Senior Site Reliability Engineer

About Camunda

Camunda provides an enterprise platform designed for agentic orchestration that enables organizations to manage AI agents, people, and systems across complex business processes end-to-end. Featuring inherent governance, audit capabilities, and human oversight, it helps enterprises safely scale AI deployments from pilots to production. The platform is trusted by over 700 organizations worldwide, including 9 of the top 10 US banks, enhancing operational efficiency, accelerating time-to-value, and improving customer experiences.

Operating fully remotely worldwide, Camunda is evolving into an AI-first company using Agentic AI to automate and orchestrate intelligent processes and maximize human contribution across teams. Recognized in GP Bullhound's Top 100 Next Unicorn list, certified as a Great Place to Work for 2025, placed in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies, and ranked 3rd in Flexa's 2026 Most Flexible Companies, the company is expanding rapidly and seeking exceptional talent.

Role Overview

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will focus on building and managing reliable, scalable infrastructure to accelerate software delivery. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining a Kubernetes-based multi-cloud platform, enhancing monitoring and observability capabilities, collaborating with various teams to address real-time challenges, owning system operations, automating repetitive tasks, and mentoring team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the Kubernetes-driven multi-cloud platform ensuring availability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Implement and refine monitoring and alerting systems for comprehensive visibility into system health and performance.
• Take full ownership of systems through 'you build it, you run it' philosophy including on-call duties, creating runbooks, and developing automation to simplify incident response.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product engineering, management, and support to deliver impactful features and improvements.
• Drive automation efforts to reduce manual tasks, sharing knowledge with the team to uplift collective skill levels.
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers in navigating complex infrastructure challenges.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive practical experience in building, deploying, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in production, including managing workloads, networking, and storage.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, including version control, testing, and secure deployment practices.
• Demonstrable expertise with monitoring and observability platforms like Prometheus and Grafana, including metrics instrumentation and alerting.
• Strong incident response capabilities, including handling production incidents, root cause analysis, and effective communication under pressure.
• A commitment to automation, delivering reliable, maintainable, and understandable systems.
• Responsible usage of AI-assisted tooling for research, code review, documentation, testing, and automation, while maintaining human oversight and confidentiality compliance.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with major cloud providers and managed Kubernetes services such as AWS EKS or Google GKE.
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows and tools like ArgoCD for declarative infrastructure management.
• Programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages to develop automation scripts and tools.
• Knowledge of service level objectives (SLOs) and alerting frameworks to establish meaningful operational metrics and alarms.

Compensation

Camunda offers competitive, transparent salaries tailored by location to remain competitive in various markets, with an annual total target cash package (including base salary plus potential 100% variable bonus) ranging approximately from:

• United States: $149,800 to $241,500
• United Kingdom: £94,100 to £154,700
• Singapore: S$186,100 to S$279,100
• Canada: C$159,100 to C$261,600

For other locations, salary will be provided through Remote.com with personalized total rewards after the interview.

Equity participation is available via a Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP), where applicable.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible remote work arrangements with support for home office setups and coworking spaces plus flexible paid time off.
• Opportunities for in-person connections through annual company events and local meetups with budgets supporting participation.
• Health and wellbeing resources including local healthcare options, global mental health support through Modern Health, and a Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account starting in 2026, growing to €1,000 annually from 2027.
• Financial security with retirement plans, pensions with company contributions, and life/disability insurance where relevant.
• Professional development budgets up to $/€/£1,000 annually for personal learning pursuits such as certifications, courses, or books.

Additional Information

The recruitment process may incorporate AI tools for application screening and interviewing, reinforcing commitment to transparency and collaboration.

Camunda upholds an inclusive culture that embraces diversity and equal opportunity, welcoming applicants irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, age, disability, or other protected characteristics.

Candidates should beware of scams impersonating Camunda, which only use official @camunda.com or @talent.camunda.com email domains and do not request sensitive financial information.

Agency submissions are not accepted unless prior engagement exists; unsolicited resumes will not be compensated.