Staff Software Engineer, Reliability Engineering

April 26

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Description

• Design, implement and maintain the tools and systems that support service reliability, monitoring, and alerting • Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure services are designed with reliability in mind, and provide guidance on the appropriate use of tooling and automation • Identify opportunities to improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our services and drive their implementation • Work with SREs to understand the challenges they face in operating our services and develop tools and systems to help them manage these challenges • Participate in incident response and post-mortems to identify and address systemic issues • Continuously evaluate new technologies and industry best practices to improve our SRE tooling and incident response procedures • Gain and maintain an intimate understanding of how the critical parts of the site work (services, infrastructure, tooling, and processes) • Lead high-urgency incident management and mentor less-experienced team members in effectively handling incidents • Contribute to better incident retrospectives, driving improvements in our overall reliability and incident response time

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field • 9+ years of experience in software engineering or SRE roles, with a focus on large scale distributed systems • Strong coding skills in at least one programming language, such as Java, Python, or Go • Experience with distributed systems and service-oriented architectures • Experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform • Strong conviction in software development best practices, including version control, automated testing, and continuous integration and delivery • Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a strong attention to detail • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment • Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Benefits

• Our job titles may span more than one career level • The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands • The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future • This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits