Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Development Platform

About Us

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to help design, build, and operate the infrastructure that underpins the build pipelines that allow our companies to produce and deliver firmware. You will play a key role in evolving our technical foundation and our approach to DevOps as a culture, working alongside other team members to turn architectural vision into reality. This position demands a deep understanding of cloud-native ecosystems, critical thinking and a practical, collaborative mindset to help enable our large developer organization.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and implementation of infrastructure components, from a developer platform mindset, including centralized developer portals, tooling to reduce developer cognitive overhead and
• Help manage our AWS footprint by identifying opportunities for better multi-region availability, disaster recovery, and cost efficiency.
• Participate in defining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) patterns and help maintain the library of modules used across the engineering organization.
• Develop and optimize custom Kubernetes operators and controllers to automate stateful services, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Assist in building robust, automated security controls and policy-as-code to ensure platform compliance.
• Identify friction points across the organizations that operate on top of our infrastructure and collaboratively build intuitive tools that improve the developer experience.
• Support mid-level and junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical leadership.
• Work closely with engineering teams to gather requirements, identify dependencies, and provide technical input on risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform. Experience designing reusable modules and managing state at scale.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, networking, storage and service mesh architectures.
• Proven track record implementing GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux in production environments.
• Strong understanding of automation and scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, GoLang).
• Strong experience with one of the major Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including IAM, compute, networking and storage layers.
• Experience maintaining and optimizing CI pipelines.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to peers and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment where architectural decisions are discussed and debated.
• Willingness to mentor peers and share technical knowledge.

Pay Disclosure

Salary Range for Vancouver applicants: $108,200 - $143,430

The posted salary represents the lowest and highest ranges RV Tech reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position. Any posted salary range pertains only to the estimated starting pay for the role. Actual starting pay is based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, skillset, qualifications, specific competencies, relevant education, and location.

Total Rewards

Total compensation packages for this position include base salary, eligibility for an annual performance bonus, and eligibility for equity.

In addition, our benefits package has been designed to support the health and wellness of our employees. Benefit offerings include Flex Time Off, retirement savings plans as well as medical, vision and dental coverage. For more information on RV Tech’s comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, check out our Global Benefits Site.

External candidates can apply for this role through the RV Tech Careers site (https://rivianvw.tech/#careers). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board (https://internal-careers-rivian.icims.com/).

Equal Opportunity

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at candidateaccommodations@rivian.com.

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian and VW Group Technologies (“Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies”) may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

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Please note this job posting represents an open, active vacancy. Additionally, we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform. Experience designing reusable modules and managing state at scale.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, networking, storage and service mesh architectures.
• Proven track record implementing GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux in production environments.
• Strong understanding of automation and scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, GoLang).
• Strong experience with one of the major Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including IAM, compute, networking and storage layers.
• Experience maintaining and optimizing CI pipelines.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to peers and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment where architectural decisions are discussed and debated.
• Willingness to mentor peers and share technical knowledge.

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