Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Arcadia is the technology company empowering energy innovators and consumers to fight the climate crisis. Our software and APIs are revolutionizing an industry held back by outdated systems and institutions by creating unprecedented access to the data and clean energy needed to make a decarbonized energy grid possible.

In 2014, Arcadia set out on its mission to break the fossil fuel monopoly and since then we have been knocking down the institutional barriers to unlock decarbonization. To date, we have connected hundreds of thousands of consumers and small businesses with high-quality clean energy options. Fast forward to today, and now, we’re thinking even bigger. We have launched Arc, an industry-defining SaaS platform that empowers developers and energy innovators to deliver their own custom, personalized energy experiences, accelerating the transformation of the industry from an analog energy system into a digitized information network.

Tackling one of the world’s biggest challenges requires out-of-the-box thinking & diverse perspectives. We’re building a team of individuals from different backgrounds, industries, & educational experiences. If you share our passion for ushering in the era of the clean electron, we look forward to learning what you would uniquely bring to Arcadia!

What we’re looking for

We are seeking a curious and resourceful Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join the Site Reliability Engineering team. This individual will build and support platforms and tooling for cloud infrastructure and software delivery that Arcadia product squads use to enable clean energy innovation. The ideal candidate is a low-ego team player who values collaboration, has a background in building scalable web infrastructure, strongly believes in infrastructure as code, and welcomes the opportunity to take on a highly visible role within a collaborative engineering team.

Arcadia is open to fully remote candidates and employees have access to co-working spaces.

What will help you succeed

Must-haves

• 5+ years of experience as a Site Reliability, DevOps, or Systems Engineer supporting high-availability, large-scale web-based applications
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloudformation, Ansible, etc)
• Experience managing and maintaining a resilient, fault-tolerant, containerized cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes (ideally on AWS)
• Strong communication skills and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable information
• Comfortable managing the balance between deploying necessary infrastructure changes quickly and shipping perfect infrastructure updates
• Ability to scope, prioritize, and deliver on project commitments
• Ability and internal drive to problem-solve, both creatively and pragmatically
• Skill with mentoring and learning from other engineers, and treating colleagues with respect

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in startup environments
• Experience establishing resiliency and security patterns as coding standards
• Experience with common web frameworks/languages and their deployment patterns (Rails, Typescript, Node, etc.)
• Experience working with data warehouses (Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake etc.)
• Experience with using various datastores including PostgreSQL on RDS, Aurora, Dynamo, and Elasticsearch
• Experience managing event-driven architectures with AWS Lambda, Eventbridge, and SQS

Benefits

• "Remote first" culture - work anywhere in the US as long as you have a reliable internet connection
• Flexible PTO - no accrued hours and no limit on the number of vacation days exempt employees can take each year
• 17 annual company-wide holidays including a week long "summer break"
• 10 days sick leave
• Up to 4 weeks bereavement leave
• 2 volunteer days off
• 2 professional development days off
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for all parents
• 80-95% employer cost coverage for medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents
• A supportive engineering culture that values diversity, empathy, teamwork, trust, and efficiency

Eliminating carbon footprints, eliminating carbon copies.

Here at Arcadia, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Arcadia is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We are proud to offer visa sponsorship opportunities for qualified candidates interested in joining our team

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Target Annual Compensation Range for this role will be $180,000 to $220,000. There will also be a competitive benefits and equity (bonus if applicable) component to the package. The exact compensation at which this job is filled will be determined by the skills, experience, and location of the qualified candidate.