Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Jobs

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.

What Site Reliability Engineers Do

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.

Common SRE Responsibilities and Skills

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.

Explore SRE Career Opportunities

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.

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$181K - $263K *

Champion the future of reliability engineering by defining SRE strategy, driving automation, and enhancing global infrastructure. Influence architecture decisions and mentor teams to elevate operation...

5 days ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$181K - $263K *

Discover your potential as you define and drive SRE strategy, enhance global infrastructure, and lead engineering excellence across diverse teams and products in this impactful senior role...

5 days ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$181K - $263K *

Accelerate your career by defining SRE strategy and driving operational excellence across global infrastructure. Influence architecture decisions and mentor teams while ensuring high availability and...

5 days ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$145K - $175K *

Manage and enhance the reliability of production systems at scale, collaborating with engineering teams to improve performance, incident response, and system resilience, while driving observability an...

Reposted 3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Healthcare

$190K - $220K *

Champion the reliability of systems as a Principal Site Reliability Engineer by enhancing infrastructure, automating processes, and collaborating cross-functionally to develop resilient services. Driv...

1 month ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Consumer Technology

$194K - $237K *

Lead the design and implementation of resilient applications and infrastructure, collaborating with development teams to enhance performance, scalability, and security in a dynamic, customer-focused e...

Reposted 1 week ago

  •   11 - 15 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$100K - $130K *

Engage with us to enhance platform reliability as you troubleshoot and resolve issues across our AdTech stack. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, own investigations, and drive improvements to en...

2 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$110K - $160K *

Lead day-to-day reliability for our SRE-DevOps team, ensuring production AWS environments are secure and well-documented. Collaborate on automation, incident response, and compliance while working ind...

CanadaRemote

2 weeks ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$130K - $160K *

Join a team that's dedicated to building resilient infrastructure and leading a skilled SRE group. You'll drive incident management, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and leverage AI to enha...

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1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$130K - $155K *

Champion reliability by leading a skilled SRE team to enhance infrastructure, automate processes, and integrate AI solutions, ensuring optimal performance and incident management while fostering a cul...

1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$138K - $165K *

Oversee the establishment and leadership of the Site Reliability Engineering function, defining its vision and operating model while managing and coaching a skilled team to enhance production engineer...

1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$110K - $130K *

Optimize and manage Linux environments, ensuring reliability and security across physical, virtual, and containerized infrastructures while driving incident resolution and enhancing operational effici...

4 days ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$135K - $160K *

Drive your career with a Senior Site Reliability Engineer role focused on building secure AWS GovCloud foundations for FedRAMP High and IL5, ensuring compliance and operational excellence while mentor...

CanadaRemote

5 days ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$160K - $180K *

Drive the future of enterprise reliability by leading strategic initiatives, ensuring operational excellence, and fostering a proactive engineering culture across diverse environments and teams...

3 weeks ago

  •   11 - 15 years exp.  •   Enterprise Technology

$117K - $150K *

Shape the future of our production systems by ensuring stability, reliability, and scalability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance operational processes and automate tasks, delivering...

1 week ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$160K - $350K *

Transform critical production systems by designing, building, and improving scalable solutions. Collaborate deeply with engineering teams to ensure reliability and performance while owning end-to-end...

Reposted 3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$160K - $350K *

Make your mark at the forefront of site reliability engineering by owning and optimizing critical production systems with a focus on coding, system design, and long-term improvements...

Reposted 3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$160K - $350K *

Unlock potential by owning and enhancing critical production systems, writing production-quality code, and embedding within product engineering teams to instill reliability from architecture to deploy...

Reposted 3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$110K - $165K *

Join a team that's shaping the future of aerospace by developing and maintaining cutting-edge Kubernetes clusters. Collaborate with engineers to support critical space missions through innovative IT s...

1 week ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Aerospace & Defense

$130K - $250K *

Innovate in a dynamic role that blends software engineering and production excellence to build resilient platforms. You'll collaborate across teams to enhance architecture, reduce downtime, and champi...

Reposted 3 days ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Finance & Insurance

$135K - $160K *

Transform the future of cloud infrastructure by automating and optimizing systems for reliability, performance, and scalability, collaborating with engineering teams to embed best practices and foster...

United StatesRemote

3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Information Technology

$152K - $228K *

Transform data reliability and performance as an SRE, ensuring scalable infrastructure, automation of operations, and cross-team collaboration to optimize data systems while swiftly addressing issues...

Reposted 2 weeks ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Hospitality & Recreation

$152K - $228K *

Manage and optimize data systems' reliability, scalability, and performance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, automate operations, and enhance incident response for robust data infrastructure...

Reposted 2 weeks ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Hospitality & Recreation

$83K - $137K *

Engage with us to enhance enterprise virtualization and Kubernetes platforms. Collaborate with senior engineers to ensure reliability and performance across critical applications in a large-scale envi...

3 weeks ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Telecommunications & Hardware

$114K - $190K *

Build a resilient Site Reliability Engineering practice, leading a global team to enhance cloud platform reliability, scalability, and operational excellence while fostering collaboration and continuo...

United StatesRemote

1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Manufacturing & Automotive

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • What does a Site Reliability Engineer do?question toggle

    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?question toggle

    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?question toggle

    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?question toggle

    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?question toggle

    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.