Site Reliability Engineer 3

slice is a new bank focused on improving the use of money and time, with a strong emphasis on enhancing the consumer banking experience. The company is dedicated to simplifying and streamlining banking processes by creating fast, transparent, and user-friendly products. slice's cornerstone products include the slice savings account, slice UPI credit card, slice UPI, and slice business, all designed to be straightforward, rewarding, and entirely under your control. As part of the team at slice, you will have the opportunity to contribute to building innovative financial solutions and shaping the future of banking in India. Backed by renowned investors such as Tiger Global, Insight Partners, and Advent International, slice values a harmonious working environment where happiness and success are shared among colleagues.

• *Role Overview:**

As a Site Reliability Engineer 3 at slice, you will play a crucial role in the Platform & Infrastructure Engineering team. Your responsibilities will involve designing, automating, building, and maintaining highly reliable cloud-native systems.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• Design, build, and manage AWS-based production infrastructure encompassing networking, compute, storage, security, and observability.
• Take ownership of Kubernetes (EKS) platforms and critical production workloads, ensuring operational stability and scalability.
• Architect and oversee VPCs, routing, security groups, NACLs, ALB / NLB, and connectivity patterns.
• Implement and maintain service mesh (Istio) for traffic control, security policies, and observability.
• Develop fault-tolerant, highly available architectures across multiple Availability Zones and regions.
• Define and enhance Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies aligned with business SLAs.
• Conduct production readiness reviews, capacity planning, and reliability enhancements for critical services.
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform, establish GitOps-driven deployments, and reduce operational toil through automation.
• Lead incident response, post-mortems, and systemic fixes to improve reliability.
• Mentor junior engineers, set technical standards, and elevate the reliability standards for the Infrastructure team.
• *Qualifications Required:**
• 9+ years of experience in SRE / DevOps / Platform / Infrastructure Engineering roles.
• Proficiency in AWS services such as EC2, ASG, ALB / NLB, IAM, and VPC.
• Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes (EKS) in production environments.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, Terraform, Linux systems, and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with Golang, Python, or TypeScript, along with service mesh architectures.
• Experience in managing systems with strict uptime, security, and compliance requirements.
• Proven track record of leading incidents and reliability initiatives.

Kindly note that the company culture at slice is characterized by competitive salaries, comprehensive medical insurance, flexible working hours, tailored vacation policies, a reward system for exceptional performance, ample learning opportunities, and a vibrant work environment designed to foster collaboration and camaraderie among team members. slice is a new bank focused on improving the use of money and time, with a strong emphasis on enhancing the consumer banking experience. The company is dedicated to simplifying and streamlining banking processes by creating fast, transparent, and user-friendly products. slice's cornerstone products include the slice savings account, slice UPI credit card, slice UPI, and slice business, all designed to be straightforward, rewarding, and entirely under your control. As part of the team at slice, you will have the opportunity to contribute to building innovative financial solutions and shaping the future of banking in India. Backed by renowned investors such as Tiger Global, Insight Partners, and Advent International, slice values a harmonious working environment where happiness and success are shared among colleagues.

• *Role Overview:**

As a Site Reliability Engineer 3 at slice, you will play a crucial role in the Platform & Infrastructure Engineering team. Your responsibilities will involve designing, automating, building, and maintaining highly reliable cloud-native systems.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• Design, build, and manage AWS-based production infrastructure encompassing networking, compute, storage, security, and observability.
• Take ownership of Kubernetes (EKS) platforms and critical production workloads, ensuring operational stability and scalability.
• Architect and oversee VPCs, routing, security groups, NACLs, ALB / NLB, and connectivity patterns.
• Implement and maintain service mesh (Istio) for traffic control, security policies, and observability.
• Develop fault-tolerant, highly available architectures across multiple Availability Zones and regions.
• Define and enhance Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies aligned with business SLAs.
• Conduct production readiness