Site Reliability Engineer
Studocu
Job description
About Studocu:
Studocu was founded on the principle that equal access to study notes reduces inequality between students. Today, we make it easy for 60 million students, across 120,000 institutions, to share 50 million study resources (1 new each second!) We even offer cutting-edge AI learning tools such as Studocu AI and Class Recording on the Studocu app.
Now, we’re looking for more exceptional talent to help us build what’s next. Join our team of 132+ talented, unique and ambitious individuals from all over the world - just like the students who use our platform - and let’s grow smarter, together.
About this opportunity:
As our Site Reliability Engineer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of the systems that power StuDocu’s internal operations and workflows.
You will work within our Technical Excellence team to build and maintain the infrastructure running Kestra, our workflow orchestration platform used across multiple teams.
Your focus will be on improving infrastructure reliability, scaling workflow systems, and helping transform Kestra into a platform used by teams across the company.
What you’ll be doing in this role:
Design, build, and maintain reliable production infrastructure supporting Kestra workflows
Operate and improve Kubernetes-based infrastructure
Manage and optimize PostgreSQL databases in production environments
Scale our workflow orchestration system handling thousands of tasks per minute
Improve monitoring, observability, and system performance
Help expand the Kestra platform for use by teams across different cloud environments
Work with stakeholders across the company to support internal systems and workflows
Translate complex technical concepts into clear communication for non-technical stakeholders
Participate in an optional on-call rotation
What you’ll bring to the team:
5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or Infrastructure
Strong experience running production systems at scale
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes
Strong experience with PostgreSQL
Experience with observability tools i.e. Grafana, Prometheus/Mimir, or Loki
Experience with AWS is a must - experience with other cloud providers is a bonus
Experience managing systems with high throughput or heavy workloads
Experience working with workflow orchestration systems is ideal
Prior experience with Kestra is a big plus
Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical topics into clear explanations
Why you'll love it here:
Awesome office in the centre of Amsterdam - with a garden!
Hybrid working policy - we’d love to see you in our office 2 days per week!
Free office lunch - prepared by Chef Valentijn - coffee, tea and snacks
24 holiday days - plus, options to buy leave and take 4 weeks working abroad
A Work From Home set-up budget of up to 800 Euros
Learning & Development budget of 2,500 Euros per year
Free in-house Dutch lessons for those who want to learn
Travel Card (NS Business), depending on where you’re living
Pension scheme - we match your 2% contribution
Look to the future with our SAR equity scheme
Company boat trips and an open in-office bar on a Friday!
OneFit sports subscription discount
Your choice of Mac or Linux tech
An epic annual company trip
