Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms

GitLab

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Canada
Salary
$126,400–$314,400 / yr
Posted
63 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $179k
This role $220k
$104k most similar roles pay here $337k

This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$214,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $220k versus about $179k 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 79 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $137,400–$213,600 across 61 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms

Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms — AMER (Intermediate to Senior Staff) joins the Infrastructure Platforms team to ensure user-facing services and production systems remain reliable, scalable, and efficient. You will build automation and tooling to reduce toil, manage infrastructure as code via CI/CD and GitOps, and operate production systems on Kubernetes. Day-to-day responsibilities include troubleshooting production environments, participating in on-call rotations, managing incident responses, and contributing to the observability stack using metrics, logs, and SLOs. The role requires proficiency in Go or Ruby, experience with major cloud providers like GCP or AWS, and expertise in Terraform modules and Kubernetes operators. You will solve complex problems regarding availability and performance for the GitLab platform by replacing manual work with repeatable workflows while utilizing AI as a productivity multiplier to improve operational outcomes across distributed systems.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $186200 from 131 postings across 36 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Maintain the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of user-facing 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 technical findings to create repeatable practices for the team.

What we're looking for

  • Experience maintaining reliable production systems using software engineering practices and an operations mindset.
  • Experience building custom infrastructure tooling and automation, such as Terraform modules or Kubernetes operators.
  • Ability to read, debug, and reason about code in Go or Ruby.
  • Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and the Kubernetes ecosystem.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider, specifically GCP or AWS.
  • Familiarity with observability practices including metrics, logging, alerting, and SLOs/SLIs.
  • Comfort participating in on-call rotations and incident response under pressure.
  • Strong written communication skills for operating in an asynchronous, distributed environment.

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