SRE, Cloud & Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Algolia

United States

Hybrid

USD 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Algolia is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for the IaaS team to help build the next generation of production infrastructure. You will contribute to cloud foundations, Kubernetes, automation, reliability, and large-scale operations across cloud environments.

This is a hands-on role focused on building, operating, and improving scalable systems with emphasis on safety and observability. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, cost-aware platform capabilities and

Qualifications

Hands-on production knowledge of AWS or GCP.
Practical Kubernetes knowledge and an interest in operating it in production.
Familiarity with infrastructure as code, ideally Terraform.
Programming or scripting skills in Python, Go, or an equivalent language.
Strong Linux and networking fundamentals.
A strong interest in reliability, automation, and solving production problems.
Comfort adopting AI-assisted engineering tools, with sound judgement for critical production systems.
The ability to communicate clearly and work effectively with a distributed team.
Excellent spoken and written English skills.

Responsibilities

Build and improve Cloud Baseline capabilities, including identity and access, networking, security, resource inventory, tagging, and auditability.
Develop and maintain infrastructure as code and automation for cloud environments and Kubernetes infrastructure.
Contribute to reliable, repeatable cloud and cluster lifecycle operations.
Help build self-service capabilities, reusable modules, and clear documentation that make the safe path the easy path for platform consumers.
Reduce manual work and configuration drift through automation, testing, GitOps practices, and standardisation.
Use automation and AI-assisted engineering tools where appropriate to improve infrastructure analysis, documentation, and safe, repeatable changes.
Improve observability, monitoring, alerting, capacity management, and operational documentation.
Investigate production issues, participate in the on-call rotation, and turn lessons learned into lasting improvements.
Work with Infrastructure, Security, FinOps, and engineering teams to deliver reliable, secure, and cost-aware platform capabilities.