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- Lead SRE & Release Engineering teams focused on system reliability, release velocity, and incident response across critical services.
- Drive infrastructure cost optimization initiatives to ensure efficient AWS and tooling usage, reduce waste, and improve observability ROI (e.g., Datadog).
- Own vendor management for key platforms and tools; negotiate contracts, monitor value, and guide adoption best practices.
- Incident command during major production events, partnering with engineering leads to troubleshoot and mitigate effectively.
- Develop and grow a bench of capable incident commanders, instilling calm, rigor, and accountability across on-call and response workflows.
- Partner closely with Finance and Engineering to manage infrastructure budgets, forecast spend, and justify tooling investments.
- Establish performance and reliability metrics to monitor service health and team effectiveness.
- Identify team skill gaps, mentor SREs, and create pathways for continued growth and technical leadership.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with DevOps, Platform, and Product teams to align on reliability priorities—without needing to drive developer productivity directly.
- 5+ years of experience in site reliability, infrastructure engineering, or platform leadership, ideally in cloud-native environments.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience with AWS architecture, cloud cost modeling, and usage-based pricing strategies.
- Track record of vendor ownership, especially with major infrastructure or observability platforms (e.g., AWS, Datadog).
- High technical fluency—you can engage deeply on systems architecture, even if you’re not writing code daily.
- Experienced incident commander with the ability to mentor others in crisis response and postmortem culture.
- Comfortable managing teams directly and indirectly
- Ability to build a strategic vision for operational maturity and reliability across the org.
Salary and Benefits
At ClickUp, we believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Please note that the actual compensation for this position may vary and is dependent on factors such as geographic location, interview performance, years of experience, education level, and specific skills. We encourage candidates to discuss compensation expectations during the interview process to ensure alignment with their qualifications and our company’s compensation philosophy.
This position is eligible for the following benefits and perks:
- Equity
- 401k
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Spending accounts
- Life & Disability
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible paid time off
- Enhanced employee assistance program
- Employee wellness stipend
- Professional development stipend
Unsure if you meet all the qualifications of this job description but are deeply excited about the role? We hire based on ambition, grit, and a passion for improving the way people work. If you think ClickUp is the company for you, we encourage you to apply!
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