Software Engineer - Cloud SRE at Ebay in Bengaluru, India

Job description

• We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our dynamic Cloud Infrastructure team at eBay in Bangalore, India. This role demands a deep understanding of cloud-native technologies, particularly containers and Kubernetes, along with strong programming skills in languages such as Go and Python. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of at least 3 years in the field, focusing on enhancing the reliability, scalability, design, development, deployment, and operation of self-service platforms that facilitate the lifecycle management of applications supporting eBay's products and services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal customers and partners to deliver key business outcomes.
• Ensure that cloud products are reliable, scalable, efficient, and compliant with eBay's security and operational standards.
• Enhance observability practices to ensure comprehensive monitoring and alerting across cloud services.
• Respond to cloud incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to prevent future occurrences. Develop and maintain incident response plans.
• Analyze system performance metrics and make recommendations for improvements. Implement changes to optimize resource utilization and improve application performance.
• Drive improvements in CI/CD processes to increase deployment velocity and reliability.
• Develop and maintain automation to streamline operations, reduce manual work, and enhance system reliability.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5+ years of programming experience with Go or Python.
• 3+ years of experience in implementing large-scale, distributed, high-availability, fault-tolerant systems and infrastructure in a production environment.
• Proficiency in delivering products within a multi-functional team environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in observability tools and practices, ensuring system reliability and performance.
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes as an SRE, or related cloud infrastructure and cloud-native technologies. Experience in developing with Kubernetes and/or building Kubernetes controllers is highly desirable.
• Deep understanding of API design and RESTful principles, with experience in building web services at scale.
• Certifications in Kubernetes, lifecycle management or related fields.
• Understanding application lifecycle management, CI/CD is a plus.
• Experience in a high-traffic, large-scale environment.
• Familiarity with additional programming languages or frameworks.
• Proficiency in Agile development methodologies.
• Experience in participating in open-source standards and contributing to open-source projects is a plus.

Skills

Required

• Go
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Cloud-native technologies
• Observability tools and practices
• API design and RESTful principles
• Building web services at scale
• CI/CD
• Automation

Preferred

• Kubernetes certifications
• Application lifecycle management
• Agile development methodologies
• Open-source contribution