Site Reliability Engineer

Experience

: 4.00 + years

Salary

: USD 2592 / month (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period

: 30 Days

Shift

: (GMT+01:00) Europe/London (BST)

Opportunity Type

: Remote

Placement Type

: Full Time Contract for 6 Months(40 hrs a week/160 hrs a month)

(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - Orpheus)What do you need for this opportunity?Must have skills required:Capacity Planning, Load Testing, Terraform / Pulumi, AWS / GCP / Azure, Docker, PythonOrpheus is Looking for:

Key Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, scalability, and performance of our core backend systems in a
  

high-growth, fast-moving startup environment.

• Architect and implement backend services that can handle rapid scaling and
  

unpredictable traffic patterns.

• Proactively monitor production systems, detect anomalies, and resolve issues before
  

they impact users.

• Lead live debugging during critical incidents, providing quick resolutions and
  

implementing preventive measures.

• Optimize APIs, database queries, and service workflows for maximum efficiency and
  

minimal latency.

• Design and enforce best practices for deployment, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to build resilient, fault-tolerant systems
  

from the ground up.

• Automate operational tasks to reduce manual intervention and speed up delivery cycles.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers in SRE and backend development best practices.
• Take postmortems, root cause analysis, and long-term reliability improvements.
  

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in backend development (Node.js, Python, Go, or similar).
• Solid experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in database technologies (SQL & PostgreSQL).
• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, etc.).
• Strong debugging skills in live production environments.
• Knowledge of performance tuning and system optimization techniques.
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi).
• Background in load testing and capacity planning.
• Understanding of networking concepts and security best practices.
  

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