Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Remote

About Livepeer:

Livepeer is on a mission to build the world’s open video infrastructure. Founded in 2017, it is the world’s first open-source protocol for decentralized video streaming, built on Ethereum. The project has empowered developers to create scalable, cost-effective, and censorship-resistant video applications. The Livepeer network has transcoded billion of minutes, serving Web3 and Web2 platforms across gaming, entertainment, social media, and beyond. In 2024, Livepeer AI was introduced, unlocking Livepeer’s compute network for AI inference workflows. From real-time video transcription and object detection to scene recognition and AI-powered editing, Livepeer AI brings advanced machine learning directly into the decentralized video stack. These new tools not only reduce costs but also empower developers to build richer, smarter, and more engaging video experiences—whether for Web3 platforms, AI-powered dApps, or even traditional video use cases.

Your Role:

Livepeer AI is looking for an experienced, self-driven SRE Engineer – someone that loves to build tools automate everything and deliver the best production experiences for end users. They are passionate about keeping all our user-facing services and Livepeer production systems running smoothly. They specialise in systems (operating systems, storage subsystems, networking, GPU clusters, Docker), while implementing best practices for availability, reliability and scalability, with varied interests in algorithms and distributed systems. We value reliability. We approach the infrastructure with craft and think a lot about form and function. You should feel equally at home talking to developers and designers. We are looking for someone who cares about the reliability of the infrastructure as much as we do. You will ensure the final product is high quality and works as intended.

Responsibilities:

• Provide tech leadership in SRE execution and planning
• Lead complex infra projects for both internal and external stakeholders
• Orchestrate and run our infrastructure
• Add to and tune our monitoring
• Reduce or automate manual processes
• Be on an on-call (PagerDuty) rotation to respond to incidents that impact Livepeer’s availability
• Plan the growth of our infrastructure as we continue to scale
• Vendor management
• Manage the technical roadmap for the SRE team
• Infrastructure cost monitoring and optimisations
• Supporting engineers and improving development workflows
• Talk directly to large customers
• Co-ordinate with team members across timezones

Experience Required:

• Build a technical competent SRE team through a clear set of OKRs
• Build essential tooling to improve the infra ops
• Have run global mission-critical infrastructure
• Have managed systems that handle high request volumes
• Know your way around Linux and the Unix Shell
• Have used configuration management systems
• Have used infrastructure automation tools
• Have implemented CI / CD pipelines
• Have experience with some of the following technologies:
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Nginx
  • Github Actions
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • Loki
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Major CDN vendors
  • Github Actions, Workflows, managing self-hosted runners
  • Video streaming technologies (HLS, RTMP, transcoding etc.)
  • COBOL
  • Web3 / Blockchain, particularly the Ethereum ecosystem

Compensation and Benefits

• Base Salary: 90,000 - 130,00 USD per annum
• Token package: Competitive token package with a 3-year vesting schedule.
• Employee Stock Option Plan: Competitive ESOP with 4-year vesting and a 1-year cliff.
• Annual Adjusted Salaries: Every January, we review and adjust pay.
• Holidays: 25 vacation days per year plus any national holidays.
• A day off on your birthday—because you deserve to celebrate! (If it falls on a weekend, take another day off that week.)
• Learning and Development Budget: 2,000 USD per year to invest in courses, certifications, or workshops to grow in your role.
• Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance in applicable locations.
• Pension: Company pension contributions in applicable locations.
• Equipment: Choose a laptop of your preference and anything you need for a comfortable work setup (we’ll purchase it for you).
• Home Office Upgrades: 300 USD every two years to refresh your workspace at home.
• Flexible Working: Flexible hours to support work-life balance.
• Annual Company Retreat: Once a year, we fly the whole company to an exciting global location for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun—all expenses covered.
• Team Meetups: Each team comes together in person once a year to build trust, spark ideas, and share meaningful moments that go beyond the screen.
• Subscription Gift: 250 USD per year to spend on a personal subscription of your choice, whether that’s a streaming service, audiobook platform, or another subscription that adds enjoyment to your life.
• Work Anniversary Rewards: At Livepeer, we love recognising your journey. As you reach 3, 4, 5 years and beyond, you'll be celebrated with gift card rewards.
• Celebrate Life’s Big Moments: Whether it’s a wedding, a new baby, or another major milestone, we’ll mark the occasion with a celebration gift.
• Referral Bonus: Refer great talent to Livepeer and earn 100 LPT tokens when they’re hired and successfully complete their probation.
• Latest Tech: Work with cutting-edge AI and the latest technologies alongside an innovative and entrepreneurial team.

Apply Now!

Join Livepeer AI and shape the future of video streaming and AI tooling.

Resources to learn more about Livepeer

• The Livepeer Primer
• Livepeer snags $20M for decentralized video transcoding
• Messari Profile
• daydream.live