Site Reliability Engineer
About the Role
We are looking for a talented Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our team and deliver world-class search technologies to mobile devices. You will work with a smart team of engineers to lead and drive the stability, reliability, and observability of all Seekr's software, powering our powerful search technology. From your first day, you will make a valuable—and valued—contribution. We are a fast-growing company where no one is a bystander, offering you the opportunity to delight millions of consumers worldwide while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Participate in the design, architecture, and implementation of systems, software, networks, and services required to keep the Seekr platform within SLAs.
- Lead development of solutions to complex operational and reliability challenges, including proactive detection of system failures and scalability issues in production.
- Work in close collaboration with software development teams to build, monitor, and triage our services.
- Conduct load testing of applications across the organization.
- Take ownership of our observability stack.
- Share ownership of our incident response practices and procedures.
- Identify and remedy operational inefficiencies through automation.
- Troubleshoot and assist with incident response on live systems and deployment-related issues.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, preferably managing SaaS environments.
- 5+ years of experience working with Linux systems, with familiarity in Linux fundamentals including network protocols.
- Experience with self-hosted monitoring, metrics, and centralized logging tools (ELK, Prometheus, InfluxDB, Grafana; required).
- Skilled in load testing applications.
- Proficient in programming and/or scripting languages (Python, Ruby, Bash, Java).
- Adept with container technologies Docker and Kubernetes (required).
- Demonstrated ability in systems configuration management using automation tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and Terraform (Puppet and Terraform preferred).
- Knowledgeable in monitoring Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Aerospike (preferred).
- Versed in Git (on-prem or GitHub); familiarity with GitLab and ArgoCD is a bonus.
- Comfortable working within a hybrid cloud environment, with on-prem experience preferred.
- Proven track record of delivering results on time and with high quality.
- Reliable in maintaining SLAs.
- Effective communicator with the ability to work across multiple business and technical teams.
About the Company
Seekr is a leader in explainable and trustworthy artificial intelligence designed to power mission-critical decisions in enterprises, government, and regulated industries. SeekrFlow™, our end-to-end AI platform, provides secure, auditable AI solutions tailored to sectors where transparency, accuracy, and compliance are paramount. Available across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments, SeekrFlow reduces bias, strengthens data integrity, and simplifies model oversight so organizations can rely on trusted AI decisions in high-stakes settings that impact society’s most sensitive and vital systems.
Trusted by leading enterprises and government agencies, we partner with defense, finance, telecom, and critical infrastructure leaders to enable AI solutions that drive real-world results with unmatched transparency and control. We are a team of strategic thinkers and problem-solvers tackling the toughest challenges facing critical infrastructure and global enterprises through best-in-class AI models and customer deployment. Our team operates with unwavering commitment to our core values and mission:
- We are driven by outcomes—our customers' success is what we strive for every day.
- We believe trust is earned, which is why we build explainability and transparency into the entire AI lifecycle.
- We take our responsibility to deliver secure AI seriously.
- We believe innovation drives progress—we are building the technologies that power the systems our society depends on.
Benefits
- Meaningful Mission & Impact: Work with a deeply talented, collaborative team solving some of the toughest AI challenges that matter.
- Equity Ownership: RSUs that let you share directly in Seekr’s long-term success and growth.
- Time Off That Respects Real Life: Unlimited PTO plus 14 paid company holidays to truly recharge.
- Work Your Way: A flexible hybrid work environment with offices in Reston, VA and Austin, TX.
- Competitive Total Rewards: A role-appropriate compensation structure that supports long-term growth, including base salary, bonuses, or commission plans depending on role.
- 401(k) with Company Match: Build your future with a retirement plan that includes employer matching.
- Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage starting day one—for you and your family.
- Parental Leave: Paid parental leave to support employees as they welcome a new child through birth, adoption, or foster placement.
To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicants must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.