Site Reliability Engineer (SRE Team)

Semrush is a brand visibility platform, empowering marketers to command their online presence and create measurable impact. We unify SEO authority and AI visibility, so brands are found, cited, and chosen everywhere search happens. That’s how Semrush gained the trust of over 28 million users—from scaling startups to Fortune 500 companies.
Here, you own the way you work, but we move as one unbeatable team.
We don’t just lead the market, we’re busy creating the world where Semrush is an unfair advantage for every marketer.
We move fast in ways to help you grow. Here, you have room to experiment, keep what works, and learn quickly from what doesn’t.
Ready to share our ambition and make an impact? Then, this role may be for you.

About the role

Collaborate with development teams to design and implement scalable, reliable, and efficient system architectures

Establish and refine SLOs in partnership with stakeholders to guarantee service reliability and performance

Read and write code in Python/Go

Induce application failure and work to recover it from that state

Debug applications using metrics and add traces/metrics as needed

Participate in on-call duties to provide constant support

Lead the changes in common engineering practices in the Company

Possible night shifts (on-call)

About you

Move together. Raise the bar. Learn fast—grow faster. That’s the default. And here’s what else is needed to succeed in this role: 
3+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer

Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Cloud providers

Experience with coding in Python/Go

Strong understanding of what an application failure is and how to handle it

Ability to debug applications using metrics

Familiarity with traces and the ability to implement them in an application

Willingness to be on call and work flexible hours

Team player with good communication abilities

Not required, but a plus
GCP knowledge

You share our common values: Trust, because we prefer to speak up and be our true selves; Sense of Ownership, because it’s not worth wasting time on something you don’t believe in; and enthusiasm for Constant Changes, because we are always looking to make things better

​A bit about the team
Our team collaborates with cross-functional teams to identify potential points of failure and weaknesses in the infrastructure and applications. We propose and implement solutions to enhance the reliability of critical systems, making them more resilient to outages and faults.

About the perks

Unlimited PTO

Hobby & team building budget allowance

Employee Support Program

Loss of family member financial aid

Employee Resource Groups

A little more about us
Semrush (NYSE: SEMR) is the leading brand visibility platform, empowering marketers to command their online presence and create measurable impact.
Built on the industry’s most expansive proprietary dataset, Semrush delivers AI-driven insights across GEO, SEO, Agentic Search Optimization, content marketing, paid media, and social strategy. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA with a global presence across North America, Europe and Asia.

We’ve built something people are proud to be part of. And the awards agree: Great Place to Work, DEI Workplace, Diversity Champion Award, International Inclusion Award, Most Women Friendly Employers, Best Place for Working Parents. All thanks to 1700+ employees who build the company every day. 

About our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion commitments 
Semrush is an equal opportunity employer. Building a better future for marketers around the world unites people from all backgrounds. Even if you feel that you don’t 100% match all requirements, don’t be discouraged to apply! We are committed to ensure that everyone feels a sense of belonging in the workplace.

We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or medical condition including medical characteristics, genetic identity, marital status, military service, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. 

Ready to be a part of this mission? Join us!