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Site Reliability Engineer

Chess.com

Remote · worldwide, UTC+4 acceptedSalary not disclosedfull-timeHimalayas

The Site Reliability Engineer will play a critical role in ensuring the stability, performance, and scalability of our global gaming platform infrastructure. This position exists to bridge the gap between development and operations, maintaining high availability for millions of concurrent users while supporting rapid feature development and deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement multi-regional resilient infrastructure capable of handling millions of concurrent sessions and transactions daily across global data centers
  • Lead the hybrid cloud migration strategy, integrating bare-metal datacenter resources with cloud services for optimal performance and cost efficiency
  • Own the on-call rotation and incident response procedures, ensuring rapid resolution of critical system issues and maintaining high availability SLAs
  • Architect monitoring and alerting systems using industry-standard tools to proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks before they impact users
  • Collaborate with development teams to implement infrastructure-as-code practices and establish deployment pipelines that support continuous integration and delivery
  • Optimize system performance through capacity planning, load testing, and resource allocation across distributed computing environments
  • Establish and maintain security protocols and risk assessment procedures for infrastructure components and data protection
  • Partner with engineering teams to design scalable solutions for high-traffic applications and real-time processing requirements
  • Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual operational overhead and improve system reliability through scripting and configuration management
  • Mentor team members on SRE best practices and contribute to the development of infrastructure standards and documentation

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    Work format
    Remote
    Seniority
    Senior
    Posted
    31 Aug 2026
    Last verified
    11 Oct 2026
    Apply by
    30 Oct 2026

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