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Air Apps

Builds mobile tools for everyday tasks

Site Reliability Engineer - Site Reliability Engineering

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/16/2026
$116k - $200k/yr+ Annual Bonus + Transportation budget
Mid, Senior
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
DevOps & InfrastructureSite Reliability Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • Around 4+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or New Relic.
  • Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
  • Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
  • Strong Linux system administration and networking fundamentals.
  • Experience with incident management, debugging, and root cause analysis.
  • Proficiency in scripting with Bash, Python, or Go for automation and system monitoring.
  • Knowledge of load balancing, failover strategies, and distributed systems.
  • Understanding of security best practices, access control, and compliance requirements.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
  • Design and implement scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems across cloud environments.
  • Develop and maintain observability tools for monitoring, logging, and alerting, including Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and ELK.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and incident response using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Optimize system performance, scalability, and incident response workflows to improve uptime.
  • Work with development and DevOps teams to improve system design for reliability.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventative measures to minimize failures.
  • Design and maintain load balancing, failover, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure high availability.
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines to enhance deployment speed while maintaining stability.
  • Optimize cloud cost and resource utilization for AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to address system failures and minimize downtime.

About the company

Air Apps builds mobile apps for people who need practical tools for translation, document handling, calculations, and other daily tasks. Its translation app combines text, voice, and camera translation, while Scanner Air lets users scan, sign, and share documents from a phone. Its software uses device features such as cameras and keyboards to turn these tasks into dedicated apps, and translation tools also work across Apple's phones, tablets, watches, and computers. Users download the apps through app stores and pay subscriptions for premium features. Air Apps was founded in 2018 in Lisbon and is headquartered in San Francisco, with a second office in Lisbon.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Lisbon, Portugal

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • Products already reach scale: Air Apps reports more than 114 million downloads across its portfolio.
  • Lisbon engineers get family support: Air Apps' iOS listing includes childcare assistance, a pension fund, and annual bonuses.
  • Engineers own a suite: Air Apps' Lisbon iOS role combines product development, code reviews, and junior mentoring.

What critics are saying

  • Office flexibility varies by role: Air Apps lists its Lisbon Office Coordinator position as fully onsite.
  • Translate Now faces Apple gatekeeping: its App Store releases must satisfy Apple's changing review rules.
  • Free substitutes challenge subscriptions: Google Translate includes voice, camera, and offline translation for free beside Air Apps' paid plans.

What makes Air Apps unique

  • Air Apps keeps product control: its team designs and builds every portfolio app instead of licensing a third-party catalog.
  • Air Apps avoids venture funding: its family-founded business says it has remained self-funded.
  • One purchase spans unrelated tools: Air Apps One unlocks premium features in more than 38 apps.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Annual Bonus
  • Apple hardware ecosystem for work
  • Air Stipend of $3,120/year
  • Air Conference 2025 in Las Vegas