Site Reliability Engineer I

Prosper • San Francisco, CA

82d • $97,000 - $125,000

About The Position

As a Site Reliability Engineer I at Prosper, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of our technology platform. This entry-level position is designed to bridge the gap between application development and infrastructure, ensuring our systems are robust, observable, and easy to maintain. You will also contribute to optimizing deployment workflows, observability practices, and overall operational readiness.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or 1+ years of experience in a relevant technical operations or platform role.
• Possess a solid understanding of core SRE concepts and cloud computing principles.
• Demonstrate skill in at least one modern programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, Java, Bash) for automation and tooling development.
• Experience working within Windows, Linux, or Unix environments.
• Proven ability to approach complex, ambiguous production issues with a systematic, data-driven methodology.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance software applications and configuration to better align with operational needs.
• Collaborate closely with the development team to achieve the company’s overarching goals.
• Deploy, maintain, and optimize our comprehensive observability stack, including metrics, logs, and traces.
• Design and refine alerting strategies to transition from reactive monitoring to proactive.
• Manage and provision cloud infrastructure using modern Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Leverage innovative GenAI tools to boost SRE efficiency.
• Participate in on-call rotation to ensure production reliability.

Benefits

• The opportunity to collaborate with a team of creative, fun, and driven colleagues on products that have an immediate and significant impact on people’s lives.
• The opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with experienced industry leaders.
• Flexible time off, comprehensive health coverage, competitive salary, paid parental leave.
• Wellness benefits including access to mental health resources, virtual HIIT and yoga workouts.
• A bevy of other perks including Udemy access, childcare assistance, pet insurance discounts, legal assistance, and additional discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees