Senior Site Reliability Engineer

We are looking for an experienced engineer with strong Linux and system-level expertise who can operate autonomously in complex production environments. You must be able to independently troubleshoot incidents, lead and support post-incident service recovery, and drive improvements to overall system stability, performance, and observability. We are looking for a hands‑on Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong background in Linux infrastructure and third‑party system operations.

This role focuses on managing and optimizing large‑scale environments (5,000+ hosts) running technologies like Kafka, Redis, and Kubernetes.

The position does not involve application development but requires deep operational expertise and solid troubleshooting skills.

• 5+ years of experience in Linux system administration or SRE roles
• Proven experience managing large‑scale infrastructure environments
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud)
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills at the infrastructure level
• Basic scripting/automation experience (Bash, Python)
• Familiarity with IaC tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet)
• Knowledge of distributed systems and container orchestration (Kafka, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills

• This role is based in Austin. We ask that you’re within a commutable distance to this office, so that you’re able to come onsite regularly to collaborate across engineering teams.
• We have a hybrid environment that requires you to be in the office 3x/week.
• On‑call rotation: one week every 4–5 weeks (24x7 coverage).
• Regular maintenance outside of business hours is generally not expected.
• Please note:
  
  We are unable to offer Visa sponsorship at this time.

$185,000 - $225,000 a year

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) match, Unlimited Paid Time Off Policy.
• Maven Fertility: $10,000 lifetime benefit for fertility, adoption, abortion care, and more.
• 26 Weeks Parental Leave:
  For both primary and secondary caregivers.
• Family & Compassionate Leave:
  Inclusive of domestic violence recovery.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off:
  Take the time you need.
• Company-wide Week Off:
  Annual collective rest for the entire company.
• Focus Fridays:
  No meetings, emails, or deadlines—just deep work.

Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non‑binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.