About Unkey:

Unkey redefines API development, deployment and operations. We provide the infrastructure for developers to ship better code faster. As a rapidly growing startup, we're looking for passionate engineers who want to shape the future of developer infrastructure.

We are a fully remote and mostly asynchronous company, relying on everyone to take ownership of their work and to lead with action.

About the Role:

As our founding SRE, you'll have comprehensive ownership of our infrastructure, reliability, and operational excellence. You'll architect and implement the foundation that will scale with us from today to global adoption. This is a highly autonomous role where your decisions will have direct, lasting impact on our product and engineering culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure using AWS services and Infrastructure as Code
• Build and optimize our global API delivery network for low-latency access
• Implement and maintain observability systems for monitoring, logging, and alerting
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response
• Drive continuous improvement in our deployment processes and tooling

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or similar roles
• Proficiency in Go
• Extensive experience with AWS services (ECS, Fargate, Route53, App Runner)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, specifically Pulumi
• Experience building and maintaining global, low-latency API systems
• Solid understanding of observability practices and tools

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with Firecracker to run untrusted code in isolation
• Experience with other cloud providers (GCP, Azure)
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements
• Additional programming languages (Typescript)

Benefits:

• Stock options/equity.
• Inclusive Healthcare Package.
• Flexible Time Off with a recommended 4 or more weeks per year, and paid holidays.
• Fully remote, work from anywhere globally.
• We provide the gear you need.

Why we may not be a good fit

We're a small, fast-moving startup, and this environment isn't for everyone. You might not enjoy working with us if:

• You prefer well-defined structures and processes. We're building these as we go, and you'll need to be comfortable with ambiguity.
• You're looking for extensive management oversight. We expect everyone to be self-directed and take ownership of their work. When you see something that needs fixing, we expect you to own it end-to-end and drive it to completion.
• You want to focus solely on coding. Building a startup requires wearing multiple hats and contributing beyond your core role.
• You have a big ego. There's no room for "rock stars" who can't take feedback or collaborate.
• You're not comfortable with rapid change. Our priorities and approaches evolve quickly as we learn from our customers.
• You prefer to wait for perfect information before making decisions. We often need to move fast with incomplete data.

We believe in being transparent about our environment and expectations. The right person for this role will be excited by these challenges rather than discouraged by them.

How to Apply:

Send us an email at jobs@unkey.dev telling us why you're excited about developer tooling and infrastructure. We'd love to hear about:

• Your perspective on the current state of developer tools
• Any personal pain points you've experienced that motivate you to work in this space
• Relevant projects or systems you've built that align with our mission
• Your GitHub profile (if you have public work you'd like to share)

We value thoughtful, genuine responses over formal applications. The best candidates are those who are genuinely passionate about empowering developers.

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