About this role
Keeping Replit's infrastructure reliable and scalable for millions of global users requires designing robust monitoring and self-healing systems. The site reliability engineering team ensures high availability and performance as the agentic software creation platform expands.
Daily responsibilities involve bridging development and operations through infrastructure automation, establishing service level objectives, and optimizing global latency. The ideal candidate brings a background in distributed systems and cloud-native technologies, alongside a strong drive for operational excellence.
What you will do
- Design and implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems using modern observability tools.
- Architect infrastructure automation solutions using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi while maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define and track Service Level Objectives and Service Level Indicators.
- Lead incident response efforts, conduct thorough post-mortems, and build tools to reduce Mean Time To Recovery.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across global infrastructure regions while implementing capacity planning strategies.
What you need
- Bring four to eight years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Systems Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Demonstrate strong programming skills in languages commonly used for automation such as Python or Go.
- Possess a deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native technologies.
- Show hands-on experience with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
- Have a proven track record of implementing observability solutions, managing incidents, and utilizing infrastructure as code tools.
Nice to have
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform services and tools
- Knowledge of modern observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog
Benefits
- Competitive Salary & Equity
- 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)
- Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long Term Disability
- Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
Skills and tech stack
Questions candidates ask
What is the work location policy for this role?
The position is remote within the United States.
What compensation and equity does the role offer?
The salary range is $210K to $275K alongside offered equity.
What are the core programming language expectations?
Candidates need strong programming skills in languages commonly used for automation like Python or Go.