Site Reliability Engineer

Modernizing Medicine, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits package

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life & Disability benefits

Flexible Spending Account

LinkedIn Learning access

Global presence & collaboration

Dog-friendly HQ

Hybrid/remote options

Weekly catered meals

Wellness spaces

Job summary

ModMed is seeking a driven Site Reliability Engineer to join our high-performing, collaborative team. You’ll ensure our cloud infrastructure is secure, scalable, and cost-efficient, enabling developers to move fast while delivering modern healthcare IT solutions.

You’ll lead automation, observability, and performance initiatives across a dynamic environment, mentoring engineers and partnering with product and operations to meet business goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Cloud/Site Reliability Engineering.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS, including security, performance tuning, and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Administer and optimize AWS environments for security, performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Monitoring & Observability: Enhance DataDog monitoring to proactively detect and resolve issues.
• Developer Empowerment: Standardize infrastructure and provide self-service access through GitOps, APIs, UIs, and other automation tools.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Lead Kubernetes initiatives to improve efficiency, scalability, and resilience.
• Performance Tuning & Cost Optimization: Continuously improve cloud performance and reduce costs through smart resource management.
• Incident Response & Troubleshooting: Quickly diagnose and resolve complex issues across AWS environments.
• Security & Compliance: Implement best practices for cloud security and regulatory compliance.
• CI/CD Optimization: Improve deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and AWS services for fast and reliable releases.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Guide junior engineers, foster learning, and promote a culture of operational excellence.
• Cross-Functional Partnerships: Work closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to deliver AWS-based solutions that meet business objectives.

Skills

AWS

DataDog

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Python

Bash

Networking

Cloud security

CI/CD

Windows Server/IIS

Leadership

Communication

Tools

DataDog

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Job description

At ModMed, we’re not just building software—we’re reimagining the healthcare experience. Founded in 2010 by a practicing physician and a successful tech entrepreneur, we took a radically different approach: we hired doctors and taught them how to code. This "for doctors, by doctors" philosophy has allowed us to create an AI-enabled, specialty-specific cloud platform that places patients at the center of care.

A Culture of Excellence

From our global headquarters in Boca Raton Florida, and extensive employee base in Hyderabad India, we are a team of 4,500+ passionate problem-solvers on a mission to increase medical practice success and improve patient outcomes: Consistently ranked as a Top Place to Work 2025 Globee Business Awards: Gold Globee for “Technology Team of the Year” 2025 Black Book Awards: Ranked #1 EHR in 11 Specialties Florida Venture Forum: Venture-Backed Company of the Year

We are growing fast, thinking big, and we are just getting started.

Job Description Summary

ModMed is seeking a driven Site Reliability Engineer to join our high-performing, collaborative, and passionate team. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in ensuring our cloud infrastructure is secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient, enabling our developers to move fast while building innovative solutions that truly Modernize Medicine. This is a hands‑on position where you’ll lead automation, observability, and performance initiatives across a dynamic healthcare IT environment, helping shape the future of our cloud-native platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Administer and optimize AWS environments for security, performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Monitoring & Observability: Enhance DataDog monitoring to proactively detect and resolve issues.
• Developer Empowerment: Standardize infrastructure and provide self-service access through GitOps, APIs, UIs, and other automation tools.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Lead Kubernetes initiatives to improve efficiency, scalability, and resilience.
• Performance Tuning & Cost Optimization: Continuously improve cloud performance and reduce costs through smart resource management.
• Incident Response & Troubleshooting: Quickly diagnose and resolve complex issues across AWS environments.
• Security & Compliance: Implement best practices for cloud security and regulatory compliance.
• CI/CD Optimization: Improve deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and AWS services for fast and reliable releases.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Guide junior engineers, foster learning, and promote a culture of operational excellence.
• Cross-Functional Partnerships: Work closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to deliver AWS-based solutions that meet business objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years in Cloud/Site Reliability Engineering.
• Cloud Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with AWS, including security, performance tuning, and cost management.
• Automation & Tooling: Proficiency with DataDog, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and scripting languages (Python, Bash).
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of networking, cloud security, CI/CD best practices, and Windows Server/IIS administration.
• Leadership: Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical initiatives.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills, able to clearly explain technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Mindset: Passionate about reliability, automation, and building scalable, cloud-native systems in a fast-paced environment.

ModMed Benefits Highlight

At ModMed, we believe it’s important to offer a competitive benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our growing workforce. Eligible Modernizers can enroll in a wide range of benefits:

• United States Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, including a company Health Savings Account contribution, 401(k): ModMed provides a matching contribution each payday of 50% of your contribution deferred on up to 6% of your compensation.
• After one year of employment with ModMed, 100% of any matching contribution you receive is yours to keep.
• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave programs,
• Company paid Life and Disability benefits,
• Flexible Spending Account, and Employee Assistance Programs,
• Company-sponsored Business Resource & Special Interest Groups that provide engaged and supportive communities within ModMed,
• Professional development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement programs and unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning,
• Global presence and in-person collaboration opportunities;
• dog-friendly HQ (US),
• Hybrid office-based roles and remote availability for some roles,
• Weekly catered breakfast and lunch,
• treadmill workstations, Zen, and wellness rooms within our BRIC headquarters.

It takes more than just a great product to modernize medicine. It takes a great team.

The work we do makes a difference. Our web and mobile applications are transforming healthcare information technology to increase practice efficiency and improve patient outcomes. Our innovative and collaborative culture fuels our growth and creates rewarding and empowering experiences for our team.