Site Reliability Engineer

Chess.com is the world's leading platform for chess, serving a global community of over 250 million players. We are a mission-driven, fully remote team of over 600 people dedicated to providing the best tools and content for chess enthusiasts worldwide.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement multi-regional resilient infrastructure capable of handling millions of concurrent sessions daily.
• Lead hybrid cloud migration strategies, integrating bare-metal datacenter resources with cloud services for optimal performance.
• Own on-call rotation and incident response procedures to maintain high availability and rapid resolution of critical issues.
• Architect monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with development teams to implement infrastructure-as-code practices and robust deployment pipelines.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Strong proficiency with UNIX/Linux operating systems and command-line administration.
• Experience with cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management systems and containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, protocols, and network troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated sense of ownership and accountability for system reliability and performance.

What we offer

• A full-time position within a global, mission-driven organization.
• The opportunity to work 100% remotely from anywhere in the world.
• A collaborative, flat, and life-celebrating culture that values innovation and technical excellence.