Explore Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) jobs on Ladders, where professionals can find vetted opportunities paying $100,000 or more. SREs combine software engineering and systems expertise to keep digital services reliable, scalable, and efficient. Browse openings across technology companies and other organizations that depend on high-performing infrastructure.
SREs build and maintain the systems behind dependable online services. Their work may include improving observability, automating operational tasks, managing cloud infrastructure, responding to incidents, and reducing recurring sources of downtime. They often partner with software development, security, and operations teams to balance service reliability with the pace of product delivery.
Responsibilities vary by employer and seniority, but many SRE roles involve setting service-level objectives, analyzing system performance, and designing resilient architectures. Employers may seek experience with Linux, networking, scripting or programming, infrastructure as code, containers, cloud platforms, monitoring tools, and incident management. Clear communication and a thoughtful approach to troubleshooting are also valuable.
Site Reliability Engineer titles can cover a range of specialties, from platform engineering and production operations to cloud reliability and observability. Compare role requirements, technologies, team responsibilities, and compensation details to identify opportunities aligned with your experience. Ladders focuses on vetted professional jobs with salaries of $100,000 or more.
Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
$110K - $130K *
Unlock potential by building and optimizing cloud infrastructure with cutting-edge technologies. Collaborate with teams to enhance reliability and scalability while automating processes for seamless o...
2 weeks ago
$110K - $130K *
Lead the charge in enhancing our cloud infrastructure as a Site Reliability Engineer, ensuring performance, reliability, and security while collaborating with development teams to optimize operations...
3 weeks ago
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$120K - $145K *
Lead the charge in designing and operating resilient systems, enhancing service reliability through automation and proactive engineering practices, while collaborating with teams to embed reliability...
4 days ago
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$110K - $135K *
Join a team that's dedicated to enhancing system reliability and operational excellence. Leverage your DevOps and SRE expertise to design, automate, and support scalable services, ensuring high availa...
4 days ago
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$120K - $145K *
Elevate system reliability by designing and operating scalable services using DevOps and SRE principles. Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance automation, observability, and operational excell...
4 days ago
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$82K - $135K *
Elevate system reliability by designing and operating scalable services. Collaborate with engineering teams to automate operations, enhance monitoring, and ensure high availability, driving operationa...
4 days ago
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$82K - $135K *
Take ownership of building and operating resilient, scalable systems using DevOps and SRE principles. Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance system reliability, automate operations, and ensure...
4 days ago
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$82K - $135K *
Transform system reliability by designing and operating scalable services. Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance automation, observability, and operational excellence, ensuring high availabili...
4 days ago
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$82K - $135K *
Join us to enhance system reliability and scalability through innovative SRE practices. Collaborate with engineering teams to automate operations, improve monitoring, and ensure high-availability serv...
4 days ago
Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering
$207K - $300K *
Unlock the potential of large-scale systems by combining software and systems engineering to enhance reliability, performance, and automation in a dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement...
6 days ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Ads
$190K - $267K *
Shape the future of Reddit's advertising infrastructure by leading reliability initiatives across critical systems, collaborating with engineering teams to enhance reliability, scalability, and operat...
Reposted 1 month ago
Site Reliability Engineer, Data - FreeWheel
$109K - $163K *
Champion the reliability and performance of data systems by optimizing infrastructure, automating operations, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless data flow and high availa...
2 weeks ago
Service Reliability Engineering Technical Lead
$250K - $300K *
Drive the evolution of a robust Kubernetes platform, ensuring performance and reliability across hundreds of clusters. Collaborate with teams to optimize infrastructure, automate processes, and delive...
3 weeks ago
Service Reliability Engineering Technical Lead
$250K - $300K *
Unlock potential by leading the Container Infrastructure team to enhance our Kubernetes platform, ensuring performance and reliability while driving automation and collaboration across business units...
3 weeks ago
$130K - $200K *
Lead the charge in ensuring reliable, efficient systems through automation and troubleshooting. Own the processes critical to AI and GPU workloads while collaborating with cross-functional teams to el...
Reposted 1 week ago
$130K - $200K *
Grow your career with a role focused on SRE practices, owning systems, automating operations, and improving service reliability for AI and GPU workloads in a dynamic environment. Join a team dedicated...
Reposted 1 week ago
$130K - $200K *
Optimize your expertise by owning systems and enhancing production reliability through effective automation, tooling, and incident management. Collaborate cross-functionally to drive improvements acro...
Reposted 1 week ago
$130K - $200K *
Join a team that's redefining reliability: lead automation, troubleshoot, and enhance systems supporting AI and GPU workloads; your expertise will elevate service health and incident response in a fas...
Reposted 1 week ago
$110K - $130K *
Lead the transformation of incident management by migrating from Moogsoft to PagerDuty. Redesign workflows, integrate monitoring tools, and ensure seamless production monitoring with zero downtime whi...
2 weeks ago
Sr Site Reliability Engineer, Platform
$148K - $261K *
Transform the infrastructure landscape by architecting and scaling a Kubernetes-based platform that enables rapid deployment of innovative robotics solutions while mentoring engineers across teams to...
Reposted 3 weeks ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Infra Ops
$152K - $205K *
Join a team that's designing and operating secure, scalable platform infrastructure for critical digital assets. Leverage your SRE expertise to enhance reliability, performance, and security across hy...
2 weeks ago
$110K - $130K *
Drive the scaling of AWS-based cloud infrastructure and ensure production reliability. Help define SRE best practices in a fintech startup, focusing on automation, monitoring, and continuous improveme...
Reposted 3 weeks ago
$105K - $127K *
Contribute to system reliability as a Site Reliability Engineer. Collaborate with DevOps team using AWS, Kubernetes, and Datadog to optimize monitoring and incident response, enhancing infrastructure...
Reposted 3 weeks ago
$145K - $170K *
Champion the optimization and maintenance of existing systems, collaborating with engineers to enhance SLI/SLO operations and disaster recovery planning. Gain broad exposure in a small team, shaping p...
1 week ago
$108K - $130K *
Unlock the potential of our cloud infrastructure as a Site Reliability Engineer. Drive automation, enhance performance, and ensure security in a dynamic healthcare IT environment, empowering developer...
2 weeks ago
What does a Site Reliability Engineer do?
A Site Reliability Engineer applies software engineering and systems practices to improve the availability, performance, and scalability of services. Common work includes automation, observability, infrastructure management, and incident response.
What skills are commonly required for SRE jobs?
Requirements vary, but employers commonly look for systems and networking knowledge, programming or scripting ability, experience with cloud platforms and automation, monitoring expertise, and familiarity with incident management.
Are Site Reliability Engineer jobs available on Ladders?
Ladders features vetted professional job opportunities paying $100,000 or more, including roles for experienced technology professionals. Browse current listings to review available SRE positions and their requirements.
How is SRE different from DevOps?
SRE and DevOps both encourage collaboration between development and operations. SRE commonly emphasizes measurable reliability goals, production engineering, and automation, while DevOps is a broader set of practices and cultural principles. Responsibilities differ by organization.
What experience can help me qualify for an SRE role?
Experience operating production systems, automating infrastructure, improving service reliability, and resolving incidents can be useful. Demonstrating practical skills with relevant programming languages, cloud services, monitoring systems, and infrastructure tools may also strengthen an application.