Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Medium; Canada; Remote; CAD 113,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading communication service provider in Canada seeks a motivated Senior Site Reliability Engineer to manage infrastructure and improve system reliability. The role requires at least 5 years of experience in SRE or DevOps, proficiency in AWS and automation tools like Terraform, and a collaborative mindset. The position offers a competitive salary between $113,400 and $162,000, along with generous benefits and a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Unlimited vacation

Employee Stock Options

Wellness credit

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an operationally focused role.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GitHub, Terraform, Ansible.
• Comfortable handling production incidents.
• Passionate about scripting and automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and resilient systems.
• Develop and maintain automation using Terraform and Ansible.
• Drive incident resolution and conduct post-mortems.
• Implement and improve observability tools and monitoring solutions.
• Work closely with software engineers and product teams.

Skills

SRE/DevOps experience

AWS proficiency

GitHub

Terraform

Ansible

Incident management

Automation focus

Collaboration

Job description

We believe communication belongs to everyone. We exist to democratize phone service. TextNow is evolving the way the world connects and that's because we're made up of people with curious minds who bring an optimistic, yet critical lens into the work we do. We're the largest provider of free phone service in the nation. And we're just getting started.

Join us in our mission to break down barriers to communication and free the flow of conversation for people everywhere.

TextNow is looking for a motivated Senior Site Reliability Engineer to own infrastructure, monitoring, logging, CI/CD, reliability and everything in between.

Salary: $113,400 - $162,000 a year

What You'll Do

• Ensure System Reliability: Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient, and highly available systems to support TextNow’s infrastructure and services.
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Develop and maintain automation using Terraform, Ansible, and other tools to enable efficient deployment, scaling, and operations of cloud-based systems (AWS preferred).
• Incident Response & On-Call Support: Participate in an on‑call rotation, troubleshoot issues, and drive incident resolution to minimize downtime and improve system performance. Conduct post‑mortems and implement corrective actions to enhance reliability.
• Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Implement and improve observability tools, logging, and monitoring solutions to identify and mitigate potential system issues proactively.
• Collaboration & Cross‑Team Engagement: Work closely with software engineers, DevOps, and product teams to align technical efforts with business objectives and improve system reliability from development to production.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for improvement in architecture, automation, and operational practices. Contribute to the design and implementation of new SRE best practices.

You'll be a great fit if you have:

• Experienced in SRE/DevOps: 5+ years of experience in an operationally focused role, such as SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, with a deep understanding of reliability, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Proficient with Key Technologies: Hands‑on experience with AWS, GitHub, Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools to build and manage cloud infrastructure efficiently.
• Incident Management Expert: Comfortable handling production incidents, analyzing root causes, and implementing long‑term fixes to prevent recurrence.
• Automation & Observability Focused: Passionate about reducing toil through scripting and automation while ensuring robust observability using logging, metrics, and monitoring tools.
• Collaborative & Impact‑Driven: Enjoy working cross‑functionally with engineers, product teams, and leadership to drive meaningful improvements to system reliability.

More about TextNow

TextNow is a company that values openness, ownership, and innovation. Our team is committed to customer obsession, treating each other with fairness, respecting diversity, and embracing challenges. We strive to treat the company as our own and are deeply committed to achieving results.

Our Values

• Customer Obsessed – We strive to have a deep understanding of our customers.
• Do Right By Our People – We treat each other with fairness, respect, and integrity.
• Accept the Challenge – We adopt a "Yes, We Can" mindset to achieve ambitious goals.
• Act Like an Owner – We treat this company like it’s our own.
• Give a Damn – We are deeply committed and passionate about our work and achieving results.

Benefits, Culture, & More

• Strong work/life blend
• Flexible work arrangements (WFH, remote, or access to one of our office spaces)
• Employee Stock Options
• Unlimited vacation
• Competitive pay and benefits
• Parental leave
• Wellness credit and leadership & development credit for physical and mental well‑being
• Occasional company‑wide events and off‑sites

Diversity and Inclusion

At TextNow, our mission is built around inclusion and offering a service for EVERYONE, in an industry that traditionally only caters to the few who have the means to afford it. We believe that diversity of thought and inclusion of others promote a greater feeling of belonging and higher levels of engagement. We know that if we work together, we can do amazing things, and that our differences are what make our product and company great.

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