Hybrid Site Reliability Engineer

at Writer

• Job title: Site Reliability Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $157,700 - $277,800 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Grafana, Java, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Python, Terraform, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Site Reliability Engineer enhancing platform reliability for AI workflows at WRITER. Overseeing automated solutions and cloud infrastructure supporting high-trafficked AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Automate operational tasks and infrastructure management by developing robust tools and platforms using Python, Go, or similar languages, significantly reducing manual toil across our production environment
• Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure solutions on public cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) to support WRITER's rapidly expanding, high-traffic AI platform
• Own the reliability, performance, and efficiency of WRITER’s core services, defining and upholding stringent Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Error Budgets
• Own the observability stack for monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure rapid detection of issues across our complex distributed systems
• Lead incident response, post-mortems, and root cause analyses, applying learnings to proactively prevent future outages and build a more resilient system architecture
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams, providing expert guidance on system design for reliability, performance, and scalability from conception through launch

Requirements

• A solid 7+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or a similar role focused on building and operating large-scale, high-availability production systems
• Deep expertise with cloud platforms (AWS strongly preferred), containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, Go for automation and monitoring
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) to maintain system health and performance
• Demonstrated ability to Challenge the status quo, proactively identify systemic weaknesses, and propose innovative solutions to complex reliability problems
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with a talent for building strong relationships and Connecting with cross-functional teams
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability, eager to Own mission-critical systems and drive them toward peak performance and unparalleled reliability

Benefits

• Generous PTO, plus company holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
• Paid parental leave for all parents (12 weeks)
• Fertility and family planning support
• Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri
• Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options
• Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution
• Annual work-life stipends for:
• Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.
• Learning and development stipend
• Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
• Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k