-21Series A· $20M
2020-10-28Seed· $4.52M
Leadership Team
Mike Wiacek
Founder and CTO
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