Entry Level Site Reliability Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Collaborate extensively with engineers to facilitate the development of new features and services.

• Create tools to monitor the stability and performance of the site.

• Assist in ensuring the reliability and scalability of infrastructure while adhering to platform SLOs.

• Diagnose site issues utilizing Splunk, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry.

• Manage and operate essential datastores, including Cassandra and MySQL.

• Automate infrastructure processes using Python, Puppet, Git, Jenkins, Terraform, and AI tools.

• Design custom tools when existing solutions do not fulfill Yelp's scale requirements.

• Contribute to open source projects upstream.

• Engage in light on-call rotations with geographically distributed SRE teams for continuous support.

• Enable product teams and developers through automation of infrastructure and self-service capabilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must reside in the United Kingdom.

• Familiarity with Linux; while Ubuntu is used, any distribution is acceptable.

• Proficiency in a modern programming language such as Python, Ruby, Go, Java, or C++.

• Experience with or interest in MySQL and/or Cassandra.

• Practical experience with public cloud platforms; AWS is utilized, with Azure/GCP also being acceptable.

• Solid background in Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management, using tools such as Terraform, Puppet, or Ansible.

• Relevant experience in Linux containerization and orchestration, such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, containerization, workload orchestration, datastores, or streaming technologies.

• Familiarity with monitoring concepts and best practices for performance, reliability, and security.

• Strong communication and documentation skills.

• Willingness to ask questions, take initiative, and learn continuously.

• For applicants from Northern Ireland: A basic criminal background check via AccessNI is required for employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Pension scheme.

• Optional employee stock purchase plan.

• 25 days of paid holiday, increasing to 29 with service.

• One floating holiday.

• £150 monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses.

• £75 caregiver reimbursement for dependent care.

• Private health insurance, including dental and vision coverage.

• Flexible working hours.

• Meeting-free Wednesdays.

• Regular 3-day Hackathons.

• Bi-weekly learning groups.

• Productivity spending to support career development.

• Opportunities to participate in digital events and conferences.

• £75 per month towards eligible wellness expenses.

• Quarterly team offsites.