Site Reliability Engineer(SRE)

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance benefits

Exposure to AI stack and GPU infra

Collaborative learning environment

Opportunity to lead and deliver

Job summary

CloudRaft is seeking passionate Site Reliability Engineers to own and scale mission-critical infrastructure for our partners. You will design, build, operate, and automate resilient platforms, balancing reliability, performance, and security while driving automation across cloud-native ecosystems.

You will work at the intersection of software engineering and operations, maintaining Kubernetes clusters, pipelines, and observability stacks, with opportunities to contribute to AI-driven automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in SRE, Platform Engineering, or DevOps.
• Strong Kubernetes and cloud-native expertise across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Proficiency in Python/Go/Node.js.
• Experience with CI/CD and modern deployment practices.
• Proficiency in open-source observability stacks and IaC (Terraform/Pulumi).
• CKA/CKAD certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters across cloud platforms.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, GitLab CI/CD).
• Design and maintain observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry).
• Optimize system performance and resolve production issues; participate in on-call rotation.
• Implement SRE principles with SLIs/SLOs.
• Automate infrastructure with Go/Python and IaC tools like Terraform.
• Apply AI to automate SDLC and AIOps.
• Learn about emerging technologies including AI and GPU infrastructure.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing through technical writing/presentations.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Python

CI/CD

Terraform

Prometheus/Grafana

Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/GCP

On-call experience

SRE principles SLIs/SLOs

Open-source contributions

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Argo CD

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

OpenShift

Job description

Note: If you have already applied to CloudRaft in the last 90 days, we already have your CV/resume on file. Multiple applications from the same candidate will not be considered.

About CloudRaftCloudRaft is a premier cloud-native consulting and engineering company that helps ambitious startups and digital-first organizations build, scale, and operate mission-critical platforms. We partner with innovators at the forefront of artificial intelligence, developer productivity, observability, digital commerce, and enterprise software—enabling them to accelerate growth with resilient, scalable, and production-ready cloud infrastructure.

Our experience spans organizations developing AI safety and governance platforms, AI Cloud, AI agent ecosystems, developer tooling, observability solutions, digital health products, customer engagement platforms, and technology-driven franchise networks. By combining deep expertise in Platform Engineering, Kubernetes, DevOps, Observability, and Cloud Native technologies, CloudRaft helps high-growth companies move faster, operate more reliably, and focus on building category-defining products.

Job DescriptionWe are looking for passionate Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to join our growing team. In this role, you will take end-to-end ownership of designing, building, operating, and scaling mission-critical infrastructure for our partners. You will be responsible for ensuring reliability, performance, security, and operational excellence while driving automation, improving system efficiency, and implementing innovative solutions. Working at the intersection of software engineering and operations, you will help create resilient platforms that enable fast-growing organizations to scale with confidence.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters across cloud platforms, including OpenShift, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GKE.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, or GitLab CI/CD.
• Design and maintain observability stacks with tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, and related technologies. Be part of the team who support open source projects like Prometheus, Thanos, Mimir, CloudNativePG, Istio and more.
• Optimize system performance and resolve production issues. Be part of the on call roster to provide 24x7 coverage for the critical production systems.
• Implement SRE principles, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs), to uphold system reliability.
• Automate infrastructure and operational tasks using programming languages such as Go or Python, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
• Apply agentic AIto automate the SDLC lifecycle, AIOps and automation.
• Learn about emerging technologies, including AI, GPU Infrastructure
• Contribute to knowledge sharing through technical writing and presentations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in SRE, Platform Engineering, or DevOps Engineer.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, on-premise and major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Go or Node.js.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and modern deployment practices.
• Proficiency in one or more open source observability stacks and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi).
• CKA/CKAD Certified (Brownie points!)
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and communication skills.
• Inclination toward open-source contributions is advantageous.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Premium health insurance and various health & wellness benefits from a leading insurance provider through Plum
• Opportunity to work on the latest AI stack and GPU infrastructure
• Collaborative and supportive work environment full of learning
• Chance to take a front seat where you lead and deliver