[Hiring] Technical Staff Member Intern @Rootly

Role Description

You will manage SRE Skills Bench, Rootly AI Labs' open-source benchmark for measuring how well AI models handle real-world reliability engineering tasks. You will help move the project from research questions to public releases. This includes:

• Designing realistic SRE scenarios
• Expanding the evaluation dataset
• Running model evaluations
• Improving the benchmark infrastructure
• Sharing the findings with the AI and reliability communities

The role combines applied AI research, technical project management, community building, and public communication. You will report directly to the Head of Rootly AI Labs and work closely with fellows, researchers, and engineers across the community.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience or a strong interest in SRE, infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or production operations
• Familiarity with LLM evaluations, benchmarks, agents, or applied AI research
• An experimental mindset, with an interest in designing reproducible tests, examining imperfect results, and learning quickly
• A self-driven approach, with the initiative to make sound decisions and move ambitious projects forward with minimal guidance
• The ability to explain technical work clearly and enthusiasm for sharing it through articles, social media, and talks at meetups or conferences
• Comfort working in a hybrid environment and collaborating asynchronously with a curious, distributed team

Requirements

• Employment Type: Full-Time Intern
• Duration: Ongoing Internship with the possibility to convert to a full-time role based on fit and project needs

Benefits

• Rootly is an equal opportunity employer
• Aim to create an environment where every team member feels like they belong
• No discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status