Mid/Senior Software Engineer - Cloud/SRE

Upstash; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Fully remote

Conference budget

Job summary

Upstash is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join a cloud infrastructure team building a next-generation data platform designed for serverless and edge computing. You will keep production databases and services running on Kubernetes while improving deployment and observability.

This is a full-time, remote role open to candidates worldwide with at least three years of relevant experience. You will collaborate on automation, monitoring, and on-call incident response to continuously enhance

Qualifications

• Hands-on production experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with automation tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Cloud platform knowledge (AWS or GCP).
• Programming skills in Golang and/or Python.
• Solid Linux networking and distributed systems interest.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain the production environment running on Kubernetes, ensuring stability and performance for database services.
• Improve the deployment lifecycle for databases and supporting services, making releases faster and more reliable.
• Implement automation and infrastructure-as-code scripts to eliminate manual work and reduce human error.
• Strengthen monitoring and alerting systems so that issues are detected and resolved before they reach end users.
• Participate in an on-call rotation, handling incident response and post-incident improvements across the team.

Skills

Docker

Kubernetes

Golang

Python

Linux networking

Distributed systems

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

GCP

Job description

Role overview

Join a cloud infrastructure team building a next-generation data platform designed for the serverless and edge computing era. The role focuses on Site Reliability Engineering, keeping production databases and services running smoothly on Kubernetes while continuously improving deployment and observability. It is a full-time, remote position open to candidates worldwide with at least three years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain the production environment running on Kubernetes, ensuring stability and performance for database services.
• Improve the deployment lifecycle for databases and supporting services, making releases faster and more reliable.
• Implement automation and infrastructure-as-code scripts to eliminate manual work and reduce human error.
• Strengthen monitoring and alerting systems so that issues are detected and resolved before they reach end users.
• Participate in an on-call rotation, handling incident response and post-incident improvements across the team.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience running Docker and Kubernetes in production systems.
• Familiarity with at least one widely used automation tool such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Working knowledge of a major cloud provider, ideally AWS or GCP.
• Intermediate-level programming skills in Golang and/or Python.
• Solid understanding of Linux and its networking layer, with a genuine interest in distributed systems.
• A commitment to software quality and curiosity to explore unfamiliar technologies.

Nice to have

• Contributions to open-source projects.
• AWS or Kubernetes certifications.
• Experience with monitoring and logging stacks inside Kubernetes environments.
• Deep expertise in Linux internals beyond the basics.

Benefits and work setup

• Competitive salary plus stock options.
• Fully remote, with the ability to work from anywhere in the world.
• Dedicated budget for attending conferences, events, and tech talks.