Senior Site Reliability Engineer
IXL LearningResponsibilities
- Take responsibility for site performance, uptime, and scalability.
- Develop and maintain monitoring dashboards, alerting, and product-specific runbook documentation.
- Identify technical problems and develop solutions.
- Partner with application engineering teams to understand product needs and deliver scalable solutions.
- Build and propose architecture changes to improve scalability and reliability.
- Develop tooling for deployment and release processes.
- Work with the team across a variety of production technology stacks.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in computer science or a related discipline.
- 6+ years of professional hands-on software engineering or site reliability experience.
- Experience with at least one object-oriented programming language such as Java, C++, or C.
- Experience with at least one scripting language such as Python, Bash, or Perl.
- Experience with a public cloud provider; AWS or GCP experience is a plus.
- Experience with containerized cloud solutions using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with common service technologies including web servers, message queues, load balancers, and databases.
- Fluency in observability tools and methodologies.
- Ability to troubleshoot across the stack and provide immediate and long-term solutions.
- Flexibility working with varied technologies and legacy systems, with an interest in modernization.
- Flexibility regarding work hours and on-call responsibilities.
- Strong communication and time management skills.
Benefits
- The position requires working in the Raleigh, North Carolina area office.
- The role includes flexible work hours and on-call responsibilities.
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About IXL Learning
At IXL Learning, we are passionate about improving learning for all. We apply technology in thoughtful and innovative ways to unlock students' innate curiosity, creativity, and desire for knowledge. IXL’s award-winning personalized learning platform is used by more than 17 million students worldwide. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner. And as the gold standard in educational technology, IXL is helping 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts successfully use technology to improve teaching and learning. Studies have shown that IXL leads to higher test scores, predicts success, and benefits all students. Learn more about how IXL accelerates learning at www.ixl.com/research IXL Learning’s family of brands includes Rosetta Stone, the world’s leading language learning program; TeachersPayTeachers, the leading marketplace of educator-created resources; Education.com, the most comprehensive library of learning activities for K-8 students; Wyzant, the nation’s largest tutoring network; Vocabulary.com, the educational destination for improving literacy skills; SpanishDictionary.com, the world’s most popular Spanish-English dictionary and translation website; and ABCya, the creator of over 300 educational computer games and apps for kids. Hear what our employees love about working at IXL: "At IXL, I take pride in knowing that the code we deliver helps educators and parents better understand how their children are learning. And, it's motivating to work on a team with supportive and highly capable coworkers who genuinely care about each other, the product, and our customers." - Adam Singer, Engineering Project Lead "Solving engineering challenges to continually improve our product really keeps me engaged in my work." - Jestin Ma, Software Engineer