Site Reliability Engineer, PaaS

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.

In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.

The Team

The Platform as a Service (PaaS) team is dedicated to empowering development teams by creating toolchains, guidelines, and standards. Our focus is on enabling seamless automation and CI/CD, comprehensive observability, and unwavering reliability in a secured cloud-native environment.

The Opportunity

The Site Reliability Engineer position within the Platform As a Service team provides a dynamic opportunity for a professional with foundational experience in maintaining and optimizing scalable infrastructures. This role specifically concentrates on three key areas: CI/CD, Observability, and application hosting.

As a member of the Platform As a Service team, you will play a key role in supporting the reliability and scalability of Algolia’s Search Products. Your responsibilities will include operating components or features, ensuring proper monitoring and alerting are in place, and assisting in the transition from legacy systems. You will work on planning and accountability for the next quarter, demonstrating independence in problem-solving and minimal reliance on managers and senior team members.

Your role will consist of

CI/CD Support and Optimization: Assist in the implementation and maintenance of a scalable CI/CD toolchain, contributing to the overall efficiency and reliability of development processes.

Observability Implementation: Support the development