Site Reliability Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer — a technology role focused on kubernetes, aws, system-design.
$152,000 medianDemand 88/100high-growthRemote-friendlyTechnology
Core skills
What matters in this role
KubernetesAWSSystem Design
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Where Site Reliability Engineers go next
easy71% overlap
Site Reliability Engineer → Platform Engineer
Natural progression from sre-engineer to platform-engineer — same track, higher scope and compensation.
11 mo+4% salary
moderate53% overlap
Site Reliability Engineer → Principal Engineer
Fast-track jump from sre-engineer to principal-engineer — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.
13 mo+88% salary
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Paths that lead to Site Reliability Engineer
Employers
Top employers hiring Site Reliability Engineers
GoogleNetflixDatadog
Countries
USAUKCanadaGermanyIndiaSingaporeUAEAustralia
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