Playson
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Remote work allowed only within certain countries or regions.
Europe
Employer listed it 22 months ago · Added 4 days ago
Been open since 22 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
Not stated
Location
Europe
Timezone
CET ±2
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
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Remote flexibility
Region Restricted
Remote work is allowed, but only for candidates based in Europe.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "European Union, Ukraine, Remote"
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- Timezone overlap with the listed area is often expected
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About the role
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our Infrastructure Squad - a lean & senior team where ownership is high and expectations are even higher. This is a deeply hands-on role at the core of a high-traffic system, where you’ll be directly responsible for maintaining reliability, performance, and stability in a fast-paced environment.
You’ll be working on real-time production challenges, handling incidents, managing alerts, and being part of a critical on-call rotation. This role requires resilience, strong decision-making under pressure, and a proactive mindset to continuously improve systems operating at scale.
If you thrive in high-load environments, enjoy solving complex production issues, and want to have a direct impact on systems used by millions - this is the place for you.
Key Responsibilities
Own system reliability by actively monitoring platform health, managing alerts, and responding to incidents in real time
Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations, taking full ownership of production stability in a high-traffic (5–7k RPS) environment
Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes to prevent recurrence
Build and continuously improve monitoring, alerting, and observability across the Kubernetes (EKS) ecosystem
Deploy, manage, and optimise infrastructure using Terraform, Helm, and GitOps tools (Flux/ArgoCD)
Drive automation and proactively improve system resilience, reducing manual intervention and recurring issues
Maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices
Collaborate closely with engineering teams to support deployments and minimise user impact in a live environment
Introduce and integrate new tools and technologies to enhance scalability, reliability, and performance
Handle environment-specific requests and ensure smooth day-to-day platform operations under constant load
Requirements
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (deployment, scaling, troubleshooting) in high-load environments
Experience with GitOps tools such as FluxCD or ArgoCD
Proven experience in incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems in production systems
Solid experience with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and logging stacks like ELK or CloudWatch
Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols
Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, Go, Node.js)
Experience working with version control systems (Git)
Requirements
- ·Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (deployment, scaling, troubleshooting) in high-load environments
- ·Experience with GitOps tools such as FluxCD or ArgoCD
- ·Proven experience in incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems in production systems
- ·Solid experience with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines
- ·Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and logging stacks like ELK or CloudWatch
Benefits
- ·Competitive Salary
- ·Quarterly Bonuses
- ·Unlimited Paid Time Off
- ·Unlimited Paid Sick Leave
- ·Remote & Flexible Working
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, region restricted, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Playson, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (CET ±2).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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