Site Reliability Engineer Intern - Summer 2026

Tempo

2d • Remote

About The Position

As a Site Reliability Engineer Intern, you'll join Tempo's SRE team and get hands-on experience building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports our engineering department. You'll contribute to real work — helping create stable, highly available, cost-efficient, and extensible solutions that power products used by thousands of customers worldwide. You'll be embedded within our Toronto-based engineering team, working alongside experienced SREs in a real sprint cycle with dedicated mentorship and structured support throughout your term.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field at a Canadian post-secondary institution
• 18 years of age or older
• Available for the full term, working 40 hours per week
• Legally authorized to work in Canada for the duration of the internship
• Based in the Greater Toronto Area or able to work within Toronto team hours (Eastern Time)
• Familiarity with Linux, Bash, and Git
• Basic understanding of cloud concepts (AWS or equivalent)
• Strong written communication skills and comfort with remote, async collaboration
• Analytical mindset with a passion for solving tough problems
• Eager to learn, receive feedback, and grow

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes is an asset

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, implementing, and maintaining infrastructure using best practices
• Support CI/CD pipeline creation and maintenance
• Help deploy and manage workloads on AWS
• Work with modern technologies like Kubernetes and Docker
• Contribute to automating key processes including build, release, monitoring, alerting, and observability
• Help monitor system performance and assist in troubleshooting issues
• Participate in team rituals including standups, sprint planning, code reviews, and retrospectives
• Collaborate with engineers across the team to understand and contribute to technical solutions
• Support security and compliance requirements as part of day-to-day work
• Present your work at the end of your term to engineers and stakeholders across the team

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Dedicated engineering mentor
• Structured remote onboarding
• Full access to Tempo's internal tools from day one
• Mid-term and end-of-term feedback sessions
• Cohort experience
• Possibility of a return offer for exceptional interns, based on team needs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree