Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?
Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.
The Site Reliability Engineering team works with all departments and business units to provide dependable cloud infrastructure solutions, along with support, and services which allow teams to innovate, experiment and deliver software while maintaining a high level of quality. We focus on providing a platform and knowledge to help teams develop resilient and scalable cloud systems and services, ensuring quick detection and recovery from failures, and cultivating a culture of continuous enhancement.
Our team is built on collaboration, offering robust mentorship opportunities and the flexibility to explore every facet of our business through our cloud computing initiatives.
Why we’re looking for you:
You meet the following requirements, or believe you have transferable skills in all of these areas.
You have experience managing cloud infrastructure in AWS, GCP, or Azure
You have built and deployed containerized applications and services
You enjoy automating manual tasks
You have worked in agile environments and are comfortable iterating quickly
You enjoy collaborating and communicating with team members of varying skill sets and from different fields
Bonus points for:
Experience with one of the many infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform (our favorite), Kubernetes, CloudFormation, Docker, Ansible, Salt, Packer, Puppet, Chef, or similar
Familiarity with database design and tuning, especially with AWS Aurora MySQL and Postgresql
Familiarity with data workflow orchestration tools such as Composer and Dataproc
Proficiency with Bash and a programming language (Python, Ruby, Golang etc.)
Previous experience in the healthcare sector and securing infrastructure to standards or compliance frameworks such as HIPAA, HITRUST, or ISO
Responsibilities for the Position:
Works as a member of an SRE team
Review application requirements and recommend solutions and common design patterns
Use your experience, deep technical knowledge, and creativity to simplify development and infrastructure provisioning workflows
Configure and deploy cloud infrastructure using Terraform and CI tools like Concourse
Proactively and continuously learn about new and relevant technologies
Use your knowledge to influence other developers and advocate for best practices
Implement dashboards, monitoring, and alerting for team services
Support your users either in person or via Slack
Chicago: $85,000 - $130,000
The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Skills Required
- Experience managing cloud infrastructure in AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Built and deployed containerized applications and services
- Ability and desire to automate manual tasks
- Experience working in agile environments and iterating quickly
- Strong collaboration and communication with cross-functional teams
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, CloudFormation, Docker, Ansible, Salt, Packer, Puppet, or Chef
- Familiarity with database design and tuning, especially AWS Aurora MySQL and PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with data workflow orchestration tools such as Composer and Dataproc
- Proficiency with Bash and a programming language such as Python, Ruby, or Golang
- Previous healthcare sector experience and securing infrastructure to standards like HIPAA, HITRUST, or ISO
What the Team is Saying
Tempus AI Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — The package includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, FSA/HSA options, mental health/EAP, and pet insurance. Wellness programs, gym discounts, and commuter benefits complement the core coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave and an onsite mother’s room are explicitly highlighted, alongside family medical leave. These offerings extend support for new parents beyond standard medical benefits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — On‑site cafeteria meals, stocked snacks, and an on‑site barista in some offices enhance daily convenience. Hybrid/remote options and flexible schedules add meaningful lifestyle flexibility.
Tempus AI Insights
What We Do
We bring together one of the world’s largest libraries of multimodal clinical and molecular data with a robust suite of AI tools to help physicians personalize care in real time, connect patients with therapies and clinical trials, and enable partners to accelerate discovery and development of new treatments. With ~8 million de-identified research records and 350+ petabytes of data, Tempus partners with more than half of U.S. oncologists and the majority of the top 20 global pharma companies. Our teams are pioneering work across oncology, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, and beyond—transforming how care is delivered and therapies are developed. At Tempus, every role contributes to our mission: to help each patient benefit from the experiences of those who came before. For more information, visit tempus.com.
Why Work With Us
We’re looking for people who can change the world. People who question the status quo and refuse to shy away from tough problems. For builders who are never done building, and the learners who are never done learning. Passionate individuals with undying curiosity who want to take on one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced—head on.
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Tempus AI Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Most of the team follows a hybrid policy, with some roles allowing for a fully remote arrangement and some roles being onsite only.
