Site Reliability Engineer - Fully Remote

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Enhanced parental leave

$100 birth bonus

Company events

Health & Welfare benefits

401k plan

Wellness program

Job summary

Partnerize is seeking an SRE to join the Technical Operations team. You will build and maintain infrastructure, ensure availability, and drive automation across platforms. The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and collaboration with development and IT functions.

You will work with Linux systems, databases, and cloud services, contributing to capacity planning and continuous improvement while participating in on-call rotations and incident management.

Qualifications

• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis).
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, PHP.
• Automation/deployment tooling (Ansible, Docker, Terraform).
• Familiarity with AWS and cloud services.
• Linux system administration and troubleshooting ability.
• Ability to document learnings and work in a team.
• Experience maintaining infrastructure and incident response.
• Proactive identification of problems and bottlenecks.
• Knowledge of ITIL practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary operational support and engineering for multiple large, distributed software applications.
• Measure and optimise system performance, driving reliability and scale.
• Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications.
• Improve reliability and time-to-market of software solutions.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve services via testing and release processes.
• Participate in system design, platform management, and capacity planning.
• Work with tech teams to ensure issues and projects are well-managed.
• Deliver technical projects promptly, handle escalations during incidents.
• Drive continuous improvement, delivery, and integration.
• Participate in the On-Call Rotation.

Skills

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Redis

Python

Bash

PHP

Ansible

Docker

Terraform

AWS

Linux

Troubleshooting

ITIL

Kubernetes

Monitoring

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Git

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Zabbix

Nagios

JIRA

Confluence

Nginx

Gluster

Druid

Kafka

Job description

Who We Are

At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.

Why Join Us

We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Overview

We are at a pivotal point in our tech progression. We're looking to grow the technical estate, replace existing systems with new and scale and develop the platform. It's an exciting time to join the team in this captivating period.

As an SRE you will be part of the Partnerize Technical Operations team, they work with the business, development and IT functions. You’ll be building the infrastructure, delivering projects and processes required to ensure we remain available, scalable and secure. Involved in support, project delivery and maintenance activities completed by the Operational Team.

You should have a keen interest in problem-solving accompanied with experience in Linux systems, an understanding of web servers, basic database skills and have an interest in DevOps and systems administration.

We’re looking for a mix of technical generalists, specialists, candidates that are new to IT or very experienced. For us, it's more about the person and the character than the role. We need people that will get excited about taking us to the next stage of our evolution helping us with their specific skills and experience but learning new ones along the way.

As an SRE at Partnerize, You Will:

• Provide primary operational support and engineering for multiple large, distributed software applications
• Measure and optimise system performance, with an eye toward pushing our capabilities forward, getting ahead of customer needs, and innovating to continually improve
• Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications
• Improve reliability, quality, and time-to-market of our suite of software solutions
• Partner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures
• Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning
• Work closely with development and tech teams ensuring technical Issues and projects are correctly managed.
• Deliver small and large technical projects in a prompt and timely manner.
• Act as an escalation for Support Incidents and assignments while maintaining a high level of quality
• Be responsible for continuous improvement, continuous delivery and continuous integration.
• Participate in the On-Call Rotation.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Experience of databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis)
• Understanding of scripting languages (Python, Bash, PHP)
• Knowledge of platform or application automated deployment and configuration management (Ansible, Docker, terraform etc)
• An awareness of AWS and other cloud infrastructure services
• Linux system administration skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose and solve issues independently.
• Self-learner, ability to document learning as experience is gained.
• Experience as part of a team supporting and maintaining an infrastructure.
• A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
• Ability to prioritise workload including occasional Incidents and Problem management
• Knowledge of and experience with the ITIL practices.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• An interest in development, new technologies and innovation
• Supporting development teams into the refactoring of technical debt
• Kubernetes, docker and containers
• Experience with monitoring systems, e.g. Zabbix, Nagios etc.
• Experience of JIRA and Confluence
• Nginx or web server technologies
• Gluster or storage technologies
• Git and version control
• Elasticsearch technologies - especially Kibana
• Experience with Apache Kafka and Druid

Benefits & Perks

• Flexible Time Off Policy – Take the time you need
• Enhanced parental leave (16 weeks for birth parent, 8 weeks for non-birth parent at full pay) and $100 bonus after the birth of your child
• Regular company events and activities
• Robust Company Sponsored Health & Welfare Benefits
• 401k Plan – 4% employee match
• Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP and Wellness Coaching

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity.

We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success.

Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.