Algolia was built to help users deliver intuitive search experiences across websites and mobile applications. Our Search API serves thousands of customers in more than 100 countries, answering billions of queries every month.
Join AI Platform: Powering AI in ProductionAI Platform builds and operates the shared production foundations supporting Algolia's evolving AI ecosystem.
The team works at the intersection of Site Reliability Engineering, cloud infrastructure, software engineering and AI, helping engineering teams bring AI-powered capabilities to production reliably, securely and efficiently. Our scope includes Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, networking, databases, observability, reliability, FinOps and production operations.
We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer who can independently own complex production systems, drive technical decisions across teams, and help shape reliable and efficient infrastructure at scale.
YOU WILL:- Own and evolve production infrastructure supporting AI-related workloads and services at scale
- Design and operate highly available Kubernetes-based platforms
- Drive reliability through SLOs, observability, capacity planning and production guardrails
- Lead complex production investigations and turn findings into durable architectural improvements
- Improve shared infrastructure across networking, databases, service communication and compute
- Build better CI/CD, progressive delivery, automation and developer experience
- Drive cloud infrastructure efficiency and FinOps initiatives
- Participate in and improve on-call and incident response
- Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar for reliability and production engineering
- Strong hands-on production experience with at least one major cloud provider: GCP, AWS or Azure
- Strong experience designing and operating Kubernetes and cloud-native production systems at scale
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking and reliability engineering
- Experience operating business-critical systems with strong availability, scalability and operational requirements
- Ability to independently own ambiguous, cross-team technical problems and drive them to measurable outcomes
- Strong automation mindset and ability to balance reliability, engineering velocity and cost
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Go and/or Python engineering experience
- Experience with infrastructure supporting AI/ML workloads, model serving, GPUs or other compute-intensive systems
- Comfortable working AI-first, using coding agents, agentic development workflows, AI-assisted debugging and automation to accelerate engineering and operations
Algolia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The annual base salary compensation range for this role reflects market pay data within this location. The exact compensation offered for this role may vary depending on specific location and job-related knowledge, technical skills, and experience; and is only one part of our Total Rewards philosophy to compensate and recognize employees for their work.
FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE STRATEGY:
Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when.
We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.
WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES:
- GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.
- TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.
- CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
- CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.
- HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.
We’re looking for talented, passionate people to help build the world’s best search and discovery technology. We value autonomy, diversity, and collaboration. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and supported—regardless of race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic background.
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- Our open positions may appear on third-party job boards, but the best way to apply safely is directly through our careers page.
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READY TO APPLY?
If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!
Skills Required
- Strong hands-on production experience with at least one major cloud provider: GCP, AWS, or Azure
- Strong experience designing and operating Kubernetes and cloud-native production systems at scale
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking, and reliability engineering
- Experience operating business-critical systems with strong availability, scalability, and operational requirements
- Ability to independently own ambiguous, cross-team technical problems and drive measurable outcomes
- Strong automation mindset and ability to balance reliability, engineering velocity, and cost
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Go and/or Python engineering experience
- Experience with infrastructure supporting AI/ML workloads, model serving, GPUs, or other compute-intensive systems
- Experience using coding agents, agentic development workflows, AI-assisted debugging, and automation
What We Do
Algolia is the search-as-a-service platform that enables companies of all sizes to deliver fast and relevant digital experiences that drive real results. With Algolia, consumers are able to find and discover what they want easily across web, mobile, and voice. Algolia allows developers and business teams to build and optimize engaging search experiences to increase online engagement, conversion and revenue. Founded in 2012, we're backed by over $175M in funding from Accel Partners, Alven Capital, Point Nine Capital, Storm Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and others. Our most recent fundraising round was our Series D in 2021 in which we raised $150 million. The team is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Paris, London, New York City, Bucharest and Sydney. To learn more, visit www.algolia.com.
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