Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure
Join favorited as a Member of Technical Staff to enhance the reliability and scalability of our real-time platform infrastructure.
Posted by employer 4 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 5 days ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Member of Technical Staff at Favorited, the individual will focus on ensuring the reliability and scalability of the infrastructure that supports a real-time platform for a growing global audience. Key skills include expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly Google Cloud Platform, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration. This position is suited for seasoned professionals with over six years in Site Reliability Engineering or related fields, who thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Favorited emphasizes high standards and open communication, making it ideal for self-starters passionate about enhancing digital community interactions
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Favorited's careers page November 6, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for DevOps/SRE roles (median ~$165,000).
- Starts at or below all 34 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States that list Kubernetes we track (median $200,500 across 22 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
- Kubernetes appears in 67.2% of 67 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States; Google Cloud Platform appears in 1.5% of 67 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in Santa Monica, CA.
- What's the salary range?
- Favorited lists $150,000–$200,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure role.
- Where is the role based?
- Favorited is hiring for this position in Santa Monica, CA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Datadog, Docker, Go, Google Cloud Platform, Grafana, HTTP/3.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Favorited targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure role at Favorited.
From the original posting
Job Title: Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure
Location: Santa Monica, CA (On-site)
Employment Type: Full-time
Level: Senior
Company: fav
About the Role
We are looking for a Member of Technical Staff to help ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of the infrastructure that powers fav's real-time platform. You will play a key role in building and maintaining systems that support high-traffic applications used by a rapidly growing global audience.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, improving system reliability, and building automation that allows engineering teams to move quickly and confidently.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain highly reliable and scalable infrastructure supporting real-time applications.
Build automation and tooling to improve system reliability, deployment processes, and operational efficiency.
Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high availability and rapid incident response.
Partner closely with engineering teams to improve service reliability, performance, and observability.
Support incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems, ensuring learnings are incorporated into system improvements.
Optimize infrastructure for performance, cost efficiency, and scalability.
Manage and scale containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and related orchestration technologies.
Help define and enforce reliability standards, SLOs, and operational best practices across engineering teams.
Continuously evaluate new infrastructure tools and practices to improve system resilience and developer productivity.
What We’re Looking For
6+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
Experience managing infrastructure for large-scale systems supporting millions of users.
Strong expertise with cloud infrastructure, ideally Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and distributed systems.
Experience implementing monitoring and observability systems (Dash0, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar).
Strong scripting or programming experience in languages such as Python, Go, or TypeScript.
Deep understanding of reliability engineering practices including SLOs, SLIs, and incident management.
Strong collaboration skills and ability to work cross-functionally with engineering teams.
Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking and emerging protocols like HTTP/3.
Nice to Have:
Experience supporting real-time streaming, gaming, or large-scale consumer applications.
Familiarity with event-driven architectures and large-scale data processing systems.
Experience optimizing infrastructure costs in high-growth environments.
Practical experience integrating AI agents into DevOps workflows.
Salary & Benefits
Compensation: $150k - $200k base salary + options.
Benefits Include:
Unlimited PTO to prioritize work-life balance.
401(k) plan to invest in your future.
Comprehensive health insurance to support your well-being.
Paid company holidays for time to recharge.
Competitive salary that values your expertise and contributions.
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