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The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will design and maintain infrastructure, ensure scalability, improve service management, and monitor AWS environments.
Are you ready to revolutionize the advertising industry?
At Cognitiv, we are not just another AdTech company—we are industry trailblazers redefining media buying with our Deep Learning Advertising Platform. Since 2015, we have harnessed the power of cutting-edge deep learning technology and data science to transform how brands connect with their customers. Our mission? To bring intelligence to advertising and deliver unparalleled precision, relevance, and impact at scale.
With our innovative platform, advertisers enjoy unprecedented flexibility—whether it is activating Dynamic Deals through their preferred DSP, leveraging our managed service DSP, or utilizing our industry-first ContextGPT product. As a part of Cognitiv, you will be at the forefront of AI-driven advertising solutions, driving change and achieving remarkable growth in a rapidly evolving industry.
Now, we’re growing!
We are looking for a senior site reliability engineer to work on expanding our global footprint of datacenters and improve service management across Cognitiv. Our immediate challenge is to begin to rapidly expand our hybrid cloud infrastructure. Past that, we are a rapidly growing organization and need to continue to move toward industry best practices. This role demands an experienced engineer with the interest to rapidly learn our environment and help drive our long term service management roadmap.
This position will be in our Bellevue, WA office with a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in office (Mon/Tue/Wed) and 2 days remote (Thursday/Friday).
Responsibilities- Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure across a growing footprint of co-located deployments.
- Evaluate existing physical and network architectures and ensure we are set up for long term scalability and growth.
- Work across engineering and product teams to scope projects tightly to core business requirements.
- Drive engineering wide efforts to improve company service management efforts around deployments, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
- Monitor and maintain shared infrastructure in our AWS environment.
- An understanding of modern datacenter practices and experience configuring multi-dc deployments.
- Deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure, networking, and management practices.
- Proven experience with infrastructure as code and proficiency with python and bash.
- An independent self-starter who looks at the big picture and takes ownership and independently seeks out new challenges with creative solutions.
- A constructive, supportive team player, with good communication and interpersonal skills.
- 10+ years of experience in operations, software engineering, or as an SRE.
- Experience with hybrid cloud/on-prem solutions.
- Hands on experience building out data-centers.
- Willingness and interest to travel 1-2 times per quarter.
- $160,000 - $210,000 USD Base Salary + Equity
What We Offer
Compensation is based on experience, skills, and other factors. Base salary is just one part of your total rewards at Cognitiv—you’ll also receive equity and a comprehensive benefits package.
Highlights include:
- Medical, dental & vision coverage (some plans 100% employer-paid)
- 12 weeks paid parental leave + 4 weeks WFH
- Unlimited PTO + Work-From-Anywhere August
- Career development with clear advancement paths
- Equity for all employees
- Hybrid work model & daily team lunch
- Health & wellness stipend + cell phone reimbursement
- 401(k) with employer match
- Parking (CA & WA offices) & pre-tax commuter benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Comprehensive onboarding (Cognitiv University)
- …and more!
What You’ll Find at Cognitiv
- Festiv – We make work fun with cross-team games, events, and creative team bonding.
- Responsiv – You’ll be close to clients and leadership, influencing real outcomes.
- Inclusiv – Diversity and individuality are celebrated across all levels.
- Inventiv – We reward curiosity and embrace bold ideas.
- Transformativ – We support your growth with training, mentorship, and flexibility.
- Collaborativ – We operate across coasts, connected by purpose and teamwork.
Cognitiv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all.
Top Skills
AWS
Bash
Python
Cognitiv Bellevue, Washington, USA Office
10800 NE 8th St, Suite 700, Bellevue, Washington, United States, 98004
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