Site Reliability Engineer II

Summary

Join Instacart's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team as a Site Reliability Engineer II and play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and performance of our platform. This role involves monitoring systems, responding to incidents, developing automation, and collaborating with senior engineers to troubleshoot technical issues. You will learn from skilled engineers and contribute to solving complex technical challenges. The team focuses on optimizing existing systems, building robust infrastructure, and automating processes. Instacart offers a flexible work environment and competitive compensation and benefits. This is a remote position, currently hiring in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia, with a base pay range of $135,000-$150,000 CAD.

Requirements

• Understanding of programming concepts and scripting languages
• Strong interest in system administration and troubleshooting
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong sense of ownership on incident handling
• Ability to work well in a team environment and communicate effectively
• Eagerness to learn and grow in the field of Site Reliability Engineering

Responsibilities

• Participate in monitoring systems and responding to alerts, escalating issues as needed
• Assist in incident management, following established protocols and documenting steps
• Help maintain and improve documentation for processes and procedures
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of automation scripts and tools
• Learn and apply best practices in site reliability engineering
• Support the deployment of applications and services, ensuring smooth and reliable releases
• Collaborate with senior engineers to troubleshoot and tackle technical issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ruby or Go
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus
• Previous SRE experience

Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work
• This role is remote
• For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below
• $135,000 — $150,000 CAD