Staff Site Reliability Engineer (x/f/m)

Overview

Doctolib is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join the platform reliability team within Platform Engineering in Berlin, Germany. This permanent, full-time position operates in a hybrid work setup allowing up to two remote days per week, with an immediate start date. The role focuses on driving reliability, scalability, and operational maturity across a European-scale platform supporting over 170 applications, 520,000 health professionals, and 90 million patients.

Requirements

Applicants should bring extensive background of at least eight years in site reliability engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles within large-scale, multi-team production settings. Necessary qualifications include practical cloud platform experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, along with mandatory containerization and orchestration expertise centered on Kubernetes. Candidates must have operated SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets in production, managed on-call rotations, led incident response in high-stakes environments, and maintained a strong systems engineering background featuring fluency in at least one backend programming language such as Go, Python, or Ruby. Proficiency in English is required, alongside demonstrated ability to lead through influence, balance long-term architecture with iterative improvements, and communicate clearly.

What you get

The employer provides a comprehensive benefits package featuring a fully paid Germany-wide public transport pass, 28 vacation days that increase by one day per year of employment up to 30 days, and flexibility days allowing work from abroad for up to ten days annually. Additional offerings include company health insurance via Allianz, a company pension scheme with an employer subsidy, the Doctolib Parent Care program with an extra month of parental leave, and enrollment in the DoctoGrowth long-term employee value sharing plan. Staff also receive access to free mental health and coaching services through Moka.care, a subsidized Urban Sports Club membership, healthy snacks, a regular breakfast buffet, and a subsidized meal benefit. Further provisions encompass caregiver and disability support packages, relocation assistance for international mobility, and access to AI tools for coding alongside dedicated training.