Site Reliability Engineer

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Posted Oct 10, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Build and operate reliable, scalable cloud services; define and improve SLOs, observability, deployment safety, performance, and infrastructure costs. Lead incident response and postmortems, automate operational work, and partner across teams to embed reliability into services.

Job details

What you’ll do Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets with product and engineering teams, and use them to guide release and reliability decisions Build and run highly available, scalable services on AWS, Azure, or GCP with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi) Write software in Python, Go, or similar languages to automate toil away instead of working around it Build observability that tells the truth: metrics, logs, traces, and alerts using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, or ELK Lead incident response: detect, mitigate, communicate, and learn through blameless postmortems with real follow-through Design for failure: capacity planning, load testing, chaos experiments, and disaster recovery drills Improve CI/CD pipelines and release safety with progressive delivery, canaries, and automated rollbacks Tune performance and cost across infrastructure without sacrificing reliability Cut alert noise so on-call pages are rare, meaningful, and actionable Write runbooks, architecture reviews, and production readiness checklists teams actually use Partner with developers, security, and platform teams to build reliability into services from the start Find your level Level Typical experience What you’ll own SRE I - 0-2 years : Monitoring, automation scripts, on-call shadowing, runbooks, and well-scoped reliability projects, learning with a dedicated mentor SRE II - 2-5 years : Owning reliability for services end to end, leading incident response, building tooling, improving SLOs, mentoring newer engineers Senior SRE - 5+ years : Architecting resilient systems, setting reliability standards, leading cross-team initiatives, shaping on-call and incident culture Promotion criteria are written down at every level, with regular career conversations. You can grow as a deep technical expert or toward leadership. Both paths are real here. What you bring Must have Solid Linux and networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, TLS) Programming or scripting ability in Python, Go, Bash, or similar Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider Familiarity with containers and Kubernetes concepts A troubleshooting mindset: you follow evidence, stay calm in incidents, and fix root causes Clear communication, in writing and on an incident bridge Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field, or equivalent experience. Home labs, bootcamps, and self-taught engineers are welcome. We hire for skill, not pedigree. Legal authorization to work in Canada (citizens, permanent residents, and valid work permit holders) Nice to have (not required) Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Argo CD, or GitOps workflows Observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, OpenTelemetry Knowledge of distributed systems, databases, and caching layers (PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka) Certifications: CKA, AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Professional, Azure AZ-400, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Experience with incident management tools (PagerDuty, Opsgenie) and postmortem practice Chaos engineering, performance testing, or capacity planning experience Familiarity with security and compliance practices (SOC 2, PIPEDA) Industry background in [fintech, SaaS, e-commerce, healthcare, telecom, gaming, etc.] Fluency in French, an asset for roles serving Quebec or bilingual teams [if applicable] A home lab, GitHub repos, or open-source contributions you can talk about

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires Linux and networking fundamentals, programming or scripting ability, hands-on experience with a major cloud provider, familiarity with containers and Kubernetes, and strong troubleshooting and communication skills. A degree or diploma in a related field or equivalent experience is accepted, and applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada.