Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Heartflow is a medical technology company advancing the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease, the #1 cause of death worldwide, using cutting-edge technology. The flagship product—an AI-driven, non-invasive cardiac test supported by the ACC / AHA Chest Pain Guidelines called the Heartflow FFR

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Analysis—provides a color-coded, 3D model of a patient’s coronary arteries indicating the impact blockages have on blood flow to the heart. Heartflow is the first AI-driven non-invasive integrated heart care solution across the CCTA pathway that helps clinicians identify stenoses in the coronary arteries (RoadMap™Analysis), assess coronary blood flow (FFR

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Analysis), and characterize and quantify coronary atherosclerosis (Plaque Analysis). Our pipeline of products is growing and so is our team; join us in helping to revolutionize precision heartcare.

Heartflow is a publicly traded company (HTFL) that has received international recognition for exceptional strides in healthcare innovation, is supported by medical societies around the world, cleared for use in the US, UK, Europe, Japan and Canada, and has been used for more than 400,000 patients worldwide.

Heartflow is transforming cardiovascular care with cutting-edge, non-invasive technology. We are launching a massive Platform Modernization initiative to power the next generation of our life-saving medical products.

We're looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our cloud-native infrastructure team. You will work closely with our Platform engineers and development teams to ensure our critical systems are highly available, scalable, observable, and performant. If you thrive on eliminating toil, automating complex operations, and defining the standards for production excellence, we want to talk to you.

Job Responsibilities

As our Staff SRE, you'll be the primary expert responsible for our entire compute ecosystem. Your key responsibilities will include :

As a Staff SRE, you'll operate at the highest level of technical expertise and influence. You won't just solve problems; you'll prevent them at a fundamental level across organizational boundaries.

• Design, implement, and lead large-scale, cross-functional projects to improve the reliability, performance, and efficiency of our core services and infrastructure (10× impact).
• Drive the reduction of toil by developing and deploying sophisticated automation tools and frameworks, championing the "everything as code" philosophy.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for critical incidents, perform deep-dive root cause analyses (RCAs), and implement robust corrective measures to prevent recurrence.
• Define and implement SLOs, SLIs, and Error Budgets for critical services. Enhance our monitoring, logging, and tracing systems to provide comprehensive visibility into system health.
• Set the technical direction and best practices for the entire SRE and engineering organization. Mentor mid-level and senior engineers on design patterns, operational rigor, and reliability principles.

We're looking for a leader and a deep technical expert with a proven track record of solving the hardest scaling and reliability challenges.

Required Qualifications

Nice-to-Have

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A reasonable estimate of the base salary compensation range is $185,750 to $250,922, cash bonus, and equity. #LI-IB1 #LI-Hybrid;

Heartflow is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because 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. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at Heartflow, including recruitment, hiring, training, relocation, promotion, and termination.

Positions posted for Heartflow are not intended for or open to third party recruiters / agencies. Submission of any unsolicited resumes for these positions will be considered to be free referrals.

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