Quizlet · 1 week ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Platform
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$171K/yr - $232K/yr
5+ years expQuizlet is a leading learning platform on a mission to help every learner achieve their outcomes. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will design and build automation and systems architecture to ensure reliable scalability for AI-powered learning tools, while improving service performance and operational efficiency.
E-LearningEdTechEducationInternetKnowledge Management
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain automation and tooling that ensures 99.95% uptime under peak load
Build self-healing and auto-remediation systems for our Kubernetes clusters (GKE) and service mesh (Istio)
Optimize our CI/CD toolchain (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD) to improve deployment velocity and reliability
Design and deploy deep observability and diagnostics in Datadog, leading post-incident reviews with Jeli
Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning across databases (Spanner, PlanetScale, BigQuery)
Collaborate with product engineering to define SLOs and ensure new services are resilient by design
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in SRE, infrastructure, or systems software engineering
Strong proficiency in Go and/or Python, with experience automating operational workflows
Deep understanding of Kubernetes (GKE), Istio, and distributed systems
Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD) and Terraform
Expertise in Datadog, incident response, and observability-driven engineering
Solid foundation in Linux systems, networking, and GCP or similar cloud environments
Proven ability to improve reliability, reduce MTTR, and lead by example
Benefits
20 vacation days that we expect you to take!
Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, Dental, VSP Choice)
Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan with company match
Access to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growth
Paid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, and Wellness benefits
40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice
Company
Quizlet
Quizlet is a learning platform that uses activities and games to help students practice and master what they’re learning.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$62MKey Investors
General AtlanticIcon Ventures
2020-05-13Series C· $30M
2018-02-06Series B· $20M
2015-11-23Series A· $12M
Leadership Team
Kurt Beidler
Chief Executive Officer
David Margulius
Board Member and Co-Founder
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