Replit
Software Development
StaffSiteReliabilityEngineer
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“Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Replit. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, Distributed Systems, Kubernetes, Observability, Automation, Incident Management, Infrastructure as Code. Architect and Implement Observability. Define and Drive Reliability Standards”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Replit's infrastructure; Enable our platform to scale efficiently while maintaining high availability; Create step-function improvements in reliability; Reduce Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR); Reduce latency across global regions; Make our systems and products more robust, operable, and easier to diagnose; Improve the reliability of our systems; Make reliability a core value of the Replit engineering culture
Industry & Context.
Proactively find and analyze reliability problems; Design and implement software and systems to create step-function improvements; Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks; Dive deep into debugging extremely difficult technical problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8-10 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or similar roles (e.g., DevOps, Systems Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering), Programming skills in languages like Python or Go, Deep understanding of distributed systems, Deep experience with container orchestration platforms, specifically Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies, Proven track record of designing, implementing, and maintaining sophisticated monitoring and observability solutions (e.g., metrics, logging, tracing), Incident management skills with extensive experience leading incident response for complex systems and demonstrated critical thinking under pressure, Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) and configuration management tools, Excellent written and verbal communication skills, Interpersonal skills, with experience working with and mentoring engineers from junior to principal levels, A willingness to dive into understanding, debugging, and improving any layer of the stack, Passionate about making software creation accessible and empowering the next generation of builders
Nice to Have
Deep experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and tools, Expert-level knowledge of modern observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry), Experience designing and building reliable systems capable of handling high throughput and low latency, Significant experience with Go and Terraform, Familiarity with working in rapid-growth, startup environments, Experience writing company-facing blog posts and training materials
What You'll Do.
Architect and Implement Observability
Define and Drive Reliability Standards
Lead Incident Management and Response
Drive Automation and Infrastructure as Code
Optimize Performance on Kubernetes
Debug and Harden Distributed Systems
Provide Staff-Level Guidance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with product and engineering teams to define, implement, and track SLOs and SLIs; Collaborate with core infrastructure and product teams to performance-tune and optimize cloud deployments; Review feature and system designs from across the company; Educate, mentor, and hold accountable the broader engineering team
Communication Scope
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and simply; Bias toward open, transparent cultural practices
Full Job Description
Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation. ABOUT THE ROLE: Join our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team and help ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Replit's infrastructure that serves millions of developers worldwide. As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer, you will bridge the gap between development and operations, implementing automation and establishing best practices that enable our platform to scale efficiently while maintaining high availability. We are seeking Staff SREs who are passionate about building and maintaining resilient systems at scale. Your mission will be to proactively find and analyze reliability problems across our stack, then design and implement software and systems to create step-function improvements. You will design robust observability solutions, lead incident response, automate operational tasks, and continuously improve our infrastructure's reliability, all while mentoring and educating the broader engineering team to make reliability a core value at Replit. YOU WILL: - Architect and Implement Observability: Design, build, and lead the implementation of comprehensive monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions. Create dashboards and metrics that provide real-time visibility into system health and performance, enabling proactive issue detection. - Define and Drive Reliability Standards: Work with product and engineering teams to define, implement, and track Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs). Build systems to monitor and report on these metrics, holding teams accountable and ensuring we maintain high reliability standards while balancing innovation speed. - Lead Incident Management and Response: Act as a senior leader during high-impact incidents, guiding the team to rapid
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