As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will join our dynamic team responsible for managing petabytes of real-time data and millions of active users across a globally distributed platform. Your primary responsibilities include leading the design of observability, automation, and incident response frameworks while ensuring reliability for massive-scale systems used worldwide. You will collaborate closely with engineering, product, and data teams to evolve core platforms and drive initiatives around performance optimization, failover strategies, disaster recovery, and cost efficiency. The role requires expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, CloudFormation, Terraform, and experience with relational or document databases, as well as REST API development. You will thrive on solving complex reliability challenges at scale, bringing a product mindset to enhance customer experience and business impact.
Skills
AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
CloudFormation
Python
Java
C#
NodeJS
Bash
PCI compliance
REST API
Microservices
CDN
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Azure
Google Cloud
CI/CD
What you'll do
Lead the design of observability, automation, and incident response frameworks.
Own reliability for massive-scale systems used globally.
Drive initiatives around performance, failover, disaster recovery, and cost optimization.
Influence platform direction and infrastructure strategy across cloud and hybrid deployments.
Mentor others and lead by example in high-performance environments.
What we're looking for
5+ years of experience managing large distributed systems with mass scale architecture.
Expertise in designing, implementing APM and observability solutions for large-scale data infrastructure.
Production experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container deployment strategies.
Infrastructure as code using Cloudformation, Terraform, or similar platforms; AWS expertise required.
Experience with relational databases, document databases, and configuring CDNs for performance.
Background in Bash scripting and proficiency in programming languages like Java, Python, NodeJS.
Solid skills in sizing and estimation techniques for small to medium size tasks and projects.
Market check
Salary context
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$119,800–$198,300.
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$119,800–$198,300
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Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$137,000–$198,859
Middle half of comparable postings.
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Employer
About CoStar Group
CoStar Group is the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces, including CoStar, Apartments.com, and LoopNet platforms. Industry: Commercial Real Estate Data & Analytics
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