DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer

About General Matter We are strengthening America’s capacity in nuclear energy, creating a new set of possibilities for our shared present and future, from generating clean energy at scale to forging energy security.

General Matter

Fuel for progress.

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www.generalmatter.com

11-50 employees

Services for Renewable Energy

El Segundo, ca

Privately Held

6.3k LinkedIn followers

Raised $50M

• We are seeking a highly capable DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer to help build
• and operate the software systems underpinning uranium enrichment R&D and
• production infrastructure. This role is foundational to our reliability, safety,
• and developer velocity. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining
• observability, alerting, and developer productivity systems, and for ensuring
• that critical internal and production services are correctly instrumented and
• monitored. We are only interested in candidates with strong fundamentals, sound
• judgment, and the ability to operate with rigor in a production environment
• where failures matter.
• Design, implement, and maintain observability and alerting systems across
• critical services and infrastructure
• Ensure all production and internal services are properly instrumented with
• metrics, logs, and traces
• Own and maintain developer productivity tools, CI/CD systems, and internal
• platforms
• Participate in an on-call rotation and respond to production incidents with
• urgency and discipline
• Lead incident reviews and drive long-term reliability improvements
• Automate operational workflows to reduce manual toil and improve system
• resilience

Required

• Solid understanding of networking concepts, DNS, TLS/certificate management,
• Experience operating and debugging production systems
• Familiarity with observability tools (metrics, logging, alerting) and
• incident response
• Ability to write clear, maintainable code and automation scripts
• Demonstrated ownership, attention to detail, and sound technical judgment
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.
• Ability to come into our office every day. This role is 100% on site and in
• person.
• Currently a US Citizen with capability to obtain and maintain a US Q
• clearance.

Preferred

• Experience with modern observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana,
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling at scale
• Experience supporting safety-critical or high-reliability systems
• Strong debugging skills across application, OS, and network boundaries
• Prior on-call experience in a production environment

• The base salary range for this role is $100,000–$200,000 annually.
• Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with
• market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis
• and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical
• capabilities and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an
• estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or
• other factors. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be
• eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to
• medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.