Junior Site Reliability Engineer

About Fable 

Global enterprises work with Fable to make products more accessible for over one billion people who live with disabilities. Our customers include global leaders like Walmart, Slack, and Shopify. Fable was featured on the Forbes Accessibility 100 list in 2025, awarded Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in Design, and has received accolades from global entities like the World Summit Awards and the UN-endorsed Zero Project. 

About the role 

As a Junior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Fable, you will help support the reliability, performance, and scalability of the systems that power our products. 

Fable’s products enable organizations to build more accessible digital experiences, and maintaining reliable, high-performing systems is critical to delivering that impact. You will work as part of our Platform Pod, alongside Software Engineers and more experienced SREs, to support infrastructure, improve system health, and enhance developer experience. 

This role is part of the infrastructure pillar, where you will collaborate closely with engineers across product and platform teams. Reliability and system quality at Fable are shared responsibilities, and you will work closely with engineers to ensure systems are stable, observable, and easy to operate. 

This is an ideal role for someone early in their career who is curious about how systems run in production and wants to build skills in cloud infrastructure, observability, automation, and platform engineering. 

Responsibilities 

• Support the reliability, performance, and scalability of Fable’s systems and infrastructure  

• Monitor systems, respond to alerts, and assist in troubleshooting production issues  

• Work with engineers and SREs to debug issues across infrastructure and application layers  

• Contribute to improving system observability, including logging, monitoring, and alerting  

• Assist in maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes  

• Support infrastructure and configuration changes under guidance (e.g., cloud resources, environments)  

• Help identify opportunities to improve system performance, stability, and cost efficiency  

• Support efforts to reduce operational complexity and technical debt  

• Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews (postmortems)  

• Document systems, processes, and troubleshooting steps  

• Learn and apply best practices in reliability engineering, system design, and platform operations 

Key qualifications and assets 

• 0–2 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related fields (internships included)  

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)  

• Basic understanding of software systems, APIs, and web applications  

• Familiarity with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash)  

• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) or strong interest in learning  

• Basic understanding of Linux/Unix environments  

• Familiarity with version control (e.g., Git)  

• Curiosity about how systems run in production and how to make them more reliable  

• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn  

• Good communication and collaboration skills 

Nice to have 

• Exposure to monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)  

• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions)  

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)  

• Interest in platform engineering, developer tooling, or system reliability  

• Experience through internships, co-ops, or personal projects

Our values 

To lead, listen first 
You amplify voices that are less often heard and create space for those voices to grow. The quality of an idea doesn't correlate with the loudness of someone's voice. 

The brain is a muscle 
If you're going to do something, you will do it well. Practice often and rest when needed. Give your mind what it needs to thrive. 

Unlearn to learn 
What did we learn growing up, and what do we need to unlearn? It's essential to understanding our personal bias and position so that we can grow.  

What’s in it for you? 
At Fable, you’ll join a collaborative and mission-driven environment where you’ll work with people who care deeply about building a more inclusive digital world. We offer benefits such as stock options, career growth opportunities, professional development support, health and dental coverage, and more. 

Accessibility accommodations 

Fable is an inclusive workplace. If you are facing any accessibility requirements or concerns regarding the hiring process or employment with us, please fill out this form or email us at [email protected] and include the subject line “Accessibility accommodation for Junior Site Reliability Engineer job application.” 

Pay range 

$69,000 – $90,000 the salary band is designed to reflect the range of skills and experience needed for the position and is subject to change. The final salary is based on relevant skills, experience, and internal equity. This posting reflects an existing vacancy. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support part of the recruitment and selection process. However, all hiring decisions are made by our hiring managers.