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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** After School Matters, Inc. - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $180,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Ubuntu (Operating System), Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Computer Engineering, Debian Linux, Software Design Documents, Python (Programming Language), Linux Servers, Nagios, Windows PowerShell, Prometheus, Ruby, Software Engineering, Scripting, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Code Restructuring, Docker, Golang, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://imanagecom.applytojob.com/apply/KwMkIO7ZXw/Senior-Site-Reliability-Engineer?source=GS ## About the Role * Experience writing design documents, postmortems, and refactoring application code. * Built automation to reduce operational burden or developed internal SaaS tools. * Ability to advocate for SRE principles (e.g., SLOs vs SLAs) and introduce them effectively. * Experience in public cloud or hosted datacenter environments (Azure and AKS preferred). * A passion for collaborative teamwork and influencing reliability best practices across teams. Bonus Points If I Have... * Hands-on experience with Linux server stacks (Ubuntu/Debian preferred). * Knowledge of cloud provisioning platforms (Terraform preferred). * Exposure to configuration management tools (Chef preferred). * Experience with containerization/clustering technologies (Docker preferred). * Familiarity with observability and alerting tools (Prometheus/Grafana or ELK/EFK). * Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and rollout strategies. * A bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Engineering or related field. * Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Golang). * Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ruby). ## Description You are an engineer, a builder, and a systems thinker. You'll create middleware and platform guardrails that empower developers to innovate quickly and reliably. You combine deep technical judgment with empathy to eliminate customer pain, especially when working with enthusiastic teams stewarding the world's most privileged data. You uplift those around you, act as a subject matter expert, mentor others, and drive change. You chase contributing factors over root causes, value code over documentation, and documentation over process. You'll engage in and often lead architectural discussions, reduce toil, and deliver scalable, resilient platforms that support our customers and organization. As a Senior SRE, you'll help scale our cloud platform, collaborate across teams to promote standardization and resiliency, and participate in on-call rotations. You'll be a key voice in observability, change management, and service scalability, providing guidance during complex technical decisions and high impact events. iManage is experiencing explosive growth in its flagship cloud product. We're seeking senior software and systems engineers specializing in reliability and platform services to join our transformative cloud journey. This requires rethinking technical decisions with a beginner's mindset and a focus on resilience and sustainability. If you write code, think in systems, embrace complexity and automation, and are passionate about service resilience and scalability - we want to talk to you. iM Responsible For… * Eliminating TOIL through automation and software development. * Partnering cross-functionally with application teams and internal stakeholders. * Creating a modern, cloud-native platform that is resilient, cost-effective, and secure by default. * Scaling cloud infrastructure to support our Kubernetes-based ecosystem. * Maintaining the freshness and utility of platform services. * Improving the security posture of our products. * Designing automation, orchestration, observability, and disaster readiness into our products. * Participating in production support and on-call rotations, providing senior-level guidance during critical events. * Leading incident management and post-incident retrospectives, and coaching teams in these practices. ## Related Videos - [SRE Methods In an Agency Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/348-sre-methods-in-an-agency-environment) - [Coffee with Developers: David Heinemeier Hansson](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/875-coffee-with-developers-david-heinemeier-hansson) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Retooling and refactoring - an investment in people.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/371-retooling-and-refactoring-an-investment-in-people) - [Leading with Reliability: Applying SRE Principles to Build Stronger Engineering Organizations](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100185-leading-with-reliability-applying-sre-principles-to-build-stronger-engineering-organizations) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers)