Site Reliability Engineer - Storage
Job description
Storage SRE role at Proton, responsible for automating, scaling, enhancing and operating the company's predominantly on-premise Storage infrastructure across multiple data centers. Based in Geneva or Paris.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- On-site · Geneva, Switzerland · Paris, France
- Languages
- English
- Pay
- EUR 50,000 – 77,000 / year
What you'll do
- Design, build, and operate resilient Storage infrastructure for Proton's most critical production services
- Develop and maintain automation tools to enhance deployment processes, configuration management, and service reliability
- Improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response to maintain high availability and rapid issue resolution
- Optimize and scale Proton's infrastructure
- Collaborate with product and security teams to implement best practices for privacy and data protection at every layer of the stack
- Document and share knowledge to foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the team and beyond
- Work closely with a group of Back-End Engineers and Architects to build resilient, massively-scalable solutions for millions of people to rely on
- Document back-end capabilities and their proper use
- Join the oncall rotation to operate the Storage service
What we're looking for
- Experience building complex production systems
- Operational experience, demonstrating the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems for critical systems
- Experience with software development
- Solid understanding of security best practices
- High-level understanding of cryptography concepts
Nice to have
- Experience with storage systems (e.g. Ceph, Seaweed or Tape)
Your team
Storage SRE team
Team responsible for automating, scaling, enhancing and running Proton's Storage infrastructure, which runs predominantly on-premise in multiple data centers.
Benefits
Transport costs supported through subsidizing public transport, bike allowances, or parking spaces based on office location
Comprehensive health insurance plans, competitive retirement savings options, generous vacation and leave policies, and wellness programs
- All devices and software needed for the role
- Lunch and snacks provided daily at offices
- Stock options
- Flexible working hours as long as it works with team meetings
- Learning opportunities including training programs, conferences and events, and continual learning
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About Proton
Join Proton and build a better internet where privacy is the default
Proton was founded in 2014 by scientists from CERN and has built the world's largest encrypted email service (Proton Mail) and expanded into Proton VPN, Proton Drive, Proton Pass, and Proton Calendar — tools used by millions globally to protect their freedom, fight censorship, and keep their data safe.
Mission
Privacy is a fundamental human right
Key facts
- 700+ team members
- 2014
- Founded in 2014 by scientists from CERN
- Profitable and independent (no VC control)
- Selectively hires from the top ~1% of applicants
- 700+ team members across 50+ countries
- Over 100 million people trust and support Proton
- Only source of revenue is user subscriptions
- Started with the support of a crowdfunding campaign
What they value
- Privacy is a fundamental human right
- Community-first
- Diversity drives innovation