Associate SRE: Growth-Focused Reliability Engineer – Hybrid in Melbourne

We’re big believers in the power of IRL, so for most roles we ask Campers to work from their local Culture Amp office an average of 2 days a week to unlock connection, pace and culture together. Join us on our mission to make a better world of work. Culture Amp is the world’s leading employee experience platform, revolutionizing how 25 million employees across more than 6,000 companies create a better world of work. Culture Amp empowers companies of all sizes and industries to transform employee engagement, drive performance management, and develop high-performing teams.

We're looking for an Associate Site Reliability Engineer to join our SRE team in a full-time position. Every year more employees use Culture Amp, and that means more simultaneous users, more data in our storage layer and more services to run. The SRE practice exists so our infrastructure can carry that growth without trading away reliability or the experience customers get.

As an Associate SRE you'll work on the tooling, platforms and patterns that product engineering teams build on top of, with experienced engineers around you. This is a genuine start-of-career role: real work with real impact, plus the pairing, mentoring and time you need to learn how production systems actually behave. SRE at Culture Amp is an inclusive practice that embraces flexible work arrangements. You'll be surrounded by talented engineers and have opportunities to both learn and teach.

As part of this team of amazing humans, you will:

• Work closely with other engineers to build, maintain and enhance our services, following industry best practice.
• Work with product teams and other users of our SRE tooling to understand their needs and problems, then help develop, refine, slice, implement and measure the impact of the solution.
• Help keep our infrastructure observable and understandable, through dashboards, alerts and documentation that make problems quicker to spot and fix.
• Contribute automation that takes repetitive operational work off engineers' plates.
• Partner with AI coding agents as part of your day-to-day workflow, and help the team work out where they earn their keep.
• Collaborate with other engineers in the team through pair programming to build a shared understanding of the work.

You have:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in software engineering or a related STEM discipline, a completed coding bootcamp, or equivalent practical experience.
• Some hands-on experience writing code in any language. You're likely to work with TypeScript and Go here, and our product teams also use Ruby, Kotlin and Python, so a willingness to read and debug unfamiliar languages matters more than what you've used so far.
• Exposure to at least one cloud provider. We run mostly on AWS with a growing GCP footprint, and you'll be supported to learn both.
• Enough curiosity about how systems fail to dig into a problem rather than route around it.

You are:

• A proactive and clear communicator. You value empathy and kindness, you can articulate your ideas and feelings in writing and out loud, and you're open to the perspectives others bring.
• Self-motivated. You work independently, take the initiative to get what you need, and call for support when required.
• Someone with a growth mindset who's willing to embrace challenges. You'll learn a lot in this role.
• Excited about the potential of AI to help engineers innovate, and open to leveraging AI coding tools such as Claude Code.
• Aligned with our values and demonstrate them through your working practice.

For this role, the estimated base salary is listed below (AUD): $90,000 + super. At Culture Amp, our people are at the heart of our success. We offer competitive pay and a total rewards package designed to support you at work and in life. This includes:

• Equity through our Employee Share Option Program, so you can share in our long-term success.
• Learning programs and coaching to help you thrive and grow.
• Quarterly refresh days, an extended end-of-year break and a monthly allowance to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Inclusive parental leave from day one.
• A MacBook and budget to set up your home workspace, enabling flexibility.
• Five annual social impact days to give back to causes that matter to you.
• Medical insurance coverage for you and your family (Available for US & UK only).

Our rewards are designed to support different needs and life stages, recognising that what matters most can vary from person to person. Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement, but your unique experience matters. If you’re interested in joining us, we strongly encourage you to apply and help us build a more diverse and impactful team.