Engineering Manager, Site Reliability Engineering

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Devops • $260,000 PA - $340,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Grammarly is seeking an Engineering Manager, SRE to lead their Infrastructure Team. This role involves all phases of the SRE lifecycle, from planning to incident management, and hands-on work in building out the SRE team. The manager will be responsible for hiring, developing plans to scale cloud infrastructure, coordinating with engineering teams, and providing support and visibility for enterprise customers through SLOs and incident reports. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience as SRE
  • 2+ years experience managing SRE/DevOps
  • Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Incident Commander experience
  • Familiarity with SRE software lifecycle
  • Experience managing remote teams
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes or similar
Perks:
  • Excellent health care
  • Disability and life insurance
  • 401(k) and RRSP matching
  • Paid parental leave
  • 20 days paid time off
  • 12 days paid holidays
  • Two floating holidays
  • Flexible sick time
  • Generous stipends (caregiving, pet care, wellness, home office)
  • Annual professional development budget

Job Details

Grammarly offers a dynamic hybrid working model for this role. This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that helps foster trust, innovation, and a strong team culture.

About Grammarly

Grammarly is the trusted AI assistant for communication and productivity, helping over 40 million people and 50,000 organizations do their best work. Companies like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom rely on Grammarly to brainstorm, compose, and enhance communication that moves work forward. Grammarly works where you work, integrating seamlessly with over 500,000 applications and websites. Founded in 2009, Grammarly is No. 7 on the Forbes Cloud 100, one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in AI, and one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces.

The Opportunity

To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for an SRE Manager to lead our Infrastructure Team. This role will be hands-on as we build out an SRE team at Grammarly and involve all phases of the SRE lifecycle, from planning to incident management.

Grammarly’s engineers and researchers can innovate and uncover breakthroughs—and, in turn, influence our product roadmap. The complexity of our technical challenges is growing rapidly as we scale our interfaces, algorithms, and infrastructure. You can hear more from our team on our technical blog.

As an Engineering Manager, SRE, you will

  • Grow the existing team by hiring people.
  • Develop plans to support Grammarly’s roadmap and scale our cloud infrastructure to keep pace with the load.
  • Coordinate with all engineering teams to provide them with the services needed to run their systems.
  • Provide support and visibility for enterprise customers via SLOs and incident reports.

Qualifications

  • Has 5+ years of experience as an SRE and 2+ years of experience managing a team of SREs and DevOps.
  • Familiar with at least one of AWS, GCP, and Azure.
  • Support incidents as an Incident Commander.
  • Familiar with the SRE software lifecycle.
  • Experience managing people remotely.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes or another equivalent container management system.
  • Willing to get our hands dirty in scaling our software stack.
  • Has a demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal guidance, proactively manages tasks and priorities across multiple projects, analyzes and executes work efficiently, collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams, and thrives in fast-paced, results-driven environments
  • Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
  • Is inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.

Compensation and Benefits

Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing the following and more: 

  • Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
  • Disability and life insurance options
  • 401(k) and RRSP matching 
  • Paid parental leave
  • 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and flexible sick time
  • Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)
  • Annual professional development budget and opportunities

Grammarly takes a market-based approach to compensation, which means base pay may vary depending on your location. Our US locations are categorized into two compensation zones based on proximity to our hub locations.

Base pay may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The expected salary ranges for this position are outlined below by compensation zone and may be modified in the future.

United States:

Zone 1: $260,000  – $340,000/year (USD)

We encourage you to apply

At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all to apply—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer and a participant in the US federal E-Verify program (US). We also abide by the Employment Equity Act (Canada).

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