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Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Location, Bangalore

ABOUT US

Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its SaaS platform - Circles X, helping telco operators launch and operate successful digital brands through its offerings.

Having pioneered a successful blueprint for disrupting the telco space in Singapore, Circles has since launched its own digital telco, Circles.Life, in Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. Circles has also partnered with other telco operators to launch digital services, enabling our partners to accelerate growth and capture market share within a short period of time.

Today, Circles is partnering with operators in 14 countries to deliver delightful digital experiences to millions of people through our businesses.

We are backed by global investors such as Sequoia, Warburg Pincus, EDBI Singapore and Founders Fund - renowned backers of industry-shaking innovators.

About this role

• This role would report to leader in Platform Engineering & Site Reliability Engineering
• Builds resilient cloud systems, automates operations, and ensures high reliability through robust monitoring and performance optimization
• Uses advanced tools (VPA, HPA.) for smart resource optimization ("rightsizing").
• Creates reusable K8s components (Helm charts, Operators) to speed up deployments.
• Automates resource adjustments to maximize performance and minimize costs.
• Drives efficient, scalable Kubernetes infrastructure through automation and best practices.

What youll do

• Implement highly available, fault-tolerant applications and infrastructure, leveraging cloud-native technologies.
• Establish robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for proactive issue detection and resolution.
• Automate infrastructure management, deployment, and provisioning to enhance efficiency and consistency.
• Manage incident response, conduct post-incident reviews, and implement preventative measures.
• Mentor engineers and drive the evolution of teams towards a modern, collaborative SRE culture.
• Uses advanced tools (VPA, HPA.) for smart resource optimization ("rightsizing").
• Creates reusable Kubernetes components (Helm charts, stacks, operators) to speed up deployments and management of K8s.
• Automates resource adjustments to maximize performance and minimize costs.
• Drives efficient, scalable Kubernetes infrastructure through automation and best practices.

What we are looking for

• 8+ years experience with a majority of at least 5 years in Kubernetes / Site Reliability experience in Kubernetes and end-to-end observability
• Efficiently allocate resources, reduce costs, and enhance performance.
• Streamline deployments and processes using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and Kubernetes.
• Implement observability solutions to track performance, detect issues, and ensure reliability.
• Apply best practices for security, governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Stay ahead with cutting-edge Kubernetes tools and best practices.
• Work closely with development, security, and operations teams while mentoring junior engineers.
• Conduct performance tuning, capacity planning, and load testing for efficiency.
• Optimize cloud-native and hybrid architectures across OnPrem, AWS, OCI, and GCP.