Staff Site Reliability Engineer, PaaS at Algolia

Algolia is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer for its PaaS team in Paris, France. The role involves architecting, building, and managing scalable infrastructures with a focus on CI/CD, Observability, and application hosting.

As a senior member, the successful candidate will significantly influence Algolia’s Search Products, ensuring reliability, scalability, and cost optimization. He will mentor team members and collaborate across teams to spearhead projects alongside SREs and SWEs.

Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy a cloud-native API Management to boost platform scalability, security, and reliability.
• Spearhead the design and implementation of a robust and scalable CI/CD toolchain.
• Lead the development and deployment of comprehensive observability standards and automation solutions.
• Drive the evolution and maintenance of a Kubernetes-based architecture.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other SRE team members.
• Establish and enforce engineering processes and best practices.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to shape the vision and direction of the company (cloud) infrastructures.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of programming language Golang and Python and familiar with software craftsmanship. Knowledge on Ruby is a plus
• Experience designing and building API Management and Kubernetes based architecture
• Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale.
• Experience on CI/CD setup and architecture. Strong knowledge on Github Actions, Circle-CI or alternatives is expected
• Experience designing new applications with reliability, operability, and availability in mind
• Experience with Public Cloud Providers such as GCP, AWS or Microsoft Azure, and administration of Kubernetes
• Excellent communication and organisation skills

Algolia offers:

• Flexible workplace model