Job description
About the Role
A well-funded, Series A/B SportsTech company operating a commission-free, peer-to-peer sports prediction exchange is looking for a Lead Site Reliability & Security Engineer to join their hands-on, cross-functional engineering team in New York. This is a high-impact hybrid role blending reliability engineering and security operations for a regulated, exchange-grade trading platform. You'll own disaster recovery, observability, and security-by-design initiatives — keeping a high-throughput platform up, resilient, and compliant under load.
What You'll Do
Build and own disaster recovery, reliability, and observability frameworks for a regulated trading platform.
Lead security-minded infrastructure initiatives across engineering teams, embedding security at every layer.
Automate recovery and reliability processes through infrastructure-as-code.
Partner with product and compliance stakeholders to ensure exchange-grade uptime and auditability.
Act as the connective tissue between reliability engineering and security operations.
What We're Looking For
Dealbreakers (must-haves):
5+ years of combined Site Reliability Engineering and security engineering experience in cloud environments.
Proven track record of disaster recovery and business continuity planning/implementation for regulated trading platforms.
Required skills & experience:
Leadership and cross-functional collaboration; ability to mentor teammates and communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders.
Experience designing and implementing observability strategies (metrics, logs, tracing) to support reliability at scale.
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
Strong incident response capabilities, including root-cause analysis and post-incident reporting.
Deep knowledge of security best practices across all infrastructure layers with a security-by-design mindset.
Experience with Kafka or similar event-streaming systems.
Hands-on experience with both relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: $185,000 – $235,000 USD annually, commensurate with experience.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Location
This role is based in New York, NY. On-site or hybrid presence is expected. This is not a fully remote position.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.