[Hiring] Junior Site Reliability Engineer @Fable

Role Description

As a Junior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Fable, you will help support the reliability, performance, and scalability of the systems that power our products. Fable’s products enable organizations to build more accessible digital experiences, and maintaining reliable, high-performing systems is critical to delivering that impact. You will work as part of our Platform Pod, alongside Software Engineers and more experienced SREs, to support infrastructure, improve system health, and enhance developer experience. This role is part of the infrastructure pillar, where you will collaborate closely with engineers across product and platform teams. Reliability and system quality at Fable are shared responsibilities, and you will work closely with engineers to ensure systems are stable, observable, and easy to operate. This is an ideal role for someone early in their career who is curious about how systems run in production and wants to build skills in cloud infrastructure, observability, automation, and platform engineering.

Responsibilities

• Support the reliability, performance, and scalability of Fable’s systems and infrastructure
• Monitor systems, respond to alerts, and assist in troubleshooting production issues
• Work with engineers and SREs to debug issues across infrastructure and application layers
• Contribute to improving system observability, including logging, monitoring, and alerting
• Assist in maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
• Support infrastructure and configuration changes under guidance (e.g., cloud resources, environments)
• Help identify opportunities to improve system performance, stability, and cost efficiency
• Support efforts to reduce operational complexity and technical debt
• Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews (postmortems)
• Document systems, processes, and troubleshooting steps
• Learn and apply best practices in reliability engineering, system design, and platform operations

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related fields (internships included)
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Basic understanding of software systems, APIs, and web applications
• Familiarity with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash)
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) or strong interest in learning
• Basic understanding of Linux/Unix environments
• Familiarity with version control (e.g., Git)
• Curiosity about how systems run in production and how to make them more reliable
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn
• Good communication and collaboration skills

Nice to have

• Exposure to monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions)
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Interest in platform engineering, developer tooling, or system reliability
• Experience through internships, co-ops, or personal projects

Benefits

• Stock options
• Career growth opportunities
• Professional development support
• Health and dental coverage
• More

Accessibility accommodations

Fable is an inclusive workplace. If you are facing any accessibility requirements or concerns regarding the hiring process or employment with us, please fill out this form or email us at [email protected] and include the subject line “Accessibility accommodation for Junior Site Reliability Engineer job application.”

Pay range

$69,000 – $90,000 the salary band is designed to reflect the range of skills and experience needed for the position and is subject to change. The final salary is based on relevant skills, experience, and internal equity. This posting reflects an existing vacancy. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support part of the recruitment and selection process. However, all hiring decisions are made by our hiring managers.