Site Reliability Engineer

For security reasons, the candidate must be a US Citizen, or a Permanent Resident (Green Card)

As a Site Reliability Engineer at CADDi, you will build and secure infrastructure supporting our AI platform with special attention to safeguarding US customer data and supporting the Aerospace and Defense Industrial Base. You'll have strong ownership of US operations while collaborating with a global team of 150+ engineers in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

• Infrastructure & Architecture:
  Design, implement, and operate highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant infrastructure primarily on GCP, but to include multi-cloud deployments. Optimize system performance, manage disaster recovery, and ensure cost-effectiveness.
• Infrastructure as Code:
  Lead Terraform-based infrastructure development with security best practices, encrypted state management, and governance tools.
• CI/CD & Dev Sec Ops :
  Build robust pipelines supporting hundreds of developers and AI engineers. Integrate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks throughout the development lifecycle.
• Monitoring & Incident Response:
  Implement comprehensive observability strategies using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK. Define SLOs/SLIs, manage error budgets, and lead incident response with blameless post-mortems.
• Compliance & Security:
  Navigate complex regulatory requirements for U.S. Aerospace and Defense Industrial Base. Collaborate with security and legal teams on expanding compliance standards.
• Automation &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Reduce operational toil through Python, Go, or Bash automation. Work in a follow-the-sun model with global teams while taking primary responsibility for US platform partition incidents and operations.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, Dev Ops, or Systems Engineering with cloud-based SaaS platforms
• Deep Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise with security best practices
• Proficiency in Python and other scripting/programming languages
• Modern CI/CD experience (Github Actions, Git Lab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Spinnaker) including AI/ML workloads
• Strong cloud platform experience, preferably GCP (AWS, Azure experience also valuable for future multi-cloud deployments)
• Experience building and optimizing containers (Docker) and configuring orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Monitoring tools experience (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Regulated industry experience (Aerospace & Defense, Finance, Healthcare) with experience building secure platforms
• Dev Sec Ops  principles and security integration experience
• Security-first development mindset with understanding of secure infrastructure practices
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills for distributed team environments

• Hyper-growth startup experience
• AI Safety experience
• MLOps and AI/ML infrastructure security experience

• Competitive Site Reliability Engineer salary in the Chicago market with company-paid healthcare benefits, 401k matching, generous time off, and work/life balance.
• In-depth experience in various aspects of the international tech start-up environment in Chicago.
• Opportunity to contribute to developing and implementing a winning strategy as a foundational member, where you will put your stamp on the foundation of CADDi moving forward in the US.
• Exposure to cross-functional collaboration and leaders within a growing startup environment, where your voice will be heard.
• The chance to directly impact customer satisfaction, retention, and business growth, helping multiple manufacturing businesses succeed and grow in the US.

At CADDi, we're committed to creating a work environment that fosters your well‑being and professional development. Here are some of the benefits you'll enjoy as part of our team:

• Comprehensive
  
  Health Benefits:
  
  We provide 100% company‑covered employee comprehensive health insurance, including medical (United Health), dental (Principal), and vision (VSP) to keep you and your…