Infrastructure / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Listing checked October 8, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Overview
Mercor pairs technical talent with organizations that build ambitious technology and AI systems. This engagement centers on infrastructure and site reliability work for complex enterprise production environments. You will run Kubernetes clusters, design AWS cloud infrastructure, and build observability with Datadog or similar platforms. The role also calls for Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or Pulumi, plus coding in Python, Go, or Bash. Expect deep involvement in incident response, root-cause analysis, and architecture decisions across distributed systems.
What You'll Do10
- 1Create and run production infrastructure that stays available as traffic grows.
- 2Operate Kubernetes clusters that host production workloads.
- 3Design cloud infrastructure across AWS.
- 4Raise system reliability, availability, scalability, and operational performance.
- 5Build observability for infrastructure and applications using Datadog or similar platforms.
- 6Lead root-cause analysis for production incidents and ship durable fixes.
- 7Tune monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing so teams see production state.
- 8Write automation and internal tools that cut manual operations work.
- 9Work with software engineers on deployments, infrastructure, and production reliability.
- 10Shape infrastructure architecture and technical decisions for distributed systems.
Requirements10
- 1Background in infrastructure engineering, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or production engineering.
- 2Hands-on work running complex enterprise production systems.
- 3Production experience with Kubernetes.
- 4Experience with AWS and cloud-native infrastructure.
- 5Familiarity with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar observability tools.
- 6Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, Pulumi, or comparable tools.
- 7Knowledge of distributed systems, networking, containers, Linux, and cloud architecture.
- 8Experience building or supporting CI/CD and production deployment infrastructure.
- 9Debugging, troubleshooting, and incident-response skills.
- 10Proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash.
Who Should Apply
The ideal candidate has run Kubernetes and AWS in production at meaningful scale and can point to reliability wins such as better SLOs, faster incident recovery, or stronger observability. Your background includes on-call rotations, capacity planning, or platform tooling used by many engineers, plus Infrastructure as Code work with Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tools. The role fits engineers who want deep infrastructure ownership across distributed systems; it suits less those who only know one cloud provider or have never managed a live Kubernetes cluster. Low fit scores often come from resumes that list tools without showing scale, incident ownership, or quantified reliability outcomes. Another rejection reason: no evidence of coding in Python, Go, or Bash.
Salary Insight
The listing advertises $200/hr. That rate sits above many junior and mid-level SRE contract rates and lines up with senior engineers who run Kubernetes and AWS at enterprise scale. The post also shows a part-time engagement while the description asks for a full-time commitment, so confirm the expected hours and schedule before you apply.
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