Associate Engineer, Site Reliability (SRE)

Job ID: 263868
Location Name: CA-FSC SF Off (0174)
Address: 350 Mission St, 20th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Information Technology
Remote Eligible:Hybrid Schedule

Company Overview:

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves.  We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the Extra Ordinary in each of us.  We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

The Opportunity:

Technology

Our technology team works fast and smart. With San Francisco as our home, we take bringing new tech to market seriously, developing the latest in mobile technologies, scalable architecture, and the coolest in-store client experience. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it. The Technology group is comprised of motivated self-starters and true team players that are integral to the growth of Sephora and our future success. Our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & DevOps team is responsible for ensuring the stability, reliability, and scalability of our cloud-native infrastructure. We work at the intersection of software development and operations to automate deployment, monitoring, and incident response, enhancing the overall engineering efficiency. Passionate about automation, cloud platforms, and building resilient systems? Then this is the team for you.

Your role at Sephora:

As an Associate Software Engineer in the SRE, DevOps & AI/ML Observability team, you will be responsible for implementing and optimizing automation, monitoring, and deployment pipelines. Additionally, you will contribute to AI-driven observability initiatives to enhance predictive monitoring and anomaly detection. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize system performance using AI/ML models, troubleshoot system issues, and improve operational insights in a cloud-native environment. This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop expertise in AI-driven observability, cloud operations, and modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain automated deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Terraform to streamline software delivery.
• Implement and enhance monitoring solutions using AI/ML-driven techniques with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and other analytics tools.
• Support and optimize Kubernetes-based microservices running on Azure or AWS cloud platforms, ensuring AI/ML workloads run efficiently.
• Develop and apply AI/ML models for trend analysis, anomaly detection, and predictive monitoring to proactively address reliability issues.
• Participate in on-call rotations to monitor system health and resolve incidents using automation and AI-driven observability tools.
• Assist in implementing security best practices within CI/CD pipelines and AI models, ensuring compliance with organizational policies.

We're excited about you if you have:

• 2+ years' experience in software engineering, preferably DevOps or SRE or AI/ML 
• 2+ years' proficiency with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI/CD.
• 2+ years' familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience with monitoring and AI-powered Tool & Frameworks
• Proficiency in programming and machine learning skills. Preferably in Java, Sprint Boot, React, Python, etc.

The annual base salary range for this position is $114,120.00 - $126,800.00 The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job.  Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses.  Sephora offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees, which includes comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; a superior 401(k) plan, various paid time off programs; employee discount/perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee referral bonus program. This job will be posted for a minimum of 5 days.

While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy… 

• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.  
• The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
• The culture. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3,000+ stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

You can unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart. This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.

Sephora is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Sephora is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Sephora will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.