Site Reliability Engineer, Frontend Performance
About The Position
As an embedded SRE, you are a force multiplier. You won’t be shipping product features or doing chores for other teams; you will be building the self-service infrastructure and guardrails that allow Redfin’s foundational engineering teams to own their own speed and reliability. You act as a technical guide and advocate, meeting teams where they are to help them level up their operational game and teaching them how to independently navigate the complexities of high-performance frontend systems. Enable Self-Service Performance: Build the RUM (Real User Monitoring) frameworks and automated deployment gates that empower frontend teams to maintain their own performance budgets. Operationalize AI: Build the "plumbing" for our AI gateway—cost tracking, usage monitoring, and reliability guardrails—so teams can leverage AI independently and safely. Intelligent Observability: Integrate AI-driven insights into our observability stack to automate incident diagnosis and help teams reduce MTTR. Strategic Advisory: Partner with core teams to provide "resilient-by-design" blueprints, helping them architect high-traffic paths that stay stable under load. Modernize Pipelines: Optimize delivery pipelines to be more observable and reliable, ensuring every deployment to our high-traffic environments is a non-event.
Requirements
- 5+ years in SRE, Platform, or Systems Performance.
- Proficiency in TypeScript & Java (enough to navigate complex codebases and identify bottlenecks).
- Observability Foundations: Experience with Core Web Vitals, APM instrumentation, or RUM.
- Automation Mindset: Experience building CLI tools, automated workflows, or CI/CD pipelines.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Datadog, AWS/Kubernetes resource optimization, or managing third-party AI service limits.
Responsibilities
- Build the RUM (Real User Monitoring) frameworks and automated deployment gates that empower frontend teams to maintain their own performance budgets.
- Build the "plumbing" for our AI gateway—cost tracking, usage monitoring, and reliability guardrails—so teams can leverage AI independently and safely.
- Integrate AI-driven insights into our observability stack to automate incident diagnosis and help teams reduce MTTR.
- Partner with core teams to provide "resilient-by-design" blueprints, helping them architect high-traffic paths that stay stable under load.
- Optimize delivery pipelines to be more observable and reliable, ensuring every deployment to our high-traffic environments is a non-event.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401K retirement plan
- paid-time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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