Expert – Interactive Coding, Site Reliability Engineering

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate in real-time with the research team on production-style reliability scenarios within a controlled environment.

• Examine scenarios on a shared screen, resolve or mitigate issues, articulate reasoning, pinpoint unrealistic operational assumptions, and determine appropriate solutions.

• Analyze dashboards and logs, formulate PromQL and LogQL queries, rectify Helm and Kubernetes configurations, revert problematic deployments, and document post-mortems.

• Review proposed scenarios to identify elements that are unrealistic, overly simplistic, or inadequately specified.

• Assist in drafting acceptance criteria, which may include challenging decisions made under pressure.

• Compose brief notes following each session detailing the approach taken and verification processes.

• Integrate reviewer feedback within agreed-upon timeframes and highlight any gaps in guidelines or edge cases.

• Generate evaluation and training data for advanced AI models.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years' experience managing production systems in at least one specified area, including participation in an on-call rotation within the last two years.

• Practical experience with Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana (or Datadog or New Relic), log stacks like Loki, ELK, or Splunk, infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform and Helm, and a CI/CD system.

• Proficient in Python, Go, or Bash, with the ability to navigate unfamiliar codebases.

• Capable of articulating reasoning clearly and professionally while working.

• Dependable availability for scheduled live sessions and a commitment to providing evidence for every conclusion drawn.

• All solutions, documentation, and reviews must originate from the candidate; the use of LLM-generated code or text is prohibited.

• Scenarios and solutions must be unique and not derived from published or easily searchable sources.

• Must refrain from including code, configuration, runbooks, or incident details from current or previous employers or clients, or anything protected by an NDA.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation for the trial session.

• Potential for extension based on strong performance.

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Approximately 10 hours of work per week, with an initial duration of 1 to 3 months.

• Flexible start date.