SRE of Container Service-Bellevue

About the role

As a leader in Kubernetes management, the Alibaba Cloud Container Service team is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge, scalable, and secure container orchestration solutions that empower businesses to modernize their cloud-native applications and accelerate innovation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust reliability architectures for Alibaba Cloud's container service suite (ACK, ACS, ACR, ASM).
• Develop automation frameworks and tools to streamline operational workflows, reduce manual intervention, and enhance system stability and efficiency.
• Lead day-to-day operations, monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis for containerized platforms, maintaining SLA/SLO compliance and driving continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with development, security, and network teams to optimize performance, scalability, and security posture of container infrastructure.
• Proactively identify potential risks through chaos engineering, stress testing, and observability practices; define and execute remediation plans.
• Stay current with emerging cloud-native technologies, open-source community trends (e.g., Kubernetes, Istio, CNCF projects), and apply best practices to production environments.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in container-related development (e.g., Kubernetes, Serverless platforms, container networking, and storage).
• Proficient in Kubernetes, Docker/Containerd/RunC, and related container technologies, and open-source contributions are a plus.
• Familiar with microservice framework CI/CD, GitOps tooling and process.
• Experience managing Kubernetes in production environments is highly valued.
• Strong skills in Golang and Java; experience in other languages like Python, Rust, C, or Shell is a plus.
• Strong ownership and results-driven approach, with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Passionate about technology, research, and continuous learning.

Pay

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $133,200/year and $219,600/year. However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan and basic life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits like FSA
• Up to 12 paid holidays per year
• Up to 15 paid vacation days per year (accrued)
• Up to 72 hours paid sick time (front-loaded) per calendar year