Job Description

Hey!

Bitwise is a leading provider of mission-focused intelligence solutions that advance national security for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. Were a small and growing company so you can expect to hop in on the ground floor with us and be a consequential member of the team. Youll be more than a contract performer for us youll also be asked for ideas to improve our company and improve your career and youll contribute to our team culture. We value growth and community above almost all else so we gather regularly for game nights happy hours tech talks and plenty more. We think youll like it here!

Remember Bitwise is not a cult.

What We Look For

Bitwise hires talented engineers who are driven by purpose and who value a culture of technical excellence growth and overall wellness. We deliver new and innovative intelligence solutions to our customers at the very forefront of our countrys national security missions. And we do it every single day. Our work matters and so will you.
We ask that every new hire be able to:

Contribute meaningful thought leadership if not right away over time

• Interact with our customers and earn their confidence in your abilities
• Be detailed even if that means taking a little more time to get it right
• Contribute their ideas and ideals to improve all aspects of our company
• Allow us to invest in their education so we both grow together
• Know and live our core values every single day

About this Role

You will be on a team of 20 full-stack developers building AI-powered cybersecurity tools that actually get used. Our work only matters if it lands in front of users and they love itthis philosophy drives everything we do. Weve built a fleet of cloud-based AI/ML products that our customers depend on but we havent cracked the SRE culture internally yet. Our developers are incredible at shipping features and talking to users but infrastructure reliability needs love. We need someone who gets genuinely excited about uptime observability and making systems more resilient. This role is about embedding with our full-stack team and becoming personally invested in reliability. Youll be tinkering with and improving existing systems not just keeping the lights on. If youre the kind of person who sees a flaky deployment pipeline or a mysterious latency spike and thinks I need to figure this out we want to talk to you. Were looking for someone with SRE experience who also has a specific interest in keeping AI/ML infrastructure running smoothly. Passion for the SRE domain comes first. We need someone who can evangelize why this work matters.

Responsibilities will include:

• Own the reliability and uptime of our cloud-based product fleet with particular focus on AI/ML infrastructure components.
• Build and improve monitoring alerting and observability systems so we actually know whats happening in production.
• Investigate and resolve incidents then push for the systemic changes that prevent them from happening again.
• Work directly with developers to improve deployment pipelines reduce friction and build reliability into the development process.
• Drive SRE practices and mindset across the team evangelize why this work matters and get others excited about infrastructure.
• Automate toil away so you can focus on making things better not just keeping them running.
• Identify and address reliability risks before they become customer-facing problems.
• Tinker with and optimize existing systemswe want someone who sees improvement opportunities everywhere.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Candidates without a current clearance will not be considered.
• 3 years of experience in SRE DevOps or infrastructure engineering roles
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP or similar).
• Strong understanding of monitoring and observability tools (we need you to teach us what good looks like).
• Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management.
• Solid scripting and automation skills (Python Bash Go or similar).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
• Ability to debug complex distributed systems and trace issues across multiple services.
• Genuine passion for reliability engineering; you should light up when talking about SLOs incident response and chaos engineering.
• Comfort working in ambiguous environments where the SRE culture is still being built.
• Strong communication skills and ability to question requirements; we value people who push back constructively.
• Three (3) years of experience with a Bachelors degree in a technical discipline or 4 additional years may substitute for a degree.
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Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience maintaining AI/ML infrastructure (model serving training pipelines GPU resources etc.).
• Background in cybersecurity or building security-focused products.
• Experience building SRE practices from scratch.
• Contributions to open-source infrastructure or SRE tooling.
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes etc.).
• Knowledge of cost optimization strategies for cloud infrastructure.
• Previous experience in a full-stack or development role (helps with team communication).
• Track record of writing runbooks postmortems or documentation that actually helps people.

Benefits at Bitwise

• Top salaries because were top performers
• Pick your PTO Everyone values time and money differently so we give you the flexibility to choose between 3 and 5 weeks of PTO with a corresponding adjustment to your pay. Your choice your balance.
• All 11 federal holidays paid!
• Up to 2 snow days paid!
• Well quadruple (4x!) the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) giving you up to a 24% company match. Contributing less than 6% Unclaimed matches come right back to you as extra income giving you a guaranteed 24% that goes to your retirement to your paycheck or both. Cmon now!
• 100% employer-paid medical dental vision life and disability insurances. Thats a lot. Already covered on health insurance No problem well trade you this benefit for a boost to your salary instead.
• $5250 annual education assistance for training certifications tuition and even student loan repayments.
• Spot bonuses for obtained certifications customer recognition and just about anything else that makes us go Hot damn!. We hope to say that many times about you.

Salary Range

This position is hourly. We estimate youll earn between $160000 and $205000 annually including our flex income depending upon your annual work hours.

What to expect after applying

Youll get an email from us right away to acknowledge your application. After that well:

• Send over additional company materials for you to review
• Schedule a video call to talk about you our company and your place in it
• Craft a delightful offer package for you and record a video walkthrough
• Work closely with you through onboarding. Well keep it joyful and easy.

ℹ Disclaimers

Bitwise is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status or any other legally protected status. All employment decisions are based on qualifications merit and business needs.

Compensation for this position including all compensation options will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process.

If you require accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process please contact our excellent Head of Growth and Talent Acquisition Janine Hunter at for assistance. #CJ

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