Site Reliability Engineer

MaintainX

$130K — $155K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Deep understanding of observability practices in distributed systems.
  • Practical experience with SRE concepts: SLOs, error budgets, incident management.
  • 3-5+ years in software development, SRE, DevOps, or production roles.
  • Proficiency in cloud-native platforms and infrastructure-as-code tools.
  • Working knowledge of programming languages, especially TypeScript/Node.js.
  • Excellent communication skills for diverse audiences.
  • Ability to turn complex concepts into actionable guidance.

Responsibilities

  • Assess service maturity and provide insights to development teams.
  • Partner with development teams to implement observability best practices.
  • Enable teams to become autonomous in service deployment and infrastructure management.
  • Mentor developers on reliability practices for self-sufficiency.
  • Act as a liaison to drive tooling and practice adoption across development teams.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage varies by location.
  • Retirement plan options available.
  • Leave policies differ based on country.
  • Potential for commission and annual bonus based on role.
  • Equity opportunities included in the compensation package.
Full Job Description
Were looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to help advance MaintainXs reliability, observability, and developer autonomy as we scale our platform.

In this role, youll partner closely with product and platform development teams to improve the stability, resilience, and operational readiness of our services. Youll work alongside teams to design for reliability from the start, establish clear ownership and standards, and build shared tooling that enables teams to operate their services with confidence.

Youll also contribute to company-wide initiatives that define how MaintainX approaches reliability software development, including observability standards, incident response practices, and service health metrics, helping the organization adopt proven industry practices at scale.

This role is well-suited for an developer who enjoys working across teams, influencing technical direction through strong development practices, and turning reliability principles into practical, scalable systems.

What Youll Do:
  • Assess service maturity and provide insights to development teams
  • Partner with development teams to implement observability best practices
  • Enable development teams to become autonomous with their service deployment, support, and infrastructure
  • Mentor developers on reliability practices, focusing on making them self-sufficient
  • Act as the bridge, ear and eyes of the Platform Division teams to drive tooling and practice adoption across development teams

About You:
  • Deep understanding of observability practices in a distributed system environment and how it influences system design and team behaviour
  • Practical experience with SRE concepts (SLOs, error budgets, incident management)
  • 3-5+ years in software development, SRE, DevOps, or production development roles with experience operating production systems
  • Proficient in cloud-native platforms and infrastructure-as-code concepts and tools
  • Working knowledge of at least one programming language (TypeScript/Node.js is a plus)
  • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities across technical and non-technical teams
  • Ability to translate complex reliability concepts into actionable guidance
  • You enjoy enabling teams to succeed independently and measuring success by reduced dependency on you

Compensation and benefits. Base pay is one part of the package. Depending on the role, compensation may also include commission, an annual bonus and equity. Benefits differ by country. For roles in the United States, Autodesks benefits are described at benefits.autodesk.com. For roles in Canada and other countries, the plan differs on health coverage, retirement and leave, and your recruiter will walk you through it.

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