SRE Leader

About Kontakt.io Kontakt.io is building the platform that care operations run on. We reduce waste, cut costs, and improve throughput in hospitals by automating and orchestrating clinical workflows. Using AI, real-time location data (RTLS), and deep EHR integration, our platform enables care teams to operate with real-time intelligence and financial discipline. Trusted by leading U.S. health systems including HCA, Sutter Health, AdventHealth, Trinity Health, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — and backed by Goldman Sachs — we are scaling rapidly toward the next phase of durable, disciplined hypergrowth. We’re looking for an SRE Leader to own the reliability, performance, and automation of our cloud-based, real-time platform. This role will focus on keeping our platform running smoothly 24/7, minimizing downtime, improving observability, incident response, and self-healing automation. You will lead and scale the SRE team to ensure our infrastructure stays ahead of demand, operates efficiently, and meets the needs of our growing healthcare customers. Responsibilities Ensure 99.99% uptime across our cloud platform, meeting strict SLAs for healthcare customers. Design and implement self-healing, fault-tolerant systems to prevent failures before they happen. Define SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs, ensuring proactive performance monitoring and incident resolution. Architect and manage scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS) for massive real-time data processing. Optimize containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker) to support multi-region deployments. Lead the adoption of infrastructure as code (Terraform) to fully automate infrastructure management. Build and refine a world-class monitoring, alerting, and logging system using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Datadog. Lead incident response and on-call operations, reducing mean time to detection (MTTD) and mean time to resolution (MTTR). Conduct blameless postmortems and continuously improve system resilience. Reduce manual intervention through automated deployment, scaling, and failover mechanisms. Partner with Security & Compliance teams to ensure infrastructure meets HIPAA and SOC 2 standards. Lead disaster recovery and business continuity planning to ensure critical healthcare services are always available. Drive technical strategy and roadmap for scalability, monitoring, and reliability engineering. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to align SRE initiatives with business priorities. What You Bring 10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or Cloud Infrastructure. Proven success scaling high-traffic, mission-critical platforms in SaaS, IoT, or healthcare. Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS), Kubernetes, and distributed systems. Strong background in monitoring, logging, and observability with Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or similar tools. Hands-on experience with incident management, postmortems, and building resilient systems. Deep knowledge of CI/CD automation, GitOps, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, etc.). A mature leadership approach, with the ability to drive technical strategy while growing and mentoring a high-performance SRE team. Strong understanding of network security, access management, and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, SOC 2). Bonus Points If You Have: Experience with healthcare IT, including EHR data, FHIR, and HL7 interoperability. Expertise in real-time distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or large-scale data pipelines. Prior experience leading on-call rotations and major incident management processes. Why You'll Love It Here Own Mission-Critical Reliability – Ensure hospitals and care facilities always stay online with a 99.99% uptime healthcare platform. Scale AI-Powered Infrastructure – Work on real-time automation and self-healing cloud systems that orchestrate care delivery. Drive Big Impact in Healthcare – Help reduce waste, optimize resources, and improve patient care with technology that delivers 10X ROI. Automation-First Culture – Minimize manual ops with cutting-edge automation, observability, and incident response strategies. Join a High-Performing Team – Work with top engineers, AI experts, and healthcare innovators solving real-world challenges.