Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Camunda
Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Camunda is open worldwide, so South Africans can apply. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Camunda isthe enterprise platform for agentic orchestration, enabling organizations to coordinateAI agents, people, and systemsacross complex, end-to-end business processes. With built-in governance, auditability, and human oversight, Camunda gives enterprises the control they need to move AI from pilots to production — safely and at scale.Trusted by over 700 organizations worldwide, including 9 of top 10 US banks, Camunda helps enterprises boost operational efficiency, accelerate time-to-value, and deliver better customer experiences.Fully remote and global,we are in the middle of something bigger:transforming into an AI-first organisation, built on our own platform. We use Agentic AI to automate, orchestrate intelligent processes, and elevate human contribution across every team.NamedGP Bullhound’s Top 100 Next Unicorn list,2025 Great Place to Work certified.Visionaryin2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies. ranked3rd in Flexa's 2026Most Flexible Companies, We’re growing fast and looking for top talent to join our team.If you want meaningful work, visible impact and put something genuinely rare on your CV, keep reading.
About the role:
We're looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer who's passionate about building reliable, scalable infrastructure that helps developers ship better software faster. You'll design and maintain our Kubernetes-based multi-cloud platform, improve our monitoring and observability tools, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to solve real problems in real time. This is a role where you'll own the systems that power Camunda, drive automation that raises the bar for everyone, and mentor others who want to do the same. If you thrive on building things that work well and don't break when they shouldn't, we'd love to talk.
What You’ll Be Doing:
* Design and maintain our infrastructure– You'll evolve our Kubernetes-based, multi-cloud platform architecture, ensuring it's available, scalable, and fault-tolerant. You'll establish configuration best practices and network services that our teams rely on.
Design and maintain our infrastructure– You'll evolve our Kubernetes-based, multi-cloud platform architecture, ensuring it's available, scalable, and fault-tolerant. You'll establish configuration best practices and network services that our teams rely on.
* Build observability that matters– Implement and improve monitoring and alerting tools that give both SREs and developers real visibility into system health and performance. Make it easy for teams to understand what's happening across our stack.
Build observability that matters– Implement and improve monitoring and alerting tools that give both SREs and developers real visibility into system health and performance. Make it easy for teams to understand what's happening across our stack.
* Own your systems end-to-end– You'll adopt a "you build it, you run it" mentality, which means participating in on-call rotations and being the go-to person when things need quick fixes. You'll create runbooks and automation that turn complex problems into manageable processes.
Own your systems end-to-end– You'll adopt a "you build it, you run it" mentality, which means participating in on-call rotations and being the go-to person when things need quick fixes. You'll create runbooks and automation that turn complex problems into manageable processes.
* Ship features and improvements with product teams– Work cross-functionally with product engineering, product management, and support to define and deliver features that move the needle. Bring your expertise to the table early and often.
Ship features and improvements with product teams– Work cross-functionally with product engineering, product management, and support to define and deliver features that move the needle. Bring your expertise to the table early and often.
* Push automation to the next level– Identify repetitive work and automate it away. Share what you learn with your teammates so everyone gets better at their craft. We measure progress by the quality of our systems, not hours worked.
Push automation to the next level– Identify repetitive work and automate it away. Share what you learn with your teammates so everyone gets better at their craft. We measure progress by the quality of our systems, not hours worked.
* Be the expert others learn from– Help less experienced engineers tackle complex infrastructure challenges. Break down technical problems into clear steps and support others in growing their skills.
Be the expert others learn from– Help less experienced engineers tackle complex infrastructure challenges. Break down technical problems into clear steps and support others in growing their skills.
What You Bring:
Must Haves:
* Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes– You've built, deployed, and maintained Kubernetes clusters in production environments. You understand how to manage workloads, networking, and storage at sc
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
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About Camunda
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