Backblaze External Website

Principal SRE

Who can apply: US-based role. The employer has not said which states are eligible — confirm before applying.
Location as listed by the employer: “Remote - US”
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About this role

Backblaze External Website is hiring for a Principal SRE role. See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 10+ years of experience in site reliability, systems engineering, or operations, experience with hyperscalers preferred.
  • Exposure to large-scale, production-grade systems, including experience establishing operational procedures or runbooks and bringing others up to speed on them.
  • Solid Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills.
  • Proven ability to leverage AI tools to improve platform stability and scalability.
  • Knowledge of storage systems, performance, sharding and storage algorithms.
  • Experience in load balancing services including IPVS.
  • Security-minded operations (patching, hardening, identifying vulnerabilities).

Summarized from the employer's posting — check the full posting for every requirement.