Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Job Overview

We're looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our growing team at Baseten. Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, enabling them to bring cutting-edge models into production. We recently raised $150M in Series D funding and are backed by top investors.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable infrastructure to support the deployment and operation of machine learning models


• Establish standards and best practices for reliability and performance across the infrastructure


• Automate processes, particularly for managing CI/CD pipelines


• Own products and projects end-to-end, functioning as both an engineer and a project manager


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and translate them into technical solutions


• Mentor junior team members and contribute to knowledge sharing within the organization

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field


• 5+ years of professional work experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment


• Extensive experience with Kubernetes


• Experience in building and maintaining scalable infrastructure


• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi) and CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Circle CI, Jenkins)


• Relevant OSS observability experience (Prometheus, ELK stack, Grafana stack, Opentelemetry) is a plus


• Ability to own projects end-to-end, from project specification to execution


• No prior machine learning experience required, but should be open to learning about it

About Baseten

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production.

Benefits

Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity. 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents. Generous PTO policy including company wide Winter Break. Paid parental leave. Company-facilitated 401(k). Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.