Site Reliability Engineer

Company Description Take a seat on the Xplor rocketship and join us as Site Reliability Engineer Lead to help people succeed across the world. From dropping your kids off at childcare, getting something at home repaired, going to the gym or a fitness studio, to picking up your dry cleaning — our software, payments, and commerce-enabling solutions help everyday life businesses to overcome obstacles and form great relationships with their customers. Job Description Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is what you get when you treat operations as a software problem. Our mission is to safeguard and optimize the systems behind our services—with a constant focus on availability, performance, scalability, and security. We are looking for a seasoned Site Reliability Engineer to help evolve and support our Azure-based SaaS platform, ideally with exposure to integrated payments systems. You will focus on building scalable infrastructure, optimizing secure CI/CD pipelines, and enabling full observability and automation in a fast-paced, cloud-native environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Design and maintain secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines, incorporating tools such as SonarCloud for code quality and security scanning Build resilient, automated cloud infrastructure on Azure (with limited exposure to AWS as needed) Optimize platform performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency across distributed systems and cloud workloads Contribute to architecture and automation strategies for PCI-compliant, integrated payments services Lead incident response efforts and implement automation to reduce recurrence of production issues Implement and maintain observability across the platform using Coralogix, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, and related tools Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent tools Eliminate complexity and manual operations through thoughtful automation and platform tooling Collaborate across engineering teams to embed reliability, scalability, and security into the development lifecycle Participate in on-call rotations for production support Other responsibilities as assigned Relevant Technologies Languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Java, C# Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure (primary), AWS (secondary) CI/CD & DevSecOps Tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, Bamboo, SonarCloud, Snyk Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, Spacelift Observability & Monitoring: Coralogix, OpenTelemetry, Azure App Insights, CloudWatch, APM tools Architecture: Kubernetes, Docker, microservices, serverless (Azure Functions) Qualifications 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering roles Hands‑on experience supporting Azure‑native platforms at scale (AKS, App Services, Azure Functions, etc.) Proven track record in designing and optimizing secure CI/CD pipelines, including code quality and security scanning tools like SonarCloud Experience supporting SaaS platforms in a cloud‑native environment, ideally with integrated payments systems or PCI‑sensitive workloads Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python) Expertise in system monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks like Coralogix or OpenTelemetry Experience with incident response, root cause analysis, and operational readiness best practices Working knowledge of version control systems and git workflows Excellent collaboration and communication skills in cross‑functional Agile teams A strong sense of ownership, accountability, and commitment to reliability and delivery excellence Additional Information Life at Xplor As an Xplorer, you’ll be part of a global network of talented colleagues who support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed. Some of our perks and benefits: #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, plus regular career and growth conversations with your leader, as part of Xplor GPS Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program Access to free mental health support Flexible working arrangements The average annual base salary pay range for this role is between $125,000 - $150,000 CAD May be considered for discretionary annual bonus Location: You can work fully remote in this position, provided you have eligible working rights, and you are in a time zone with enough overlap to collaborate with your team. We understand that diverse candidates have diverse needs. We welcome you to inform us of any additional needs related to completing your job application or participating in the interview process, via [email protected] More about us We are the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast-growing “everyday life” verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services – and a global, cloud‑based payment processing platform. With operations in North America, Australasia, Asia, Europe, and the UK, we serve over 106,000 customers that processed over $38 billion in payments across 20 markets in 2024. Good to know To be considered for employment, you must be legally authorized to work in the location (country) you're applying for. Xplor does not sponsor visas, either at the time of hire or at any later time. We kindly ask you to apply through our careers portal or external job boards only. To learn more about us and our products, please visit www.xplortechnologies.com/careers. We also invite you to check out our Candidate FAQs for more information about our recruitment process www.xplortechnologies.com/recruitment-faqs. EEO and Artificial Intelligence Please note that we do not exclusively rely on artificial intelligence (AI) when making hiring, promotion or any other employment decisions. We don’t have any AI tools in place that are capable of making these kinds of hiring decisions for us. Xplor is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We're dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community. We make it a priority to respond to each person who applies. 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