Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Software Engineering)Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong software engineering background to improve the reliability, observability, operability, and deployment safety of cloud-native applications.
This role combines Site Reliability Engineering with hands-on software development. The engineer will work directly with application teams and application source code, implementing changes that improve production reliability rather than focusing primarily on infrastructure and operational support.
This position supports projects based in the United States. Employment-based U.S. work visa sponsorship is available for qualified candidates. Candidates must be able to communicate effectively in English in a professional environment.
Required Qualifications
Strong software engineering background with hands-on TypeScript and Node.js development experience.
Strong hands-on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience.
Experience working directly with application source code, including debugging production issues and implementing application-level changes.
Strong understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, reliability, observability, operability, and incident management.
Experience implementing application-level instrumentation, telemetry, metrics, logging, tracing, and health monitoring.
Experience supporting highly available production applications and troubleshooting issues across application and cloud layers.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment practices.
Advanced English communication skills (written and verbal) required.
Ability to collaborate effectively with distributed teams and stakeholders in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting Kubernetes and GKE workloads.
Full-stack application development experience.
Experience with Python or other scripting languages.
Experience with GitHub Actions.
Experience with GCP Cloud Monitoring, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, or Grafana.
Experience with Istio or another service mesh.
Experience with Apigee or another API gateway.
Experience with canary, blue/green, or progressive delivery strategies.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform.
Strong automation and testing mindset, including the ability to improve automated testing and production readiness.
Strong collaboration skills and experience working closely with application development and platform engineering teams.
Additional Information
Location: United States (project-based role)
Work Authorization: U.S. work visa sponsorship available for qualified candidates
Language Requirement: Advanced English required
Work Environment: International and highly collaborative engineering teams

Work arrangement
Yes