Site Reliability Engineer

About Flowdesk At Flowdesk, we are building the infrastructure powering the next era of global finance. As a full-service digital asset trading and technology firm, we provide liquidity solutions, OTC trading, and market infrastructure that connect digital assets to global markets with institutional-grade precision, transparency, and scale. Flowdesk combines expertise from traditional finance, algorithmic trading, and blockchain technology to deliver always-on trading capabilities across the digital asset ecosystem. Founded in 2020, we are a global team supporting institutions, exchanges, and token issuers to enable a tokenized financial markets ecosystem. Why join Flowdesk? You’ll be joining a company operating at the intersection of finance, technology, and crypto; solving complex market problems, building critical infrastructure, and helping shape how digital assets connect to global liquidity. We move fast, think long term, and work with a strong ownership mindset across engineering, trading, product, operations, and business teams. Role Description As a Core SRE Engineer at Flowdesk, you will be at the heart of our infrastructure operations, responsible for the reliability, performance, and scalability of our global high-frequency trading platform. Reporting to Flowdesk's head of Infrastructure and working in close collaboration with the Engineering, Trading, and Data teams, you will play a crucial role in maintaining, enhancing, and scaling the critical systems that power our operations. Key Responsibilities Infrastructure Management & Reliability • Maintain and optimize critical infrastructures including , cloud infrastructures, data pipelines, and core trading systems • Monitor and optimize network infrastructure to ensure peak performance and minimal downtime • Ensure reliability, security, scalability, and performance of the company's essential systems • Participate in day-to-day operational activities and incident management Kubernetes & Orchestration • Develop and maintain in-house Kubernetes operators to manage our evolving stack • Manage containerized workloads and ensure smooth deployments Automation & DevOps • Improve and add new features to our CI/CD systems (FluxCD, Github Actions, Python scripting) • Implement robust monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and similar technologies • Advance DevOps practices, application-level reliability, and observability Collaboration & Innovation • Engage with Flowdesk's teams to understand their needs and deliver technical solutions • Provide technical support that enhances operational capabilities across teams • Propose improvements and bring innovative ideas to enhance performance and reliability • Explain technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders Requirements Essential Experience • Bare Metal Infrastructure : Deep proficiency with bare metal deployments, cloud architectures, network configurations, and Terraform provisioners • Kubernetes Expertise : Deep experience with Kubernetes architecture globally • Systems & Network Management : Knowledge of network infrastructure administration, especially for ultra-low latency setups and interconnects. • Cloud Infrastructure : Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible) • Cloud Infrastructure : Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible) • Monitoring & Observability : Hands-on experience with monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana) and implementing proactive detection systems Highly Valued • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, FluxCD, and Github Actions • Comfortable coding in languages like Golang, Rust, or Python for infrastructure automation and tooling • DevOps m