Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Canada
Remote
Posted Aug 7, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Lead · 10+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job summary

You will design, build, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform while automating CI/CD pipelines. Additionally, you will lead incident response, optimize system performance, and drive department-wide compliance initiatives.

Job details

THE OPPORTUNITY We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer (SRE) to join our Retail and Restaurants AI team. You will be responsible for the reliability, scalability, and performance of our infrastructure, with a deep focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will architect and maintain high-availability systems, automate operational tasks, and ensure our services can handle the demands of millions of voice AI interactions. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Design, build, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform. * Architect and automate CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid, reliable deployments. * Implement robust monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies to proactively identify and resolve system issues. * Partner with engineering teams to optimize performance, cost, and reliability of backend services. * Drive incident response, post-mortem analysis, and long-term remediation efforts. * Identify and eliminate sources of toil, promoting operational maturity and self-service capabilities. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on infrastructure roadmaps and security standards. * Lead department wide compliance (PCI, SOC) initiatives. WHAT YOU'LL BRING * 12+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps roles. * Expert-level experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services (e.g., GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub). * Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Pulumi. * Deep experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh architectures. * Strong background in monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring). * Experience designing and managing high-throughput, distributed systems. * Strong problem-solving skills and a growth mindset—comfortable with ambiguity and making high-stakes technical trade-offs. * Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated ability to mentor engineers. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Experience working in a high-velocity, customer-focused environment. * Familiarity with functional programming paradigms (e.g., Clojure/ClojureScript). * Prior experience in the restaurant technology, hospitality, or AI-driven SaaS space. * Experience implementing security and compliance best practices in the cloud. WORKPLACE & COMPENSATION This role is available throughout Canada. Compensation includes salary, equity, comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and other benefits. Our recruiting team will provide a specific salary range based on location and years of experience. #LI-MQ1 #LI-REMOTE

What you’ll do

Requirements

Candidates must have 12+ years of software engineering experience with significant expertise in SRE or DevOps roles. Expert-level proficiency in Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code tools is required.