Senior Site Reliability Engineer

About Gruve

Gruve is an innovative software services startup dedicated to transforming enterprises into AI powerhouses. We specialize in cybersecurity, customer experience, cloud infrastructure, and advanced technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs). Our mission is to assist our customers in their business strategies utilizing their data to make more intelligent decisions. As a well‑funded early‑stage startup, Gruve offers a dynamic environment with strong customer and partner networks.

This role leads reliability strategy and architectural improvements across infrastructure, GPU systems, observability, ML Ops and IT Ops. Mentor engineers, manage high‑severity incidents, and drive SLO governance. You will work with other SRE engineers to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot the stack from bare metal through the application layer.

• Architect reliability improvements across Kubernetes, GPU infrastructure, ML Ops, networking, and monitoring.
• Lead incident management, blameless post‑mortems, and error‑budget policies.
• Drive automation, IaC, and reliability tooling at scale.
• Oversee metrics, logs, tracing, and dashboards; ensure actionable alerting.
• Integrate GPU operators/exporters and model lifecycle workflows for inference platforms.
• Mentor junior and mid‑level SREs and guide cross‑team initiatives.

• 6–9 years of SRE or platform engineering experience.
• Expert Kubernetes operations and cloud platform experience (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Advanced networking and security fundamentals.
• Strong coding background (Python, Go, or Java).
• Deep observability knowledge (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK / Fluentd).

• GPU reference architecture expertise and performance tuning.
• Experience with chaos engineering, capacity planning, and multi‑region design.

This is an onsite, full‑time position with Gruve. The role is open at our Redwood City, California, and Edison, New Jersey offices.

At Gruve, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best work. If you’re passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Gruve is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and thank all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.