Remote Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

Join Algolia's Platform as a Service team as a Staff Engineer and contribute to crafting and executing systems pivotal to ensuring reliability, scalability, and cost optimisation. As a senior member of the team, you will wield significant influence over Algolia’s Search Products.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of programming language Golang and Python and familiar with software craftsmanship. Knowledge on Ruby is a plus
• Experience designing and building API Management and Kubernetes based architecture
• Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale
• Experience on CI/CD setup and architecture. Strong knowledge on Github Actions, Circle-CI or alternatives is expected
• Experience designing new applications with reliability, operability, and availability in mind
• Experience with Public Cloud Providers such as GCP, AWS or Microsoft Azure, and administration of Kubernetes
• Excellent communication and organisation skills

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy a cloud-native API Management to boost platform scalability, security, and reliability, while expediting new feature setup for swift and seamless onboarding of development teams
• Spearhead the design and implementation of a robust and scalable CI/CD toolchain, serving as a centralised build factory to streamline development processes and ensure consistent quality across all services hosted on the product platform
• Lead the development and deployment of comprehensive observability standards and automation solutions, empowering teams with actionable insights and enabling proactive resolution of issues, enhancing overall system reliability and performance
• Drive the evolution and maintenance of a Kubernetes-based architecture, optimising resource utilisation, enhancing fault tolerance, and ensuring the platform's ability to meet evolving demands efficiently and effectively
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other SRE team members, helping them to develop their skills and knowledge of best practices in site reliability engineering
• Establish and enforce engineering processes and best practices that ensure high-quality, reliable, and scalable systems, and work with other teams to promote the adoption of these processes and practices across the organization
• Collaborate with senior leadership to shape the vision and direction of the company (cloud) infrastructures, and help drive the development of SRE-specific strategies and initiatives that align with business objectives
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the organization, and represent the SRE organization in cross-functional meetings and discussions

Preferred Qualifications

• GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment
• TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership
• CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback
• CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company
• HUMILITY- Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside