Senior Site Reliability Engineer (x/f/m)

Doctolib (Italy); Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free health insurance

RTT days

Hybrid work policy

Relocation support

Lunch voucher

Job summary

Doctolib in Paris is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our Database Optimisation team, focusing on reliability, availability and performance of production databases.

You will design, build and maintain core infrastructure databases, automate deployment, scaling and maintenance, and collaborate with DBAs, Principal Engineers and other SREs to keep services robust. Permanent role with a competitive package; start ASAP and hybrid Paris office.

Qualifications

• 6+ years on production platform, preferably at scale.
• Experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• Hands-on with datastores such as PostgreSQL / Kafka / Couchbase.
• Proficiency in programming languages and IaC concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain core infrastructure databases enabling Doctolib to scale to hundreds of thousands of concurrent users.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and maintenance of databases to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response to pre-empt issues.
• Provide tooling to empower feature teams while ensuring reliability.
• Mitigate production database issues during working hours when needed.
• Research and evaluate new technologies to improve reliability.

Skills

Production platform experience

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Programming languages (Ruby/Python/Go/

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Couchbase

Job description

Join a team of passionate and hardworking entrepreneurs to transform healthcare! Working in the tech team at Doctolib involves building innovative products and features to improve the daily lives of care teams and patients. We work in feature teams in an agile environment, while collaborating with engineering, design, and business teams.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer – DB Optimisation

Doctolib is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to keep our production database systems running smoothly. You will also be a key‑player supporting the exponential growth of Doctolib services.

What you will do

You will join a team of developers, DBAs and SREs responsible for:

• Improving and protecting the health of our datastores;
• Empowering the whole tech teams to use our datastores in the most efficient way;
• Collaborating everyday with our Database Architects, Principal Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers from other teams.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer in our Database Optimisation team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of our databases. You will:

• Design, build and maintain core infrastructure databases that allow Doctolib to scale to support hundreds of thousands of concurrent users;
• Automate deployment, scaling, and maintenance of databases to enhance system reliability and operational efficiency;
• Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes to identify and address potential issues before they impact both practitioners and patients;
• Provide documentation and tooling to empower the feature teams in their use of their databases, while ensuring their reliability;
• Mitigate production database issues during working hours when the issue cannot be fixed by the responsible feature team;
• Research and evaluate new technologies, tools, and best practices to continuously improve the reliability and availability of our systems and processes.

Who you are

• Have a strong hands‑on experience (6years+) on a production platform, if possible at scale;
• Have proven experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud;
• Have proven experience with datastores such as PostgreSQL and/or Kafka and/or Couchbase;
• Have solid understanding of containerisation and orchestration technologies (Docker and Kubernetes);
• Have proficiency in at least one programming language (Ruby, Python, Go, Java, etc.) and understanding of infrastructure as code principles;
• Are fluent in English.

It would be fantastic if you:

• Have experience with monitoring and observability tools;
• Have troubleshooting performance issues in complex environments.

What we offer

• Free health insurance;
• Up to 14 days of RTT;
• A flexible workplace policy offering both hybrid and office‑based modes;
• Flexibility days allowing to work in EU countries and the UK (10 days per year);
• Wellbeing program with free mental health and coaching through Moka.care;
• Special support package for caregivers and workers with disabilities;
• Lunch voucher with Swile card;
• Work Council subsidy for sport club membership or creative activities;
• Bicycle subsidy;
• Public transportation reimbursement;
• Relocation support for international mobility.

Job details

• Contract: Permanent position;
• Workplace: Paris;
• Start date: As soon as possible;
• Remuneration: Competitive salary package according to your profile.

Equal Opportunity

At Doctolib, we are committed to improving access to healthcare for everyone. This translates into our recruitment process. We evaluate candidates based solely on qualifications and motivation, without any form of discrimination. The more diverse ideas are heard, the more our product will truly improve healthcare for all. You are welcome to apply to Doctolib, regardless of your gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability. To ensure equal opportunities, we invite you to exclude personal information (e.g. pictures, age) from your applications. If you require any accommodation, please let us know for support during the hiring process.