Reliability Engineer

Parity is one of the world's most experienced core blockchain infrastructure companies, laying the foundation for the new decentralised internet. Parity was founded by Dr. Gavin Wood, co-founder and former CTO of Ethereum, the primary engineer behind the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), inventor of the Solidity programming language, and primary author of the Ethereum Yellowpaper.

We believe in a decentralised web that respects the freedom and data of individuals and empowers developers to create better services. Our vision is to create a world based on truthful, rather than trustful, interactions.

With a remote-first, global team, Parity is building open-source technologies for developers and organisations to implement and build upon. Our Web3 tech stack includes Polkadot, Substrate, and Kusama.

People in Our Collective Are:

• Highly motivated to contribute to Parity’s mission and be part of something bigger

• Excited to work on projects that are groundbreaking and complex

• Autonomous workers who self-initiate but also collaborate well

• Accountable and low-ego team players

• Comfortable adapting to the ever-changing Web3 space

• Continuously learning about Parity and the wider ecosystem

About the Team:

Parity’s SRE team is responsible for ensuring our development, testing, and production environments are secure, scalable, and efficient. We work closely with engineers across the company to streamline CI/CD pipelines, optimize cloud infrastructure, and automate deployment workflows. Our goal is to provide rock-solid infrastructure to support cutting-edge blockchain technologies like Polkadot and Substrate.

About the Position:

As a Software Engineer in SRE, you will play a key role in automating, scaling, and maintaining the infrastructure that powers Parity’s blockchain ecosystem. You will work with cutting-edge cloud-native technologies and have a direct impact on the reliability and performance of Polkadot’s decentralized network.

• Be comfortable working to outcomes rather than on tasks 

• Design & Maintain Infrastructure – Use Terraform and Kubernetes to manage cloud infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Automate Everything – Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and ArgoCD for seamless deployments.

• Optimize Containerized Workloads – Leverage Docker and Kubernetes to efficiently run and scale applications.

• Improve System Reliability – Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance to maintain high availability and resilience.

• Enhance Security – Implement best practices for secure infrastructure, access control, and monitoring.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally – Work with developers to ensure smooth deployment of Rust and Python applications.

• Stay Cutting-Edge – Keep up with the latest DevOps, cloud-native, and Web3 best practices to enhance infrastructure efficiency.
  

What We’re Looking For:

• Demonstrable experience improving delivery flows and an ability to articulate meaningful data driven outcomes

• Solid experience as a Software Engineer in DevOps or SRE

• Expertise in Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker for managing cloud-native infrastructure.

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or similar cloud providers.

• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, ArgoCD).

• Proficiency in scripting and backend development with Python or Rust.

• Experience with monitoring, logging, and security best practices.

• Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and optimize infrastructure performance.

• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently in a remote team.
  

Bonus Points:

• Experience in the blockchain or Web3 space.

• Knowledge of networking, distributed systems, and infrastructure security.

• Contributions to open-source DevOps tools or blockchain projects.
  

If you're passionate about scaling decentralised technologies and building rock-solid infrastructure, we’d love to hear from you! 

Those joining our collective as an employee in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and the U.K. also enjoy benefits such as health care, parental leave, PTO (28 days per year), local team events, yearly L&D budget, and language classes.

Parity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome diversity in our global team and care about everyone in our collective feeling included and welcome.

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