The Software Engineer – SRE will be responsible for building and maintaining highly reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure that powers the Albert platform. This role focuses on automation, observability, and operational excellence to ensure seamless deployment, performance, and reliability of core platform services.

Responsibilities

• Act as a passionate representative of the Albert product and brand.
• Work closely with Product Engineering and other stakeholders to plan and deliver core platform capabilities that enable scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
• Work with the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team on shared full-stack ownership of a collection of services and/or technology areas.
• Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of all microservices.
• Be responsible for the design and delivery of the mission-critical stack with a focus on security, resiliency, scale, and performance.
• Own end-to-end performance and operability.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of automation and orchestration principles.
• Act as the escalation point for complex or critical issues that have not yet been documented as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Use a deep understanding of service topology and dependencies to troubleshoot issues and define mitigations.
  
  

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

1+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 1 year in an SRE role focused on automation.

Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), preferably using Terraform.

Strong expertise in Python or Node.js, including designing RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.

Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS) and platform technologies including microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.

Hands-on experience with observability stacks including centralized log management, metrics, and tracing.

Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as CircleCI and performance testing using K6.

Passion for bringing more automation and engineering standards to organizations.

Experience building high-performance APIs with low latency (

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with peers and leaders.

Ability to lead technically, mentor engineers, and contribute to hiring and team growth.

Good to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog.
• Experience building internal developer platforms (IDPs) or reusable engineering frameworks.
• Exposure to ML infrastructure or data engineering workflows.
• Experience working in compliance-heavy environments (SOC2, HIPAA, etc.).
  
  

About Albert Invent

Albert Invent is a cutting-edge AI-driven software company headquartered in Oakland, California, on a mission to empower scientists and innovators in chemistry and materials science to invent the future faster. Scientists in 30+ countries use Albert to accelerate R&D with AI trained like a chemist, helping bring better products to market faster.

Why Join Albert Invent

• Work with a mission-driven, fast-growing global team at the intersection of AI, data, and advanced materials science.
• Collaborate with world-class scientists and technologists to redefine how new materials are discovered and developed.
• Culture built on curiosity, collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Opportunity to build cutting-edge AI tools that accelerate real-world R&D and solve global challenges such as sustainability and advanced manufacturing.
  
  

Skills:- Automation, Terraform, Python, NodeJS (Node.js) and Amazon Web Services (AWS)