Senior Software Engineer, Platform (SRE)
- Kitchener, ON, Canada
Hybrid
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Job details
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Experience
- 7+ years of technical experience, with 5+ years as an SRE or similar role.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Platform / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Our client is transforming industries through cutting-edge technology. Their platform leverages AI, automation, and scalable systems to solve complex real-world problems.
As a Platform / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will play a key role in establishing and enhancing the engineering platform. You’ll help ensure the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our systems while developing tools that improve engineering productivity.
You will help define and shape the platform strategy, set best practices, and drive initiatives that enhance developer experience, system performance, and operational efficiency.
What You’ll Be Doing
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DevOps & Infrastructure: Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure to support engineering needs.
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CI/CD Optimization: Improve continuous integration and deployment pipelines using AWS CDK, including requirements for deployment and database migration tooling.
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Release Tracking & Deployment: Establish visibility into release cycles, implement automation to streamline deployments, and ensure smooth rollouts.
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Site Reliability & Observability: Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high availability and performance.
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Internal Tooling: Build and maintain tools that improve developer efficiency, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance productivity.
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Security & Compliance: Ensure infrastructure and deployments align with security best practices, with attention to SoC, ISO, and GDPR standards.
Experience
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7+ years of technical experience, with 5+ years as an SRE or similar role. Startup experience is a plus.
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Deep expertise in AWS, including Fargate and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
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Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, particularly using AWS CDK.
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Proficiency with observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
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Strong knowledge of scaling strategies and highly available architectures.
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Proficiency in scripting/automation with Python, Bash, or TypeScript.
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Familiarity with security best practices and compliance frameworks (SoC, ISO, GDPR).
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Strong collaboration skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
Our Tech Stack
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Infrastructure: AWS, Fargate, Redis, PostgreSQL, SQS, CDK, GitHub, Retool
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Backend: Django REST framework, Celery
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Frontend: Next.js, Tailwind CSS
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LLM Integrations: OpenAI, Claude, AWS Bedrock
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Platform / SRE will design and maintain scalable infrastructure, improve deployment pipelines, and set up monitoring and alerting for high availability. The role also builds internal tools that automate tasks and keeps systems aligned with security and compliance standards.
Requirements
Candidates need 7+ years of technical experience, including 5+ years as an SRE or similar role. Deep AWS, Kubernetes and CI/CD expertise with AWS CDK, plus observability tools and Python, Bash or TypeScript scripting, are required.
Skills
- AWS
- Fargate
- Kubernetes
- AWS CDK
- CI/CD pipelines
- Database migration tooling
- Datadog
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Observability
- Monitoring and alerting
- Python
- Bash
- TypeScript
- Scaling strategies
- Highly available architectures
- GitHub
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- SQS
- Django REST framework
- Celery
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- OpenAI API
Categories
- Technology
- Software
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- Site Reliability Engineer
- SRE
- Platform Engineer
- DevOps
- AWS
- Fargate
- Kubernetes
- AWS CDK
- CI/CD
- Datadog
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Python
- Bash
- TypeScript
- GitHub
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- SQS
- Django REST framework
Seniority
Senior
Tools
- AWS
- Fargate
- Kubernetes
- AWS CDK
- Datadog
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- GitHub
- Retool
Languages
- English