Full-Time

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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Rootly

Rootly

11-50 employees

Incident management solutions for tech companies

Consulting
Enterprise Software

Senior

Remote in USA

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure
Site Reliability Engineering
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience in an SRE or Infrastructure Engineering role
  • 5+ years of experience writing software as a SWE or Software heavy SRE role
  • Strong technical knowledge of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and reliability practices
  • Experience supporting services at web or RPC services at a significant scale
Responsibilities
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to support critical Rootly services, and in some cases be on call with software teams
  • Participate in the definition and management of SLOs and error budgets for the Engineering teams that own services in production
  • Build tools to support our processes
  • Embed with feature delivery software teams to build and enhance observability, reliability, and availability of those services.
  • Work with other teams around Engineering to understand their systems and their challenges at the code level and identify improvements Rootly Infrastructure to improve the services they own (contribute code where possible)

Rootly specializes in incident management solutions for businesses, particularly in the tech industry. The platform helps companies manage unexpected events that disrupt normal operations by integrating with popular tools like Slack, PagerDuty, Jira, and GitHub. This integration allows teams to coordinate their responses effectively and keep stakeholders informed. Rootly's features include status pages, timelines, action items, postmortems, playbooks, and workflows, which enable teams to document incidents, track progress, and implement solutions systematically. Unlike many competitors, Rootly focuses specifically on the needs of tech companies, providing tailored tools for software development and IT services. The company's goal is to help these businesses minimize downtime and maintain service quality through efficient incident resolution. Rootly operates on a subscription-based model, offering various pricing tiers to accommodate both small startups and large enterprises.

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$14.8M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

7%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Raised $12M in Series A funding, led by Renegade Partners, in August 2023.
  • Growing demand for AI-driven incident management solutions boosts Rootly's market potential.
  • Remote work increases IT incidents, enhancing the need for Rootly's platform.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from new entrants in the cloud-native ecosystem.
  • Potential over-reliance on Slack integration poses a strategic vulnerability.
  • Rapid technological changes may outpace Rootly's development capabilities.

What makes Rootly unique

  • Rootly automates incident management, reducing resolution time by up to 80%.
  • Integrates seamlessly with Slack, PagerDuty, Jira, and GitHub for streamlined operations.
  • Offers enterprise-grade solutions, recognized by the 2023 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Vacation

401(k) Retirement Plan