DevOps / SRE Engineer
A reliability-focused process for DevOps and SRE hires that screens for incident judgment and real infrastructure work instead of certifications and trivia.
Why this works:
- Incident scenarios test the error-budget and troubleshooting reasoning that actually predicts on-call performance
- A paid IaC and pipeline-debugging assignment shows operational skill, not resume keywords
- Two focused interviews keep the loop short; strong infrastructure candidates drop off after round three
- The on-call conversation is explicit, because rotation health decides whether the hire stays
Best for: DevOps Engineers, SREs, and infrastructure-minded platform engineers
Timeline: ~2 weeks
Candidate effort: 5-7 hours (paid)
Process stages
This template includes 7 stages that candidates move through:
Application
Submit ApplicationTell us about the systems you’ve run in production and what you want to own here.
Incident Scenarios
QuestionnaireThree short production scenarios. There are no trick answers; we want to see how you reason about failure under pressure.
Infrastructure Assignment
Code AssignmentA scoped, paid take-home in a real repository: debug a broken CI/CD pipeline and review a small Terraform configuration for cost and security issues. You’ll be paid $500 USD regardless of outcome.
Assignment Review
Team ReviewOur engineers review your assignment against a shared rubric and vote.
Technical Deep Dive
InterviewWe’ll walk through your assignment together, then go deeper on pipeline design, SLOs, and observability. No whiteboard puzzles.
On-Call & Culture
InterviewAn honest conversation about how we run on-call, incidents, and postmortems, and whether the team works the way you want to work. Ask us anything, including rotation size and alert quality.
Offer
OfferWe move fast once the panel decides. Expect an offer within 48 hours of your final interview.
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