Site Reliability Engineer: Cloud, Observability & Resilience

Devopsroles; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple hardware ecosystem

Annual Bonus

Medical Insurance (vision & dental)

Disability insurance

401k

Air Conference

Transportation budget

Free meals at the hub

Gym membership

Job summary

Air Apps is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of our systems. You will work at the intersection of software development and operations, implementing automation, monitoring, and performance optimization to minimize downtime and improve resilience.

You will design scalable architectures, maintain observability stacks, and drive incident response improvements while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services.

Qualifications

• Around 4+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or System Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, New Relic).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Strong Linux system administration and networking fundamentals.
• Experience with incident management, debugging, and root cause analysis.
• Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python, or Go).
• Knowledge of load balancing, failover, and distributed systems.
• Understanding of security best practices, access control, and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems across cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain observability tools (monitoring, logging, alerting).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and incident response using IaC tools.
• Optimize system performance and incident response workflows to improve uptime.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to improve system reliability.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventative measures.
• Ensure high availability with load balancing, failover, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines for faster, stable deployments.
• Optimize cloud cost and resource utilization (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Participate in on-call rotations to address failures quickly.

Skills

Cloud platforms knowledge

Observability & monitoring

SRE/DevOps experience

Automation & IaC

Containerization & orchestration

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

Incident management

Scripting languages

Security & compliance

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

ELK

New Relic

Job description

Air Apps is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of our systems. You will work at the intersection of software development and operations, implementing automation, monitoring, and performance optimization to minimize downtime and improve resilience.

You will design scalable architectures, maintain observability stacks, and drive incident response improvements while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services.