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Site Reliability Engineer

Houston, TXOnsiteFull Time$130,000–$200,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • SRE
  • systems engineering
  • software engineering
  • production
  • data center
  • cloud environment
  • Python
  • Go
  • automation
  • Linux

Nice to have

  • AI workloads
  • GPU workloads
  • high-performance computing
  • high-performance networking
  • InfiniBand
  • RDMA

Role summary

Nscale is seeking a career-level Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to own and improve the automation, tooling, and reliability of their GPU cloud infrastructure, which supports AI and GPU workloads at scale. The role involves defining and maintaining SLOs/SLIs, troubleshooting production incidents, performing root cause analysis, and enhancing system availability, scalability, and efficiency through code. The ideal candidate has 3-6 years of experience in SRE, systems engineering, or software engineering, with strong programming skills in Python or Go, a solid understanding of Linux, networking, and distributed systems, and fluency in monitoring and observability tools. Experience with AI/GPU workloads or Kubernetes is a plus. This role is hybrid and includes an on-call rotation.

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud built for AI. We run high-performance, cost-efficient infrastructure for AI-nativestartups and global enterprises, from bare metal up through the platform services teams actually buildon. Our culture runs on ownership, accountability, and speed. We move with urgency, we tell eachother the truth, and everyone here stays close to the infrastructure that makes AI work.

The RoleThis is a career-level SRE role for someone who wants to own systems, not just watch them. You'll takereal surface area: the automation and tooling other engineers depend on, and the reliability ofproduction services running AI and GPU workloads at scale. You'll sit in the incident rotation, and you'llbe expected to make the systems you touch quieter over time.

What You'll Do• Build and own the automation and tooling that keeps the platform running; treat operational toil asa bug to be fixed, not a fact of life.• Define and maintain SLOs, SLIs, and the dashboards that make service health obvious at a glance.• Take point during incidents; troubleshoot under pressure, drive root cause analysis, and run post-incident reviews that actually change the system.• Investigate performance and reliability problems across Linux, networking, and distributed services,then fix them at the source.• Partner with Engineering, Networking, and Infrastructure teams to raise the reliability bar across thestack.• Improve availability, scalability, and efficiency through code, not manual effort.What You'll Bring• 3-6 years in SRE, systems engineering, or software engineering, including time running production ina data center or cloud environment.• Strong programming skills (Python, Go, or similar) and a genuine bias toward automating the workaway.• Solid command of Linux, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems.• A track record of troubleshooting live production issues and owning the fix through to the retro.• Fluency with monitoring and observability; metrics, logs, dashboards, and alerting.• Comfort in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift and you fill gaps without waiting to beasked.

Nice to Have• Experience with AI or GPU workloads, or high-performance computing (HPC).• Familiarity with high-performance networking (InfiniBand, RDMA).• Kubernetes, plus virtualized or bare-metal environments.On-Call and PaceA quick note on the shape of the job. This role sits close to production, so there is an on-call rotation,and some weeks are busier than others. We share it fairly, and we treat every page as a signal worthacting on rather than just an interruption. The goal is to make the systems quieter over time, so eachrotation asks less of the person carrying it. If you take ownership of what you run and like leaving it inbetter shape than you found it, you'll do well here.What We Offer• Competitive base plus equity, reviewed every 12 months.• Real scope early, and a progression plan built around the skills you want to sharpen.• Flexibility that treats you as an adult; we care that the work gets done, and we trust you to shapeyour day.

Salary Range$130,000 - $200,000 USD. Actual compensation varies with skill set, experience, and location, and therole may be eligible for bonus and equity.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At Nscale, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace. We believe that a variety of perspectives enrich our work environment, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.Nscale does not accept unsolicited candidate submissions from recruitment agencies.

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