Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms

GitLab

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Work type
Remote
Location
Canada
Salary
$126,400–$314,400 / yr
Posted
109 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $180k
This role $220k
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This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$215,687 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $220k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About GitLab

GitLab is an all-remote software company that develops an AI-powered DevSecOps platform combining source code management, CI/CD, security scanning, and project planning in a single application.

GitLab currently has 53 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $152,800–$238,000 across 49 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms

The Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms — AMER (Intermediate to Senior Staff) joins the Infrastructure Platforms team to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of user-facing services like GitLab.com. You will build automation and tooling to reduce toil, manage production systems on Kubernetes, and maintain infrastructure as code through CI/CD and GitOps workflows. Key responsibilities include participating in on-call rotations, troubleshooting production incidents, and contributing to the observability stack using metrics, logs, and SLOs. Required technical skills include proficiency in Go or Ruby, experience with major cloud providers like GCP or AWS, and expertise in Terraform modules or Kubernetes operators. You will solve complex problems regarding production fleet networking, deployment infrastructure, and tenant scale within a remote-first, asynchronous environment.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $180200 from 121 postings across 36 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Maintain the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of user-facing services and production systems.
  • Build automation and tooling to replace manual work with infrastructure-as-code workflows.
  • Operate and troubleshoot production systems on Kubernetes, including deployments and scaling.
  • Write and maintain infrastructure as code using CI/CD and GitOps methodologies.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, triage alerts, and improve existing runbooks.
  • Contribute to the observability stack using metrics, logs, and SLOs to detect issues early.
  • Lead incident response and conduct post-incident reviews to improve automation and processes.
  • Document architecture decisions and runbooks to establish repeatable practices.

What we're looking for

  • This position is open to candidates based in the United States and Canada only.
  • Experience keeping production systems reliable by combining an operations mindset with real software engineering practice.
  • Experience building net-new infrastructure tooling and automation, such as Terraform modules or Kubernetes operators.
  • Ability to read, debug, and reason about code, specifically in Go or Ruby.
  • Experience with infrastructure as code and the Kubernetes ecosystem at a depth appropriate to the candidate's level.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider, specifically GCP or AWS.
  • Familiarity with observability practices, including metrics, logging, alerting, and SLOs or SLIs.
  • Strong written communication skills and the ability to operate as a manager-of-one in an async, distributed environment.

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