Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Senior SRE)

About Ciroos

Ciroos (pronounced “Sai rose”) is a seed-stage startup founded in February 2025 by a team of experienced executives and distinguished engineers with deep expertise in observability, AI, distributed systems, cloud, cybersecurity, and networking. Our mission is to provide an AI SRE Teammate that empowers SREs to be superheroes. Our AI SRE Teammate is based on a multi-agentic AI platform that uses expert human-like reasoning to decrease toil, investigate incidents faster, and drive autonomous operations for SREs. To date, we have raised $21M in seed funding led by Energy Impact Partners and several prominent angel investors. We are headquartered in Pleasanton, CA with operations in India.

Job Summary

We're looking for an experienced and curious Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team. You'll work closely with our product and engineering teams, and our customers, to ensure our AI SRE Teammate delights SREs like you! You'll have a strong incentive to use the Ciroos AI SRE Teammate as your primary on-call delegate, freeing you up for more proactive tasks (or helping you get your sleep back!). You'll be responsible for the availability, operational performance, emergency response, and planning of our service. This is a unique opportunity to shape the product experience in cutting-edge technology—after all, you are customer zero for what we're building!

Responsibilities

• Provide input to product and engineering teams to shape the direction of our product offering.

• Implement and optimize our AI SRE Teammate to handle primary on-call rotations, providing backup when needed.

• Participate in on-call rotations to support our production systems and respond to incidents when needed.

• Recommend best practices to customers for implementing the Ciroos AI SRE Teammate in their environment.

• Plan, design, build, and maintain highly scalable, reliable, and efficient infrastructure for our AI SRE Teammate.

• Conduct post-incident reviews to identify root causes and implement preventative measures.

• Ensure security best practices are integrated into our infrastructure and operations.

• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Qualifications

• Deep empathy for customers in operational roles such as yours (SREs, ITOps, and DevOps) with a passion to reduce their toil and innovate on their behalf.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• At least 7 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or a similar role.

• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java).

• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Solid understanding of Kubernetes, infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible), and CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong knowledge of open-source and commercial observability tools, ticketing systems, and incident management/response systems.

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to diagnose complex systems systematically.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative mindset.

Bonus Points

• Experience with machine learning infrastructure or MLOps.

• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and technologies.

• Contributions to open-source projects.

Why Work at Ciroos?

At Ciroos, our mission is to provide an AI SRE Teammate that empowers SREs to be superheroes. We dream big and execute fast. Build. Test. Iterate. All at lightning speed in service of our customers. Tickle your curiosity and shape the future of agentic AI for SREs like you!

We work hard and play hard. Our “BEST” perks are designed to help you operate at your peak potential in a fun environment:

• Benefits: Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental benefits. 401k plans and commuter benefits. Free lunches, snacks, and top-of-the-line espressos!

• Equity: Equity that could change your life, not just look nice on paper. QSBS eligibility for US employees

• Stewardship: A career-defining, high-impact role with plenty of mentorship opportunities from founders and other coworkers

• Teamwork: Collaborative coworkers with high IQ and high EQ. No politics. No bureaucracy. No permission-seeking

Ciroos is an equal opportunity employer.