Site Reliability Engineer

About the role

PPLIED is a hands-free hiring platform designed to simplify and streamline the experience for both recruiters and job seekers. Recruiters post a role once and receive a daily shortlist of top-matched candidates automatically, without job boards, searching, or fees. Job seekers upload a resume once, and PPLIED continuously matches and applies to real roles on their behalf, enabling direct communication with interested recruiters. The platform eliminates traditional applications and cover letters, offering a free, frictionless process for both sides of the job market. PPLIED focuses on solving hiring challenges efficiently through intelligent automation on a single platform.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, scale, and improve PPLIED's production systems to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability
• Monitor system health and respond to incidents
• Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure and application layers
• Implement automated solutions to reduce manual work
• Collaborate closely with software development and operations teams to design resilient architectures
• Optimize deployments and refine CI/CD pipelines and observability tools
• Take ownership of reliability initiatives and drive ongoing improvement of platform stability and user experience

Qualifications

• Strong skills in Site Reliability Engineering, including designing, implementing, and improving reliable, scalable production systems
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex incidents, root cause analysis, and performance optimization across services and infrastructure
• Proficiency in Software Development practices (e.g., Python, Go, or similar languages), including scripting, automation, and working with APIs
• Solid background in System Administration, including Linux-based environments, networking fundamentals, and security best practices
• Experience managing infrastructure using cloud platforms (such as AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code tools
• Familiarity with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing) and CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery and rapid, safe changes
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a remote, cross-functional team
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in high-growth SaaS or startup environments is beneficial