Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

Quizlet • Full-time • Hybrid in San Francisco, California, United States • $120,000 - $168,488 / year • 1m ago

Fast Facts

Join Quizlet as a Site Reliability Engineer to enhance system reliability and scalability, leveraging your software engineering and systems knowledge.

Responsibilities: Monitor system reliability, write automation scripts, improve observability, collaborate with teams for scalable design, and support infrastructure optimization.

Skills: Proficiency in Python or Go, familiarity with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code tools, understanding of Linux, cloud platforms, and Kubernetes is a plus.

Qualifications: 2+ years in SRE or related fields, coding experience, and strong communication skills.

Location: Onsite in San Francisco, CA, with a requirement to be in office at least three days a week.

Compensation: $120000 - $168488 / Annually

About Quizlet:

At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. Our $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month, including two-thirds of U.S. high schoolers and half of U.S. college students, powering over 2 billion learning interactions monthly.

We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.

Let’s Build the Future of Learning

Join us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our infrastructure team and help build reliable, scalable, and efficient systems. As an SRE, you'll blend software engineering expertise with systems knowledge to improve uptime, enhance performance, and reduce operational toil.

We’re happy to share that this is an onsite position in our San Francisco office. To help foster team collaboration, we require that employees be in the office a minimum of three days per week: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency, team partnership, and supports growth as an employee and organization.

In this role, you will:

Monitor and maintain the reliability and uptime of our systems and services through effective alerting, incident response, and resilient design patterns
Write automation scripts and tools for deployments, infrastructure management, and operational tasks to reduce manual effort (toil)
Contribute to observability improvements (metrics, logging, tracing) to enhance visibility into systems and applications
Work with product and engineering teams to ensure systems are designed with scalability and resilience in mind
Participate in post-incident reviews and implement action items to prevent recurrence
Support and optimize infrastructure (e.g., Kubernetes, cloud platforms like GCP/AWS)
Learn and apply SRE best practices, including SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets

What you bring to the table:

2+ years of professional experience in SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related infrastructure roles
Previous internship or professional experience writing code in a software development role (backend, full-stack, or similar)
Solid programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, PHP
Familiarity with CI/CD systems and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, GitHub Actions)
Understanding of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, and cloud-native concepts
Exposure to Kubernetes, container orchestration, or service mesh technologies is a plus
Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) is helpful
A growth mindset with interest in continuous improvement, root cause analysis, and reducing operational burden.
Good communication and collaboration skills; comfortable working across teams

Compensation, Benefits & Perks:

Quizlet is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Salary transparency helps to mitigate unfair hiring practices when it comes to discrimination and pay gaps. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a starting base salary of $120,000 - $168,488, depending on location and experience, as well as company stock options
Collaborate with your manager and team to create a healthy work-life balance
20 vacation days that we expect you to take!
Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, Dental, VSP Choice)
Employer-sponsored 401k plan with company match
Access to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growth
Paid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, and Wellness benefits
40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice

Why Join Quizlet?

🌎 Massive reach: 60M+ users, 1B+ interactions per week

🧠 Cutting-edge tech: Generative AI, adaptive learning, cognitive science

📈 Strong momentum: Top-tier investors, sustainable business, real traction

🎯 Mission-first: Work that makes a difference in people’s lives

🤝 Inclusive culture: Committed to equity, diversity, and belonging

We strive to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome!

We work to create a holistic interview process, where both Quizlet and candidates have an opportunity to view what it would be like to work together, in exploring a mutually beneficial partnership.

We provide a transparent setting that gives a comprehensive view of who we are!

In Closing:

At Quizlet, we’re excited about passionate people joining our team—even if you don’t check every box on the requirements list. We value unique perspectives and believe everyone has something meaningful to contribute. Our culture is all about taking initiative, learning through challenges, and striving for high-quality work while staying curious and open to new ideas. We believe in honest, respectful communication, thoughtful collaboration, and creating a supportive space where everyone can grow and succeed together.”

Quizlet’s success as an online learning community depends on a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

As an equal opportunity employer and a tech company committed to societal change, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Come join us!

To All Recruiters and Placement Agencies:

At this time, Quizlet does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and/or profiles.

Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website or to any Quizlet employee. Quizlet will not pay fees to any third-party agency or firm nor will it be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. All unsolicited resumes received will be considered the property of Quizlet.

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