Site Reliability Engineer - Chicago

Site Reliability Engineer – Chicago/US

Meta IT North America

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who is a seasoned software developer with strong coding and automation skills. The SRE will be responsible for building and maintaining telemetry, automation, and reliability solutions for our global platform, and will regularly participate in on‑call rotations.

• Develop and maintain advanced telemetry and automation tools for monitoring and managing global platform health.
• Participate in on‑call rotations, diagnosing and resolving system issues and escalations from the customer support team.
• Implement automated solutions for incident response, system optimization, and reliability improvement.
• Provide operational support for backend services and Kafka producers/consumers written in Python running on ECS.
• Full‑stack troubleshooting: support, debug, and enhance the entire application stack, from our React.js frontend to Python backend services (Flask, Litestar, Celery, ESK, MSK).
• Hands‑on experience building and supporting applications written with React.js and troubleshooting issues between the frontend UI and backend APIs.

• Minimum 3 years of experience with Python.
• Experience with Icinga2, Prometheus, or Splunk (plus).
• Experience with AWS (plus).
• Solid understanding of functional programming, object‑oriented programming and computer science foundations.
• Good understanding of backend and server‑side components.
• Ability to work on-call rotations with global team members semi‑frequently.
• Proven and strong communication skills.
• Self‑directed, flexible and able to prioritize and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience working in an Agile environment (plus).

Location: Hybrid in Chicago, US

We offer autonomy, clear goals and a dynamic, challenging environment where you interact with diverse technologies, work on varied projects, and bring new ideas. Meta is recognized as a top company for employee experience and rapid growth.

• We are people serving people.
• We all think and act like owners.
• We are hungry for performance.
• We grow and learn together.
• We pursue excellence and simplicity.
• We have innovation and creativity in our DNA.

All people are welcome regardless of condition, disability, ethnicity, religious belief, sexual orientation, appearance, age or other characteristics. We want you to grow with us in a welcoming environment full of opportunities.

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