Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Business Technology Team

Company: Indeed
Location: Washington
Posted on: August 8, 2022

Job Description:

Your JobIndeed s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) organization spans the globe, with 90+ SREs in Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, Tokyo, Hyderabad, and Dublin. We are a rapidly growing and highly impactful engineering team applying software engineering techniques to production operations in order to maximize engineering velocity while guiding product teams to meet reliability goals.Every month, over 250 million people visit Indeed in 60+ countries to help them find jobs, publish their resumes, and process their job applications. These people count on Indeed SRE to ensure Indeed s products are available, fast, and working correctly to ultimately get hired. Are you ready for an opportunity that will improve people s lives all around the globe, one job at a time?Your job.SREs at Indeed are embedded directly with our product teams, working closely with them to design, code, test, run, and evolve the systems that help people around the world get jobs. We work closely with dozens of Indeed teams to drive adoption of modern reliability practices like SLOs, error budget policies, actionable alerts, follow-the-sun on-call, incident retrospectives, chaos testing, and end-to-end ownership.SREs are crucial contributors to nearly every Indeed product team that has big traffic, big data, or high availability and performance requirements. Indeed s rapid business growth and people growth continually create new opportunities for you to engage and make an impact. This environment provides ongoing professional development opportunities for SREs at every stage of their careers, from interns and new grads to architects and directors.You will also discover ample opportunities for growth in several areas: improved technology skills, effective leadership, dedicated mentorship, creative design, strong communication skills, teamwork, and more.Simply put, as an SRE, you will help Indeed build and operate fast and reliable products that help people get jobs. Are you up for the challenge?ResponsibilitiesDesign, develop, ship, and motivate the creation of software and systems to increase product reliability and organizational efficiency.Guide reliability practices through the entire software development lifecycle through activities like architecture reviews, code reviews, creating platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and chaos testing.Maintain service health through monitoring and follow-the-sun incident response.Improve service reliability through blameless post-incident reviews and using code to prevent or respond to problem recurrence.Who You AreYou will be responsible for entire projects, from working with a Product Manager and a UX Designer on the problem being solved, possible solutions, the UI design, implementation and analytics. You should possess a mix of technical strength, business strength and good product ideas.RequirementsBS degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.Experience writing code in Java, Go, Shell, Perl, Python, or a similar language.Experience in data structures, algorithms, and software design.Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks.Strong interest in SRE topics like SLOs, resilience, scaling, performance, and more.We get excited about engineers wholove learningenjoy collaborating with teammates and partnershave experience with a globally distributed teamtake initiative to solve problems using a scientific approachapply appropriate new technologies and processescan provide substantial feedback on distributed system designshave previous experience in an SRE or Production Engineering rolehave worked with highly available multi-region websitesenjoy mentoring and guiding teammateshave previous experience with public cloud technologies"If you really like looking into architecture and finding problems that may not be apparent now but down the line may be catastrophic, then you should work as an SRE." Meghan, SRE, Indeed - AustinWho we areThe Business Technology organization oversees the technology and platforms that internal Indeed teams rely on to run the business, support employees, as well as market to, sell to, and support customers. We optimize usage of vendor solutions such as Salesforce, Zendesk, Marketo and Workday to ensure Indeed s business functions run efficiently and effectively.Our MissionAs the world s number 1 job site , our mission is to help people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. We're looking to grow our teams with more people who share our enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.( comScore Total Visits, September 2021)Salary Range DisclaimerThe base salary range represents the low and high end of the Indeed salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Indeed's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), an open Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits.Salary Range TransparencyUS Remote 127,000 - 183,000 USD per yearAustin 127,000 - 183,000 USD per yearNYC Metro Area 159,000 - 231,000 USD per yearSF Bay Area 168,000 - 244,000 USD per yearSeattle 158,000 - 230,000 USD per yearEqual Opportunities and Accommodations StatementIndeed is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized. We are committed to creating an environment where all employees feel included and have a strong sense of belonging. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family/marital status, refugee or immigration status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neuro-diversity, disability, age, veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and join us in our mission of helping people get jobs.Indeed is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please contact Talent Attraction Help at 1-, or by email at at least one week in advance of your interview.Fair Chance HiringWe value diverse experiences, including those who have had prior contact with the criminal legal system. We are committed to providing individuals with criminal records, including formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals with arrest or conviction records, a fair chance at employment. We also comply with state and local requirements such as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.Our Policies and BenefitsView Indeed's Applicant Privacy and Accessibility Policies - Learn about our global employee perks, programs and benefits - Where legally permitted, Indeed requires all individuals attending or working out of Indeed offices or visiting Indeed clients to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. For positions that can only be performed at an Indeed office, candidates must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and present acceptable proof of vaccination by the date of hire as a condition of employment. Indeed will consider requests for reasonable accommodation as required under applicable law. To qualify as being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 there should have been a two week period after receiving the second dose (or any government recommended booster shot) in a 2-dose COVID-19 vaccine series, or a two week period after receiving a single-dose (or any government recommended booster shot) in a single dose COVID-19 vaccine.Reference ID: 39067

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