Site Reliability Engineering Team Lead (Principal SRE)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Site Reliability Engineering Team Lead (Principal SRE) based in the United States. This Principal-level role owns the reliability, availability, and operational health of a global cloud-native AI platform. You will combine deep hands-on SRE expertise with technical leadership, shaping reliability strategy across critical production services. The role encompasses SLI/SLO/SLA governance, observability, automation, incident response, production readiness, and high-risk change management. You will work closely with engineering, DevOps, platform, architecture, and operations teams to embed reliability throughout the software development lifecycle. As a technical leader without direct reports, you will influence through expertise, mentorship, standards, and informed decision-making. The environment is distributed and highly technical, with complex systems requiring strong availability, scalability, and operational resilience. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced SRE professional who enjoys solving challenging infrastructure problems while building sustainable reliability practices.