Sr Site Reliability Engineer

Instructure
Budapest, Hungary
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with cloud automation and on-call responsibilities, working in a collaborative, remote-friendly environment in Budapest, Hungary.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in cloud-based SaaS operations and a passion for infrastructure automation
    — “Experience managing a 24/7 SaaS with amazing uptime”
  • Individuals who thrive in a team-oriented, open culture with strong communication and problem-solving skills
    — “Open, team-oriented, and with a broad range of skills and interests”
  • Professionals who enjoy working with modern infrastructure and DevOps tools like Terraform and Kubernetes
    — “modern stack that includes AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, and Go”

Things to consider

  • On-call rotation is expected, requiring availability beyond regular working hours
    — “Participate in on-call rotation”
  • Candidates must be prepared to verify personal and professional details as part of the hiring process
    — “Candidates may be asked to verify their legal name, current physical location”

How to stand out

  • Showcase experience in building resilient, self-scaling cloud systems using AWS or other platforms
    — “Building resilient and self-scaling systems so that you can sleep through the night”
  • Highlight your ability to develop automation tools that reduce operational toil
    — “Developing software to automate the toil required to keep our SaaS offerings highly available”
  • Demonstrate your hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible
    — “Deep understanding of configuration management, automation, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet)”
  • Emphasize your CI/CD pipeline experience with tools like GitHub Actions or Spinnaker
    — “Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD) exposure (like Jenkins, git, Argo, Spinnaker, GitHub Actions, AWS CodeDeploy, etc.)”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • automated service availability
  • developed cloud-based architecture
Typical background
Experience with cloud platformsProgramming experience in modern languages

Skills & requirements

Required

AWSDockerKubernetesTerraformGo

Preferred

PythonRubyJavaNode.js

Stack & domain

AWSDockerKubernetes (eks)TerraformGoService AvailabilityScalabilityPerformanceMonitoringAlertingCloud-based ArchitectureContinuous IntegrationContinuous DeliveryConfiguration ManagementAutomationInfrastructure-as-codeCI/CDJenkinsGitArgoSpinnakerGithub ActionsAWS CodedeployProblem-solvingLearningCommunicationTeamworkOwnershipOpennessSimplicityEqualityRelationshipsLeadershipCloud ComputingDevOpsSaasSite Reliability Engineering

About the role

Original posting from Instructure via Ashby

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers.

We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in:

By focusing on our values — ownership, openness, simplicity, equality, relationships, and learning — and using a modern stack that includes AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, and Go; we are pushing the boundaries of managing services at scale.

What you will be doing:

  • Partnering with engineering teams to automate & optimize service availability, scalability, performance, monitoring, and alerting.
  • Developing software to automate the toil required to keep our SaaS offerings highly available, scalable, and resilient, while delivering quickly.
  • Building and maintaining platforms and services that are force multipliers used by internal teams.
  • Developing and maintaining methodologies of iteratively deploying Instructure’s cloud-based architecture.
  • Building resilient and self-scaling systems so that you can sleep through the night.
  • Participate in on-call rotation.
  • Push the boundaries of cloud automation and gain hands-on experience running services with AWS.

What we look for:

  • A desire for ownership and love for problem-solving and learning.
  • Experience managing a 24/7 SaaS with amazing uptime.
  • Experience with at least one cloud platform (Amazon Web Services [preferred], Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure).
  • Programming experience in at least one modern programming language (Python, Go, TypeScript / Node.js, Java, or Ruby).
  • Experience with containers (Docker) or container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, Mesos).
  • Deep understanding of configuration management, automation, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet).
  • Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD) exposure (like Jenkins, git, Argo, Spinnaker, GitHub Actions, AWS CodeDeploy, etc.).
  • Open, team-oriented, and with a broad range of skills and interests.
  • Strong communication skills in English.

Get in on all the awesome at Instructure!

We offer competitive, meaningful benefits in every country where we operate. While they vary by location, here's a general idea of what you can expect:

  • Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program - because everyone should have a stake in our success.
  • Flexible work culture. Our remote, hybrid and in-office collaboration spaces vary by role, team and location.
  • Generous time off, including local holidays and our annual “Dim the Lights” period in late December, when teams are encouraged to step back and recharge based on departmental needs.
  • Comprehensive wellness programs and mental health support
  • Learning and development resources, including professional development tools and tuition reimbursement, to support your growth
  • The technology and tools you need to do your best work
  • Motivosity employee recognition program
  • A culture rooted in inclusivity, support, and meaningful connection

We believe in hiring great people and treating them right. The more diverse we are, the better our ideas and outcomes.

Instructure is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We comply with applicable employment and anti-discrimination laws in every country where we operate.

All employees must pass a background check as part of the hiring process. To help protect our teams and systems, we’ve implemented identity verification measures. Candidates may be asked to verify their legal name, current physical location, and provide a valid contact number and residential address, in accordance with local data privacy laws.

Any attempt to misrepresent personal or professional information will result in disqualification.

Source: Instructure careers (Ashby)

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