Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Prosper, you will be instrumental in enhancing the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of our technology platform. This role bridges the gap between application development and infrastructure, ensuring systems are robust, observable, and easy to maintain. A key focus will be leveraging Generative AI to standardize engineering processes, improve application reliability, and boost developer productivity and platform scalability. You will also contribute to optimizing deployment workflows, observability practices, and overall operational readiness.

Problems You Will Solve

• Improve system resilience, observability, and maintainability by aligning application frameworks with platform capabilities.
• Automate the provisioning and configuration of cloud infrastructure to support scalability and operational efficiency.
• Empower our engineering teams by fully embracing and advocating for DevOps culture through self-service tools within the SDLC.
• Enhance the developer experience, particularly in local development environments and CI/CD deployment processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to ensure the stability and reliability of production systems.

About You

• 8+ years of experience in software, platform, or site reliability engineering.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for resolving complex technical issues across the stack.
• A strong understanding of observability best practices.
• Proficiency in one or more of: Java, Node.js, and GraphQL (preferred).
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitHub Actions.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools, including Docker and Kubernetes.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to collaborate with a team of creative, fun, and driven colleagues on products that have an immediate and significant impact on people's lives
• The opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with experienced industry leaders
• Flexible time off, comprehensive health coverage, competitive salary, paid parental leave, and other wellness benefits
• A bevy of other perks including Udemy access, childcare assistance, pet insurance discounts, legal assistance, and additional discounts through Perkspot

$154,000 - $191,000 a year

The salary for this position is $154,000 - $191,000 annually, plus bonus and generous benefits. In determining your salary, we will consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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About Our Technology Team

We are growing our Technology team to support our various financial products. The ideal candidate is passionate about learning the Fintech domain and delivering cutting-edge, high-quality solutions to solve business problems. We utilize a progressive, test-driven, Agile development methodology that places a high premium on communication, teamwork, sound design and clean implementation.

About Us

Founded in 2005 as the first peer-to-peer marketplace lending platform in the U.S., Prosper was built on a simple idea: connect people who want to borrow money with those who want to invest. Since inception, Prosper has helped more than 2 million people gain access to affordable credit with over $27 billion in loans originated through its platform. Our mission is to help our customers advance their financial well-being through a variety of products including personal loans, credit, home equity lines of credit (HELOC), and our newest product, HELoan. Our diverse culture rewards accountability and cross functional teamwork because we believe this encourages innovative thinking and helps us deliver on our mission.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best, and we are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere. It is important to us that every hire connects with our vision, mission, and core values. Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all!

Our Values

Diversity expands opportunities

Collaboration creates better solutions

Curiosity fuels our innovation

Integrity defines all our relationships

Excellence leads to longevity

Simplicity guides our user experience

Accountability at all levels drives results

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At Prosper, we're looking for people with passion, integrity, and a hunger to learn. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your unique skill set and diverse perspective will stand out and set you apart from other candidates. Prosper thrives with people who think outside of the box and aren't afraid to challenge the status quo. We invite you to join us on our mission to advance financial well-being.

Prosper is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical​​​ condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Prosper will consider for employment qualified applicants who are non-US citizens and will provide green card sponsorship.