Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Description

Lead and coordinate projects to improve system reliability across a large distributed architecture. Design and implement complex reliability solutions and internal platforms, including AI-assisted incident response, self-service performance testing, and automated resiliency with continuous fault injection. Act as a senior Incident Commander during major outages and lead blameless post-mortems while owning system reliability, automating infrastructure, and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead team-level projects to improve reliability in a massive distributed system

• Design and implement reliability solutions and internal platforms using core ecosystem tools

• Build an AI agent to improve incident response workflow and serve as Incident Commander during major outages

• Develop and scale a self-service performance testing platform with real-time observability

• Build an automated resiliency platform for continuous fault injection and run data center failover experiments

• Own reliability of team systems, manage technical debt, and automate infrastructure

• Mentor less experienced engineers and set standards for code quality

• Influence communication and decision-making on difficult architecture problems at large scale

Requirements

• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture

• Proficiency in at least one of: Kotlin, Java, Python, or Go

• Hands-on advanced experience with Kubernetes and Docker, including networking and service mesh concepts

• Hands-on Chaos Engineering experience (fault injection/failure scenarios); Gatling knowledge is a plus

• Experience with monitoring and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and identifying single points of failure; proven Incident Commander experience

• Strong practical knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure management using IaC

• Ownership mindset, data-driven approach, and experience mentoring engineers and shaping architecture decisions

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working hours (4/1), with core start times between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.; ~30 days occasional remote work

• Long-term discretionary incentive plan based on Allegro.eu shares (RSUs)

• Annual bonus based on individual performance and company results

• Well-located offices and excellent work tools

• Choice of MacBook Pro (16"/14") or Dell with Windows

• Cafeteria-style fringe benefits (medical, sports/lunch packages, insurance, vouchers)

• Paid English classes related to the job

• Training budget, inter-team events, hackathons, and internal learning platform

• Additional day off for volunteering

• Social events and community activities