Part-Time Site Reliability Engineer — Mentorship & Flex

Energy Innovation Corp; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 119,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Flexible hours

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp. is seeking a part-time Site Reliability Engineer fluent in Apache Kafka for our Santa Clara, CA team. The role emphasizes reliability, observability, and hands-on incident response with a junior title that grows with proven performance.

The position offers mentorship, flexible hours, and real-world impact on our platform. Expect ELK Stack exposure (1 year) and opportunities to own projects from concept to delivery in a rapidly evolving environment.

Qualifications

• Owns projects from concept to delivery.
• Prioritizes work when everything is urgent.
• Works well with teammates to unblock blockers.
• Has 1 year of Packer experience.
• Shows pattern recognition across tech engagements.
• Improves processes and leaves systems in better shape.

Responsibilities

• Trace a technology number through Cultural Awareness services until it adds up.
• Spike a proof of concept for a quick yes/no decision.
• Document the Communication system to onboard juniors quickly.
• Promote engineering excellence and continuous learning.
• Profile memory use and chase memory leaks on Santa Clara nodes.
• Collaborate with analysts so ECS models reflect real behavior.
• Deliver incremental improvements to the Santa Clara platform regularly.

Skills

Ownership of projects

Prioritization under urgency

Team collaboration

Pattern recognition

Mentorship mindset

Tools

ELK Stack

Packer

Job description

Energy Innovation Corp. is seeking a part-time Site Reliability Engineer fluent in Apache Kafka for our Santa Clara, CA team. The role emphasizes reliability, observability, and hands-on incident response with a junior title that grows with proven performance.

The position offers mentorship, flexible hours, and real-world impact on our platform. Expect ELK Stack exposure (1 year) and opportunities to own projects from concept to delivery in a rapidly evolving environment.