Principal SRE @ Upstart (Remote-US / Remote-Canada) - NO RELO TO US / CANADA Hi everybody! We’re hiring a Principal SRE at Upstart to help define how reliability and performance are built across a publicly traded, rapid-paced, tech-first company with 1,500+ employees, and 700+ engineers. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering + SRE, but at this level it’s about setting strategy, driving adoption, and influencing org-wide engineering practices - but we also need exceptional hands-on skills (not just architects). We’ve historically leaned into production engineering, but the shift now is toward performance engineering and proactive reliability. Think latency, efficiency, cost, and user experience - not just uptime. What you’d actually do: • Define and drive SRE principles across dozens of engineering teams • Partner with leadership on defining & executing a long-term reliability + observability strategy • Lead initiatives like distributed tracing, RUM, LCP, and performance standards • Build and scale self-healing systems (including GenAI/LLM-driven approaches) • Influence incident management, ML reliability, and engineering velocity across the org • Own cross-functional initiatives end-to-end This is a high-impact, highly cross-functional role working with Product Eng, DevEx, Data, and ML to raise the bar on SRE excellence company-wide Must-haves (please self-select): • ~10+ years across both SWE + SRE (not purely ops) • Proven track record driving SRE practices org-wide (not just within your team) • Strong background in observability (distributed tracing, RUM, performance metrics) • Experience building internal tooling / platforms from scratch • Hands-on expertise with several languages such as Python, Go, or TypeScript + modern cloud infra (AWS, K8s, Terraform) • Comfortable operating as a technical leader and influencing senior stakeholders Big plus! • Prior experience building/maturing, SRE-related programs (ex. SLO Program) • Experience successfully applying GenAI for SRE automation If you’re someone who’s set reliability strategy at scale and cares about performance as much as uptime or the Google SRE playbook, this is probably a good fit. --- Tech: AWS, EKS, Terraform, CDK, Datadog, Python/Go/TS, Istio, etc. Salary Range (US): $195,300—$270,400 USD Salary Range (Canada): $182,800—$230,000 CAD Visa Sponsorship: Yes (but you have to currently be in US or Canada - no exceptions) --- If interested (or you know somebody else that is), please DM me w a resume or link to your profile/experience, or apply at the following link (then DM me after): https://careers.upstart.com/jobs/principal-site-reliability-engineer?gh_src=83373b341us

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