Sre Engineer Jobs

Sre Engineer jobs are open across technology, fintech, healthtech, and cloud infrastructure companies, from junior to staff and principal level, with specializations in reliability engineering, incident management, and platform automation. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.

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Overview

Open roles781+
Top stateCalifornia
Top employerApple
Top citySan Francisco, CA
Work type44% Hybrid
Top industryTechnology

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JPMorganChase
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
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JPMorganChase
New 18h ago
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
JPMorganChase
Houston, Texas
Data Science
Health Informatics
Healthcare Administration
10,000+

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JPMorganChase
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
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JPMorganChase
New 18h ago
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
JPMorganChase
Jersey City, New Jersey
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Cloud Engineering
Solutions Engineering & Architecture
$157k - $215k/yr
10,000+

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Cisco
Software Engineer - SRE
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Cisco
New 19h ago
Software Engineer - SRE
Cisco
Milpitas, California
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Data Science
$149k - $282k/yr
Hybrid
Master's degree
10,000+

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CVS Health
Site Reliability Engineer - Retail Pharmacy
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CVS Health
New 21h ago
Site Reliability Engineer - Retail Pharmacy
CVS Health
Scottsdale, Arizona
Account Management
Customer Service
Customer Support
$93k - $204k/yr
Bachelor's degree in information technology
10,000+

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CVS Health
Site Reliability Engineer - Retail Pharmacy
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CVS Health
New 21h ago
Site Reliability Engineer - Retail Pharmacy
CVS Health
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Customer Service
Customer Success
Customer Support
$93k - $204k/yr
Bachelor's degree in information technology
10,000+

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Sre Engineer Job Market

Who's Hiring

  • Apple
    Apple23
  • Google
    Google22
  • MongoDB
    MongoDB19
  • SpaceX
    SpaceX17
  • Tesla
    Tesla16

Top Industries Hiring

  • Technology & Software124
  • Electronics & Hardware17
  • Banking & Financial Services14
  • Consulting & Professional Services13
  • Investment & Asset Management11

What Employers Look For

The qualifications that appear most often in sre engineer jobs.

  • Proficiency with Kubernetes and container orchestration at production scale
  • Experience writing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or similar tools
  • Hands-on knowledge of monitoring and alerting platforms such as Prometheus, Datadog, or Grafana
  • Strong programming or scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash for automation
  • Demonstrated experience owning incident response, postmortems, and on-call rotations
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field

Tips for Your Sre Engineer Job Search

Quantify reliability work on your resume

Recruiters screening sre engineer resumes look for concrete outcomes, not task lists. Replace vague bullets with numbers: uptime percentages improved, mean time to recovery reduced, or incidents per quarter eliminated after you introduced automation or runbook changes.

Apply early to roles that fit

Migrate Mate lists sre engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.

Tailor your stack keywords per listing

Sre engineer job descriptions vary sharply by stack. One role prioritizes Kubernetes and Terraform, another emphasizes Prometheus and PagerDuty. Mirror the exact tools named in each listing inside your resume summary and a skills section so automated screening doesn't filter you out.

Prepare a postmortem story for interviews

Almost every sre engineer interview includes a production incident question. Pick one real outage you owned, walk through detection, diagnosis, fix, and the blameless postmortem you wrote. Interviewers are evaluating your process and communication, not just your technical fix.

Negotiate on-call compensation separately

Sre engineer offers often include on-call rotations that add real hours to your week. Before accepting, ask how rotations are structured, how many engineers share the pager, and whether on-call shifts come with additional compensation or comp time.

Demonstrate observability depth in your portfolio

Generic cloud experience is common. What differentiates sre engineer candidates is evidence of building or owning observability systems end to end. A public repo, a talk, or even a detailed write-up showing how you instrumented a service and used that data to prevent incidents is a strong differentiator.

Sre Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions

Which companies are hiring the most sre engineers?

The companies hiring the most sre engineers right now include Apple, Google, and MongoDB, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is concentrated in companies running large-scale distributed systems where reliability engineering directly protects revenue and user experience.

How many sre engineer jobs are remote?

About 67% of sre engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting the role's strong compatibility with asynchronous, on-call workflows. The sub-areas most likely to be fully remote are platform engineering, tooling development, and observability roles, while roles tied to physical infrastructure or regulated industries tend to require more on-site presence.

How do you become a sre engineer?

Most sre engineers start in software engineering or systems administration, then move into reliability-focused roles. The path typically involves building fluency with Linux internals, networking, and distributed systems, then layering on infrastructure automation, containerization with Kubernetes, and monitoring tooling. Owning real on-call responsibilities, writing postmortems, and demonstrating impact on system stability accelerates the transition into a dedicated sre engineer role.

Can you get a sre engineer job with little experience?

Entry-level sre engineer roles do exist, often titled junior SRE or associate SRE, and they typically prioritize scripting ability, a working knowledge of Linux, and some exposure to cloud platforms over years of experience. Building a personal project that demonstrates monitoring, alerting, or automated deployment, and contributing to open-source observability tools, gives you concrete material to discuss in interviews without a long work history.

What does the sre engineer interview process look like?

Sre engineer interviews typically move through a recruiter screen, a technical phone round covering Linux fundamentals and networking, a coding round focused on systems programming or scripting, and a design round where you architect a reliable distributed system or an observability stack. Many companies also include a scenario-based round where you debug a simulated incident or walk through a postmortem you have written.

Where can I find and apply to sre engineer jobs?

You can find and apply to sre engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level and preferred stack, then apply directly to each one that fits.

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