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Site Reliability Engineer

Vannevar Labs · San Diego, California · Remote

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own platform reliability for AI systems supporting live combat operations.
  • Support 125 deployments spanning every branch and combatant command.
  • Build observability tooling to catch health issues before they become incidents.

What they offer

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 100% remote-first culture with WeWork access
  • Unlimited PTO including vacation and holiday schedules
  • Monthly mental health, wellness and fitness stipend, in-home office setup and family planning assistance
  • Salary top-up during military reserve duty
  • Fully paid parental leave
  • Child and pet care reimbursement during travel

Ideal candidate

A calm, mission-driven SRE who stays clear under pressure, exercises sharp judgment on when to dig in versus escalate, and cares about keeping critical systems reliable at scale.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or software engineering
  • Hands-on experience monitoring production systems and owning debugging and incident response
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to stay clear while troubleshooting live issues
  • Experience with PLG stack, Datadog, or other enterprise monitoring/observability tools
  • Experience with on-call rotation and running or contributing to post-mortems
  • Knowledge of AWS cloud technologies
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform and Pulumi
  • Experience with Python, Bash, or other scripting languages
  • Willingness and ability to work on-site in San Diego, CA
  • U.S. Citizenship required for access to U.S.-only and export-controlled systems
  • TS/SCI clearance required
remote policy
Remote-first - work from anywhere in the US

Lab profile

About Vannevar Labs

Builds AI systems for the Department of War's most consequential missions.

What they build

  • Core platform
  • Collection Platform
  • Security Platform

Known for

  • Forward-deployed engineering with mission owners
  • Rapid fielding for combat operations

Key facts

  • 125 deployments across branches and combatant commands
  • 9,000+ users on fielded product
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