What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Blockchain Operation SRE position at Fireblocks?
The world of digital assets is accelerating in speed, magnitude, and complexity, opening the door to new ways for leveraging the blockchain. Fireblocks’ platform and network provide the simplest and most secure way for companies to work with digital assets and it trusted by some of the largest financial institutions, banks, globally-recognized brands, and Web3 companies in the world, including BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, ANZ Bank, Revolut, and thousands more.
What You’ll Do
This role offers an exciting opportunity to immerse yourself in the blockchain ecosystem, gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and becoming an expert in this rapidly evolving field. You’ll build strong partnerships with blockchain foundations, vendors, and customers, working together to address challenges, implement solutions, and ensure the smooth and reliable operation of our systems. You’ll drive operational excellence and enable the seamless integration of new blockchains that contribute directly to Fireblocks ARR growth! If you're eager to grow your blockchain knowledge while tackling impactful challenges, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
For employees hired to work from our NYC HQ, Fireblocks is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This range is specific to New York City, and takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are reviewed when making a hiring decision, such as years of experience, skills, and other business needs.
It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and each compensation decision is dependent on each individual case. A reasonable base salary range estimate for this position is $153,000 to $200,000. The base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which for some roles may include a target bonus, a very competitive equity grant, and very generous benefits. While we believe competitive compensation is a critical aspect of you deciding to join us, we do hope you also spend time considering why our mission and culture are right for you. We are creating something transformational here, and we hope you are as excited about the future as we are.
Fireblocks' mission is to enable every business to easily and securely access digital assets and cryptocurrencies. In order to do that, we strongly believe our workforce should be as diverse as our clients, and this is why we embrace diversity and inclusion in all its forms.
Please see our candidate privacy policy here.
What You’ll Do
This role offers an exciting opportunity to immerse yourself in the blockchain ecosystem, gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and becoming an expert in this rapidly evolving field. You’ll build strong partnerships with blockchain foundations, vendors, and customers, working together to address challenges, implement solutions, and ensure the smooth and reliable operation of our systems. You’ll drive operational excellence and enable the seamless integration of new blockchains that contribute directly to Fireblocks ARR growth! If you're eager to grow your blockchain knowledge while tackling impactful challenges, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage Fireblocks production Blockchain RPC Nodes infrastructure on AWS.
- Design, implement, and build sustainable, scalable, and secure solutions to improve infrastructure availability and performance.
- Establish strong partnerships with blockchain foundations, vendors, and customers to address challenges, implement solutions, and ensure reliable system operations.
- Dive deep into blockchain protocols to identify optimization opportunities, resolve issues, and enhance infrastructure and monitoring.
- Analyze and identify root causes for incidents, implement preventative measures, and collaborate with multiple teams to orchestrate solutions during outages.
- Drive operational excellence by enabling seamless integration of new blockchains that directly contribute to Fireblocks' ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) growth.
- Stay immersed in the blockchain ecosystem, gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and advancing expertise in this rapidly evolving field.
- At least 4 years of experience as SRE, DevOps, and Infra Backend in a SaaS environment
- At least 4 years of experience with Coding languages - Python/JavaScript/Bash, or similar
- At least 3 years of experience with Alerting & Monitoring systems such as DataDog Coralogix / Splunk / New Relic / Prometheus
- At least 3 years of experience with CI/CD tools such as Gitlab, Github Actions, CircleCI or similar
- Experience working with Linux systems from kernel to shell and beyond
- Cloud systems such as AWS / Google Cloud / Azure
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
- Configuration management such as Ansible/Chef/Puppet/ArgoCD
- High Analytical & Troubleshooting skills - ability to solve complex problems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and a collaborative mindset
- You are curious, self-motivated, easy to work with, responsible and production aware.
- Previous experience in the blockchain ecosystem - big advantage
For employees hired to work from our NYC HQ, Fireblocks is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This range is specific to New York City, and takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are reviewed when making a hiring decision, such as years of experience, skills, and other business needs.
It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and each compensation decision is dependent on each individual case. A reasonable base salary range estimate for this position is $153,000 to $200,000. The base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which for some roles may include a target bonus, a very competitive equity grant, and very generous benefits. While we believe competitive compensation is a critical aspect of you deciding to join us, we do hope you also spend time considering why our mission and culture are right for you. We are creating something transformational here, and we hope you are as excited about the future as we are.
Fireblocks' mission is to enable every business to easily and securely access digital assets and cryptocurrencies. In order to do that, we strongly believe our workforce should be as diverse as our clients, and this is why we embrace diversity and inclusion in all its forms.
Please see our candidate privacy policy here.
Salary : $153,000 - $200,000
