Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer

Houston; San Francisco; Seattle

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI—purpose-built to deliver high-performance, cost-efficient infrastructure for AI-native startups and global enterprises. We enable organizations to accelerate innovation, reduce the complexity of AI development, and achieve meaningful business outcomes through scalable, sustainable compute.

Our culture is defined by ownership, accountability, and rapid innovation. We operate with urgency and transparency, and every team member contributes to building the infrastructure powering the future of AI.

What You'll Be Doing

• Help build and improve automation, tooling, and infrastructure that supports AI workloads
• Support the development of operational systems and platform services
• Assist in defining and maintaining basic SLOs/SLIs and monitoring dashboards
• Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and post-incident reviews
• Investigate and help resolve performance and reliability issues across systems
• Collaborate with Engineering, Networking, and Infrastructure teams to improve system stability
• Contribute to improving availability, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Learn from senior engineers and grow your expertise in reliability engineering

What You Bring

• 2–5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Software Engineering in Data Center Environment
• 2+ years programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, or similar) with interest in automation and tooling
• Working knowledge of Linux systems, networking concepts, and distributed systems
• Experience troubleshooting system or application issues in production environments
• Familiarity with monitoring or observability tools (e.g., logs, metrics, dashboards)
• Strong willingness to learn and improve reliability and operational practices
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments and collaborate across teams

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or virtualized/bare-metal environments
• Experience in AI, GPU workloads, or high-performance computing (HPC)
• Basic understanding of high-performance networking concepts (e.g., InfiniBand, RDMA)
• Exposure to production monitoring or alerting systems at small or medium scale

What We Can Offer You

At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.

• Highly competitive package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months .
• Join the fastest-growing tech startup , your chance to push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on cutting-edge AI.
• Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact, always with our full support.
• Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first . Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, careers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there's anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.

The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.

Salary Range

$100,000 - $170,000 USD