EU remote
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
About this role
There are NO limits to your career: come shape the future and be part of a truly unique global culture at OutSystems ! As a Senior Site Reliability Enginee r at OutSystems , you will collaborate to guide the reliability, scalability, and security architecture across our mission-critical platform. You will serve as a technical leader, partnering with development teams to embed reliability practices, design resilient cloud-native infrastructure, and institute platform-wide observability.
This role offers the opportunity to mentor engineering talent and shape the future of our production operations at scale. Key Responsibilities Architect and standardize SLO/SLI frameworks and error-budget policies across multiple engineering groups. Lead the design and rollout of secure, scalable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud-native Kubernetes environments. Drive observability strategy by evaluating, implementing, and optimizing telemetry solutions across distributed systems.
Lead incident response during critical system events, facilitating blameless post-incident reviews and driving systemic mitigation strategies. Build core automation frameworks and platform tools (in Python or Go) that eliminate operational friction and enforce security compliance automatically. Mentor and advise software and reliability engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and engineering quality.
Must-Have Requirements Demonstrated Experience: 5+ years of experience (or equivalent demonstrated capability) managing high-throughput distributed systems and cloud infrastructure at scale. Technical Proficiency: Advanced expertise in Kubernetes, Linux internals, cloud networking, and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, AWS). Software Engineering: Strong proficiency in high-level programming languages (Python or Go) for building automation tools and system integrations.
Incident & Reliability Leadership: Proven track record leading incident response, blameless post-mortems, and root-cause prevention across complex architectures. Education & Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Nice-to-Have Requirements Professional certifications in Kubernetes (CKA, CKS) or cloud providers (AWS Solutions Architect). Solid understanding of compliance and security frameworks (SOC 2, CIS benchmarks) embedded directly into CI/CD pipelines.