What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Reliability Engineering Manager position at Zoox?
Zoox is looking for a Site Reliability Engineering Manager who will be responsible for leading and growing Zoox's Core Site Reliability Engineering team, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our critical infrastructure, cloud platform, and core services that powers company-wide software engineering operations.Zoox is a robotics company and our ethos of automation extends throughout the infrastructure components we build.
In this role, you will:
- Lead and mentor a team of Site Reliability Engineers, fostering their growth and technical development
- Establish and drive SLOs, monitoring strategies, and incident management frameworks across core infrastructure
- Partner with engineering teams to architect scalable solutions and improve system reliability
- Champion infrastructure automation and build robust observability solutions
- Oversee incident response and build resilient on-call processes to support business-critical services
Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or similar technical roles
- 3 years of people management experience
- Strong background in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
- Experience with modern observability tools and practices
- Proven track record of improving system reliability and performance
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, AWS, and infrastructure as code
- Track record of building and scaling high-performing technical teams
- Experience with real-time systems and safety-critical applications
Compensation
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. The salary range for this position is $234,000 to $342,000. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
