Manager, Site Reliability Engineering
Lead a team of SREs to ensure the reliability and performance of LayerZero's blockchain infrastructure.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Lead and develop a team of SREs
- Own the reliability strategy for blockchain node infrastructure
- Partner with Engineering leadership and Product/Platform teams
- Drive infrastructure-as-code practices
- Establish and improve on-call structure
Must have
- 6+ years in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering
- 2+ years directly managing or leading a technical team
- Deep familiarity with blockchain node infrastructure
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript or Golang
- 3+ years running Kubernetes in production
Role intensity
30% coding — mostly leadership/strategy
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Manager of Site Reliability Engineering at LayerZero Labs oversees a team focused on ensuring the reliability and performance of blockchain node infrastructure and platform services. This role requires expertise in SRE practices, particularly with Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code, alongside strong programming skills in TypeScript or Golang. Ideal candidates have significant experience in SRE or DevOps, including leadership roles, and a solid understanding of blockchain technologies. The position emphasizes both technical acumen and people management, contributing to the growth and efficiency of the SRE team.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 11, 2026. Last confirmed on LayerZero Labs's careers page October 30, 2026.
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Manager, Site Reliability Engineering role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Golang, Helm, Kubernetes, TypeScript.
- What seniority level is this role?
- LayerZero Labs targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Manager, Site Reliability Engineering role at LayerZero Labs.
From the original posting
LayerZero
The Future is Omnichain.
ABOUT THE ROLE
At LayerZero, our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is at the intersection of software and systems engineering, dedicated to crafting and maintaining large-scale, resilient systems. Our goal is to ensure that all LayerZero services — ranging from critical internal systems to those external users interact with — are reliable, meet the uptime expectations of our users, and continuously evolve at a swift pace. Our SRE professionals will monitor our system's capacity and performance to uphold these standards.
As Manager of SRE, you'll lead a team of engineers responsible for the reliability, performance, and scalability of our blockchain node infrastructure and platform services — while staying technically sharp enough to guide architecture decisions and jump into critical incidents. You'll balance people leadership with hands-on technical judgment, shaping how the team works, grows, and scales alongside LayerZero.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead and develop a team of SREs — setting technical direction, growth plans, and performance expectations.
- Own the reliability strategy for blockchain node infrastructure across a variety of DLTs, including SLOs, capacity planning, and incident response.
- Partner with Engineering leadership and Product/Platform teams to align reliability investments with business priorities.
- Drive infrastructure-as-code practices, with a focus on Kubernetes and Helm at scale.
- Establish and continuously improve on-call structure, incident detection/triage automation, and postmortem culture.
- Stay hands-on: review designs, dig into complex incidents, and set the technical bar for the team.
ABOUT YOU
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering, including 2+ years directly managing or leading a technical team.
- Deep familiarity with blockchain node infrastructure (validator/full/archive nodes, RPC optimization, etc.).
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript or Golang, with the judgment to know when to write code vs. delegate.
- Advanced knowledge of Unix/Linux internals and distributed systems / high-availability design.
- 3+ years running Kubernetes in production, including Helm chart authoring at scale.
- Track record building or scaling an on-call/incident response process.
- Excellent communication skills — able to represent the team to leadership and hire/retain strong engineers.
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