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Site Reliability Engineering Intern
Newsbreak,
About NewsBreak
NewsBreak is redefining the way users interact with local news and their communities. By bridging local users, local content creators, and local businesses, our mission is to foster safer, more vibrant, and authentically connected lives. Through robust collaborations with thousands of local publishers and businesses across the nation, NewsBreak is revolutionizing how a new wave of readers access and engage with essential, locally sourced content & information.
Since our inception in 2015, our trajectory has been nothing short of remarkable. We proudly stand as the nation’s premier local news app, boasting 60 million monthly active users and clinching the top spot in the news category on both Google Play and the App Store.
As a Series-C unicorn startup, our headquarter nestles in the tech hub of Mountain View, California, with other offices in New York City and Seattle. For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about
About the role
Our 12 week full-time SRE internship experience is onsite in MTV, CA. The current range for this role is $35-$40/hr. We also provide a pathway to potential full-time employment based on performance.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the design, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate infrastructure builds with application deployment processes.
- Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement solutions to ensure optimal operating conditions.
- Participate in the development and implementation of automation tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations tasks.
- Contribute to the creation and refinement of SRE best practices and procedures.
- Engage in on-call rotations, providing timely responses to critical issues and incidents.
- Continuously learn and stay current with industry trends and best practices in site reliability engineering.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Pursuing and/or graduating with a B.S/M.S degree in Computer Science or related major.
- Available to work 40 hours per week at Mountain View CA.
- Experience programming in at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.
- Experience with algorithms and data structures.
- Understanding of version control systems (e.g., Git).
- Good knowledge of OS and Linux internals.
- Networking protocols such as TCP/IP.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Exposure to containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Knowledge of monitoring and telemetry tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform.
- Experience in supporting production Internet services
- Experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems
- Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of drive