Site Reliability Engineer

Jobgether

12h•Remote

About The Position

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Site Reliability Engineer in the United States. This role offers the opportunity to maintain and scale mission-critical infrastructure for a fast-growing, fully remote technology company. You will work with diverse systems, including multi-terabyte databases, Kubernetes clusters, telemetry pipelines, and CI/CD workflows, ensuring high availability, resilience, and performance. The position combines hands-on engineering with strategic problem-solving, allowing you to design and implement scalable, automated, and maintainable systems. You will collaborate across engineering teams to optimize infrastructure, improve disaster recovery, and enhance operational reliability. Success in this role directly impacts system uptime, customer satisfaction, and overall business performance. This is ideal for engineers who value autonomy, ownership, and building high-quality infrastructure in a remote-first environment.

Requirements

Senior-level candidates: 5+ years of experience in building modern infrastructure systems; Staff-level candidates: 8+ years.
Proven expertise supporting mission-critical production systems, serving as a final escalation point.
Strong knowledge of cloud computing (AWS), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, CircleCI).
Experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
Proficiency with databases including MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and data analytics/telemetry systems.
Solid understanding of networking and data transfer protocols (DNS, HTTP, TCP).
Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a fully remote, collaborative team.
US-based candidates only.

Nice To Haves

Bonus points for open source contributions, multi-region architecture experience, MLOps exposure, or experience scaling Temporal.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and optimize infrastructure systems across databases, cloud platforms, and telemetry pipelines.
Ensure high availability, stability, and resilience of production systems and applications.
Automate operational processes, including CI/CD workflows, database lifecycles, and deployment pipelines.
Monitor and respond to incidents, providing escalation support and root cause analysis.
Collaborate with engineering teams to design and implement scalable solutions and multi-region architectures.
Contribute to infrastructure improvements, disaster recovery strategies, and operational documentation.
Mentor and support team members in best practices for infrastructure management and reliability.

Benefits

Competitive compensation with organization-wide goal-based bonus.
Paid Time Off: ~5 weeks plus Winter and Summer holidays; additional PTO accrual each year.
Flexible 80% work option: choose between standard 5-day weeks or 4-day weeks at 80% pay.
Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers.
Sabbatical: 1 month paid leave after 5 years of service.
Healthcare (US residents): medical, dental, vision, HSA, dependent care FSA.
401k (US residents): 6% matching contributions with immediate vesting.
Remote-first flexibility, professional development support, and opportunities to contribute to open-source projects.

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