Site Reliability Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

MGM in Berkeley, CA is seeking a mid-level Site Reliability Engineer who can explain Incident Response to a skeptic and still ship by Friday. You will own full lifecycle of systems, automate pipelines, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver contract projects.

You\'ll bring strong Amazon ECS skills, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to stay calm under scope changes. The role includes mentorship and opportunities to advance in serverless and GitHub Actions.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Amazon ECS; willingness to learn Communication quickly.
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated calm when Berkeley, CA client changes scope mid-stream.
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality.

Responsibilities

• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver contract projects.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production.
• Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems.
• Untangle the Serverless dependency knots that have slowed Berkeley releases for months.
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for faster release cycles.
• Pair-program tricky Site Reliability Engineering edge cases with engineers across Berkeley, CA.
• Lead the Communication migration that finally retires MGM's problem-solving legacy stack.

Skills

Amazon ECS

Communication

GitHub Actions

Tools

GitHub Actions

Job description

Engineers who can explain Incident Response to a skeptic and still ship by Friday tend to thrive in our Site Reliability Engineer role in Berkeley. The reward structure favors doers: $113,000 - $166,000 upfront, real technology ownership, and a MGM team pulling the same direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver contract projects
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production
• Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems
• Untangle the Serverless dependency knots that have slowed Berkeley releases for months
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for faster release cycles
• Pair-program tricky Site Reliability Engineering edge cases with engineers across Berkeley, CA
• Lead the Communication migration that finally retires MGM's problem-solving legacy stack

What You'll Bring

• Real proficiency with Amazon ECS, plus willingness to learn Communication fast
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated calm when a Berkeley, CA client changes scope mid-stream
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality

The team at MGM is small, impact-driven, and entirely convinced that Berkeley is the best place to reinvent technology. At MGM feedback has a short half-life, delivered close to the moment it can still help.

This mid-level role pays $113,000 - $166,000 and comes with structured mentorship designed to sharpen your Serverless and GitHub Actions over time.

Stamped current this morning, the contract opportunity awaits your application.

Your Site Reliability Engineering deserves a stage bigger than your current one, and MGM has it.