Credit Karma is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for our London-based Platform Engineering team. In this senior role, you will be responsible for the foundation that ensures the availability and reliability of our entire technology stack. You will lead scaling efforts, act as a generalist navigating complex infrastructure, and ensure our persistent data tier is both performant and resilient.
What You'll Do
- Utilize software, primarily Python or Go, to build a highly available, scalable, and reliable storage and infrastructure platform.
- Work within a large distributed system based on Kubernetes, Terraform, and Google Cloud Platform.
- Manage Cloud SQL MySQL databases, implement distributed architectures, and prevent data loss through replication technologies.
- Work closely with product developers to translate application requirements into infrastructure capabilities and observability patterns.
- Participate in technical design, troubleshooting, and incident response to reduce business impact and improve Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or relevant platform engineering roles.
- Professional experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and public cloud providers like GCP.
- Hands-on experience with container orchestration systems like Kubernetes.
- Experience working in production environments at scale and architecting infrastructure for modern web applications.
- Working knowledge of a modern monitoring stack, such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or New Relic.
- Ability to clearly articulate technical details and communicate vertically and horizontally within an organization.
- Passionate about solving operational challenges by using software and reducing manual toil through writing Python/Bash scripts.
Nice to Have
- Solid understanding of database system internals (such as InnoDB) and their impact on query performance.
- Familiarity with additional programming languages like Scala or TypeScript.
Technical Stack
- Languages: Python, Go, Bash
- Platform & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Terraform, Google Cloud Platform
- Databases: Cloud SQL MySQL
- Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic
Team & Environment
You will join a London-based Platform Engineering team at a mission-driven company focused on championing financial progress. Our culture offers the autonomy and quick decision-making of a startup with the stability of a mature, engineering-focused organization, emphasizing continuous growth, learning, and fun.
Benefits & Compensation
- Medical and Dental Coverage
- Retirement Plan
- Commuter Benefits
- Wellness perks
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Baby Bonding, Cultural Observance, & More)
- Education Perks
- Paid Gift Week in December
Work Mode
This is a local-country position for candidates within the United Kingdom.
Credit Karma is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We welcome all candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, veteran or military status, disability (physical or mental), genetic information or other protected characteristic.
