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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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Rootly

Rootly

1-10 employees

Incident management platform for tech companies

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software

Senior, Expert

Remote in USA

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure
Site Reliability Engineering
Requirements
  • You have 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
  • You have strong technical knowledge of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and reliability practices
  • You’ve supported 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 that enhance operational efficiency. The company's goal is to help businesses minimize downtime and maintain service quality through a subscription-based model, ensuring that both small startups and large enterprises can access its services.

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$15.2M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Rootly's recent $12M Series A funding, led by prominent investors like Renegade Partners and Google Gradient Ventures, positions it for accelerated growth and product development.
  • Winning the 2023 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award enhances Rootly's credibility and attractiveness to potential clients and employees.
  • Recognition as a High Performer and Enterprise Leader in Incident Management by G2 for six consecutive quarters underscores Rootly's consistent performance and market leadership.

What critics are saying

  • The competitive landscape in incident management and IT operations is intense, with numerous established players potentially overshadowing Rootly.
  • Rapid scaling and integration of new features could lead to operational challenges and potential service disruptions.

What makes Rootly unique

  • Rootly's platform uniquely integrates with popular tools like Slack, PagerDuty, Jira, and GitHub, streamlining incident management in a way that competitors do not.
  • The company's focus on automating the incident resolution process sets it apart from other tools that merely alert teams to issues.
  • Rootly's enterprise-grade platform, recognized by the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards, highlights its advanced capabilities in security orchestration and automation.