--- title: Site Reliability Engineer at Latent description: Latent is hiring for the Site Reliability Engineer role in San Francisco, CA. Pays $200K–$275K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/site-reliability-engineer-at-latent-01a0ec15-a7b9-75b3-8a11-87aa1378f898 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Latent as Site Reliability Engineer in San Francisco, CA. Pays $200K–$275K per year. Full-time, on-site role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/hhj8f5.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Latent | | **Location** | San Francisco, CA | | **Salary** | $200K/yr - $275K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Sep 29, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Latent sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 9 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Latent. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $186,000 – $225,000 a year (median $196,000). ## Description ## **About Latent** Latent is the enterprise pharmacy intelligence platform, powered by a clinical agentic engine, that enables health systems to grow their pharmacy operations and serve more patients. One engine works across the pharmacy journey to identify patients who qualify for care, improve medication access, capture eligible prescriptions and support patients throughout treatment. Latent’s platform enables more than 60 leading health systems that collectively serve an estimated 70 million people. Founded by Sriram “Sri” Somasundaram and Rishabh Jain, Latent has raised $80 million from Transformation Capital, Spark Capital, Conviction, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and others. ## **The Role** You are the infrastructure expert who enables our rapid product development and guarantees 99.9%+ stability and performance of our clinical AI platform for major health systems. Your focus on operational excellence is directly tied to a patient's access to life-saving treatment. ## **What You'll Do** As our SRE, you will own the entire production environment and improve the development experience: - Infrastructure Ownership: Design, implement, and maintain the production environment, having previously handled 500+ machine deployments. - Kubernetes Mastery: Own our containerized infrastructure, leveraging deep expertise in Kubernetes and Helm to manage deployment, scaling, and operational health. - CI/CD & Deployment Optimization: Optimize and streamline both the TypeScript and Python/ML deployment pipelines to support high-velocity feature release while maintaining the highest reliability. - DevX Support: Support Developer Experience (DevX) work to streamline developer workflows, enhance tool proficiency, and improve CI/CD systems. - Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Manage and maintain infrastructure definitions using Terraform. ## **What We're Looking For** You have the intensity and technical mastery to own mission-critical infrastructure. You hold yourself and others to high standards and thrive in a high-energy, in-office culture where everyone is in it to win it. - Tool Proficiency: You are highly proficient with your tools—you speak command line fluently and have mastered keyboard shortcuts. - Ownership: You thrive on owning complex systems and have a proven track record of scaling mission-critical deployments. - Automation Drive: You love automating things, always finding new ways to increase your own leverage, and defining standards for operational excellence. - Problem Solver: You won't wait for someone else to solve a problem that you're in a position to solve; you are willing to jump into whatever needs to get done. ### **Technical Qualifications & Environment** - IaC & Orchestration: Deep, demonstrable experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform. - Scaling Systems: Proven ability to architect and maintain complex, distributed systems with high-availability requirements. - Deployment Experience: Hands-on experience optimizing deployment pipelines for both application code (TypeScript) and machine learning models (Python/ML). Also PostgreSQL, Redis, Kakfa. - Core Team Member: Excitement about working five days per week in our San Francisco office. ## **Nice to Have** - Interest in healthcare, pharmacy, or health technology - Uses AI tools in your workflow and is always looking for ways to move faster with them   ## **Why Join Latent** - Backed by top-tier investors including General Catalyst, Conviction, and Y Combinator - Work alongside a high-caliber team building products our healthcare partners love - Work on mission-critical problems at the intersection of AI and healthcare - Real ownership and visibility - High-impact role on a small, fast-growing team ## **Benefits** - Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity - Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents - Flexible PTO policy - Paid parental leave - Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot     ## Skills - High Availability Systems - Helm (Kubernetes) - Keyboard Shortcuts - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Developer Experience (DevEx) - Software Deployment - Problem Solving - Python - Automation - Agile Velocity - Artificial Intelligence - PostgreSQL - Terraform - Kubernetes - Command-Line Interface - CI/CD - CI/CD Pipelines - TypeScript - Redis - Operational Excellence - Machine Learning - Distributed Systems ## Benefits - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Parental Leave - Paid Time Off (Pto) - Company Events ## Related - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Cloud & DevOps jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/cloud-and-devops?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [DevOps Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/cloud-and-devops/devops-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Site Reliability Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/cloud-and-devops/devops-engineer/site-reliability-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260758 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 118918 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27903 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260758 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 118918 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27903 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)