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The Role
We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team in Bangalore. You'll be instrumental in ensuring the high availability, performance, and scalability of CodeRabbit's AI-powered code review platform. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and systems operations, where you'll build the foundational platforms and automation that enable our engineering teams to deploy, monitor, and scale our services reliably.
As an SRE at CodeRabbit, you'll be responsible for enhancing the scale,reliability and security of our critical services that process millions of code reviews, building sophisticated automation, and owning the infrastructure that powers our AI-driven analysis engine. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies including large language models,and distributed architectures that operate at significant scale.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Platform Ownership
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform to support CodeRabbit's rapidly growing user base and processing demands
- Develop, own and operate critical platform services
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform-Terragrunt to ensure consistent, reproducible, and version-controlled infrastructure deployments
Reliability & Performance Engineering
- Establish and maintain SLI/SLO frameworks for all critical services, ensuring we meet our reliability commitments to users
- Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, observability and incident management solutions to maintain a high reliability.
- Conduct thorough incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortem processes to continuously improve system reliability
- Optimize application and infrastructure performance and cost to handle millions of pull request analyses effeciently.
- Design and implement chaos engineering practices to proactively identify and resolve system weaknesses
Automation & Developer Experience
- Develop self-service platforms and tooling that empower engineering teams to deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot their services independently
- Automate operational tasks including scaling, backup/recovery, security patching, and routine maintenance
- Create and maintain infrastructure APIs and abstractions that simplify complex operations for development teams
Security & Compliance
- Integrate security best practices into all infrastructure and platform services
- Implement and maintain security monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and compliance reporting
- Design secure network architectures including VPC configuration, firewall rules, and access control systems
- Establish and maintain disaster recovery procedures and business continuity planning
Required Qualifications
Experience & Background
- 6-8 years of hands-on experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps Engineering roles
- Proven track record of managing production systems at scale, preferably in high-growth technology companies
- Strong background with cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services(AWS) including compute, storage, networking, and managed services
- Experience in containerization and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Docker)
Technical Skills
- Programming Languages: Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript for building automation tools, monitoring solutions, and platform services
- Infrastructure as Code: Advanced experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management
- Monitoring & Observability: Hands-on experience with Datadog or similar platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) for observability
- Cloud Platforms: Comprehensive experience with GCP services including Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Load Balancing, and IAM
Systems & Operations
- Strong Linux/Unix systems skills
- Experience with network protocols, load balancing, and CDN technologies
- Knowledge of security principles and best practices for cloud infrastructure
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices (Jenkins GitHub Actions, Circle CI)
- Understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems principles
- Investigate, troubleshooting and root cause complex production issues methodically and prevent recurrance
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and tools
- Background in managing high-traffic web applications and API services
- Experience with disaster recovery planning and execution
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- Contributions to open-source infrastructure or SRE tooling projects
- Experience with cost optimization and FinOps practices
- Knowledge of performance testing and capacity planning methodologies
What You'll Bring
Technical Excellence
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex distributed systems issues
- Systematic approach to troubleshooting with excellent attention to detail
- Passion for automation and eliminating toil through intelligent tooling and processes
- Understanding of software engineering principles and ability to write production-quality code and develop tooling
Collaboration & Communication
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and business teams
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business impact and user value
- Strong documentation skills and commitment to knowledge sharing
Growth Mindset
- Enthusiasm for continuous learning and staying current with emerging technologies
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving startup environment
- Proactive mindset with the ability to identify and solve problems before they impact users
- Commitment to building inclusive, diverse, and collaborative team environments
