Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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We are looking for an experienced engineer with strong Linux and system-level expertise who can operate autonomously in complex production environments.

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EngineeringDevOps & InfrastructureSite Reliability EngineerInfrastructure & Cloud

We are looking for an experienced engineer with strong Linux and system-level expertise who can operate autonomously in complex production environments. You must be able to independently troubleshoot incidents, lead and support post-incident service recovery, and drive improvements to overall system stability, performance, and observability. We are looking for a hands-on Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong background in Linux infrastructure and third-party system operations.

This role focuses on managing and optimizing large-scale environments (5,000+ hosts) running technologies like Kafka, Redis, and Kubernetes.

The position does not involve application development but requires deep operational expertise and solid troubleshooting skills.

5+ years of experience in Linux system administration or SRE roles

Proven experience managing large-scale infrastructure environments

Experience with cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud)

Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills at the infrastructure level

Basic scripting/automation experience (Bash, Python)

Familiarity with IaC tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet)

Knowledge of distributed systems and container orchestration (Kafka, Kubernetes, etc.)

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

This role is based in Austin, and we ask that you’re within a commutable distance to this office, so that you’re able to come onsite regularly to collaborate across engineering teams.

We have a hybrid environment that requires you to be in the office 3x/week

On-call rotation: one week every 4–5 weeks (24x7 coverage).

Regular maintenance outside of business hours is generally not expected.

Please note: We are unable to offer Visa sponsorship at this time

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