Northeastern University

Site Reliability Engineer

Northeastern University
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3 days ago
Boston, MA, USAMid Level

Base Salary

$88k - $124k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Measure and improve the reliability, availability, and performance of the research platform.
  • Build and maintain observability systems for early issue detection and proactive debugging.
  • Improve operational tooling and automation, including CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure as code.
  • Create workflows for debugging and resolving distributed-stack issues involving Ray connectivity, GPU and resource allocation, and scheduling.
  • Partner with the NDIF team to keep the platform dependable and usable as user needs evolve.
  • Establish and advocate for operational best practices as the platform grows.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 3 years of experience in site reliability engineering or a closely related role.
  • Experience operating distributed systems in production and owning complex systems end to end.
  • Strong Python skills and comfort working with backend services.
  • Experience with observability tooling such as Prometheus and Grafana, or equivalent tools.
  • Working command of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code.
  • Ability to debug and optimize systems with minimal guidance and maintain team alignment through communication.
  • Genuine interest in AI safety, interpretability, and supporting interdisciplinary research.
  • Knowledge of MLOps is preferred.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental benefits.
  • Paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness and life benefits, retirement benefits, and commuting and transportation benefits.
  • Expected hiring range of $87,785.00 to $123,998.75 per year.
  • Position type listed as Information Technology.

Tech Stack

GrafanaPrometheusPython

Categories

Site Reliability
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About Northeastern University

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