Sre Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX
Sre Engineer jobs in Austin, Texas are concentrated across the tech-heavy corridors of the Domain, Downtown, and East Austin, with strong demand from companies in cloud infrastructure, fintech, and enterprise software. Employers hiring right now include Apple, Tesla, and Bitdeer Technologies. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
Find Sre Engineer JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 78+ Sre Engineer jobs











Staff Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Austin, TX, United States
Category: Technology
Job ID: 3057
Apply Now
Description
Recognized as the No. 1 site trusted by real estate professionals, Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home. Through its robust suite of tools, Realtor.com® not only makes a significant impact on the real estate industry at large, but for consumers, navigating the biggest purchase they will make in their life, by providing a user experience that is easy to use, easy to understand, and most of all, easy to make decisions.
Join us on our mission to empower more people to find their way home by breaking barriers to entry, making the right connections, and building confidence through expert guidance.
We are seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join our newly formed Operations and Enablement organization, reporting to the Sr Manager of Operations and Enablement team. This role will contribute to the reliability, observability, and operational excellence of our platform infrastructure serving millions of users. As a Staff SRE, you will be a strong technical contributor who implements best practices, solves complex problems, and enables our 200+ engineers to deliver exceptional customer experiences across our web and native application surfaces. You will work on critical platform systems including EKS infrastructure, Skyway (CI/CD), Frontdoor (Tyk API Gateway), Pantheon (Apollo GraphQL Federation), and our observability stack
What You’ll Do:
Platform Reliability & Infrastructure
Implement and maintain highly available AWS infrastructure including EKS clusters, Fargate (ECS), and multi-region architectures
Support reliability of critical services: Skyway (CI/CD), Frontdoor (Tyk), Pantheon (Apollo GraphQL), and supporting infrastructure
Monitor SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for Tier 1/2/3 systems; participate in architectural reviews for reliability and cost-efficiency
Implement reliability patterns including circuit breakers, graceful degradation, and automated failover
Observability & Cost Optimization
Implement observability solutions using NewRelic for APM, distributed tracing, metrics, and logging for rapid troubleshooting
Build dashboards and alerts that reduce MTTD and MTTR; contribute to observability standards across teams
Identify infrastructure cost optimization opportunities and implement FinOps practices including rightsizing and resource lifecycle management
Support cost-conscious architecture decisions and CI/CD spend optimization (CircleCI, Argo CD)
Build IaC templates for reusability
Chaos Engineering & Incident Response
Execute chaos engineering experiments to identify system weaknesses; contribute to frameworks for safe production testing
Participate in game day exercises and disaster recovery simulations; create runbooks and automation for resilience
Participate in on-call rotation for critical systems; conduct post-incident reviews and implement improvements
Technical Contribution
Contribute as a strong technical individual contributor to the Observability Enablement team
Collaborate with Platform Engineering, Quality Engineering, and product teams on reliability initiatives
Contribute to Developer Experience metrics and platform adoption goals
Provide technical guidance to junior team members
What You'll Bring:
8+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering with demonstrated success improving system reliability
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
5+ years hands-on experience with AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, IAM) and Kubernetes including cluster management
Proficient programming skills (Python, Go, or Java) with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Production experience with observability tools (NewRelic, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk) and distributed systems
Experience with CI/CD platforms and GitOps workflows (CircleCI, Argo CD, Jenkins); on-call rotation and incident response
Preferred: Exposure to chaos engineering tools, API Gateway technologies (Tyk/Kong), GraphQL federation (Apollo), cost optimization initiatives, FinOps principles
Technical Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, Fargate, Lambda, VPC, Route53, CloudFront), Kubernetes, Docker, Istio Service Mesh
CI/CD & GitOps: Argo CD, CircleCI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
Observability: NewRelic - APM, distributed tracing, metrics & logging; Splunk - logging
IaC & Automation: Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, Kustomize, Python/Go/Bash
Platform Services: Tyk Gateway, Apollo GraphQL, AWS Secrets Manager, Vault
Incident Management: OpsGenie, PagerDuty, ServiceNow
Professional Qualities
Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences
Collaborative approach working across engineering, product, and business teams
Self-motivated with ability to solve complex problems within established practices and policies
Data-driven decision making with customer-centric approach and empathy for developer experience
How We Work:
We balance creativity and innovation on a foundation of in-person collaboration. For most roles, our employees work four or more days in our offices, where they have the opportunity to collaborate in-person, adding richness to our culture and knitting us closer together.
How We Reward You:
Realtor.com is committed to investing in the health and wellbeing of our employees and their families. Our benefits programs include, but are not limited to:
Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
Family forming benefits
13 Paid Holidays
Flexible Time Off
8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
Free snacks and refreshments in each office location
Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com®
Here, you’ll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you’ll find your way home too. At Realtor.com®, you’ll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return, we’ll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.
Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.
Apply Now
See All 78 Sre Engineer Jobs in Austin
Find roles in Austin that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Sre Engineer JobsSre Engineer Job Market in Austin
Who's Hiring
- Apple14

- Tesla9

- Bitdeer Technologies5

- Visa2

- Sonar2

Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software19
- Electronics & Hardware5
- Manufacturing2
- Artificial Intelligence2
- Banking & Financial Services2
Sre Engineer Jobs in Austin: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a sre engineer job in Austin?
Focus your search on Austin's dense clusters of cloud-native software companies, fintech firms, and enterprise tech employers in the Domain and Downtown corridors. Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, or CI/CD pipelines is consistently valued here. Candidates who can demonstrate incident response ownership and reliability metrics tend to stand out in a market where engineering culture runs deep and competition for senior talent is real.
Which companies hire sre engineers in Austin?
Austin sre engineer roles are posted by Apple, Tesla, and Bitdeer Technologies and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. The local market includes a strong mix of large enterprise tech employers, high-growth startups, and financial services companies that have built significant engineering presences in the city.
Are there remote sre engineer jobs in Austin?
Yes, though availability depends on the role: sre engineering is moderately remote-friendly since much of the work involves cloud systems and tooling, but some positions require on-call presence or access to physical infrastructure. About 43% of sre engineer openings tied to Austin are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with fully remote roles most common at Austin's software-first and cloud-native companies.
How can I get a sre engineer job in Austin with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Austin is through a systems or DevOps support role at one of the city's many mid-size SaaS or cloud companies, where internal movement into SRE is common. Austin's tech community also supports bootcamp graduates and self-taught engineers, particularly those who can show project work with monitoring tools, scripting, or container orchestration. Contributing to open-source infrastructure projects and attending local meetups around the tech scene can also build visibility with Austin hiring teams.
Which industries hire the most sre engineers in Austin?
Most sre engineer openings in Austin sit in Technology & Software, Electronics & Hardware, and Manufacturing, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Austin's growth as a major technology and financial services hub has driven consistent SRE demand, as companies scaling their cloud infrastructure here compete for engineers who can keep high-availability systems running reliably.
Related Jobs in Texas
See All 78 Sre Engineer Jobs in Austin
Find roles in Austin that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Sre Engineer Jobs