What site reliability engineer roles require at tech companies · 70 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026

Updated Oct 7, 2026

70 site reliability engineer roles counted in the window, one per company, title and level; 415 software postings open now, all titles and levels.

In short

Python is required most often, in 47 of 70 (67%) site reliability engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then Go (41) and Kubernetes (38). Among roles that state years, 30 of 41 ask for at least 5 years. We counted 70 roles from 47 employers.

Python: 47 of 70 (67%); Required most often, of the roles we could read
5+ years: 30 of 41; Of roles stating years
Remote roles: 43 of 70 (61%); Of the roles we could read for it

What the postings ask for

Out of the 70 roles whose requirements we could read, of 70 in all. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.

Required
Skill	Roles asking
Python	47 of 70 (67%)
Go	41 of 70 (59%)
Kubernetes	38 of 70 (54%)
Observability	37 of 70 (53%)
Terraform	37 of 70 (53%)
Infrastructure as Code	36 of 70 (51%)
AWS	33 of 70 (47%)
Incident Response	33 of 70 (47%)
CI/CD	29 of 70 (41%)
Networking	28 of 70 (40%)

Preferred
Skill	Roles asking
Chaos Engineering	8 of 70 (11%)
GPU Computing	7 of 70 (10%)
Prometheus	7 of 70 (10%)
AI	6 of 70 (9%)
Incident Response	6 of 70 (9%)
Monitoring	6 of 70 (9%)
Observability	6 of 70 (9%)
Python	6 of 70 (9%)
Terraform	6 of 70 (9%)
Argo CD	5 of 70 (7%)

Experience

Of the 41 roles that state years

Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.

1+ year: 41 of 41
2+ years: 39 of 41
3+ years: 37 of 41
5+ years: 30 of 41
8+ years: 9 of 41
10+ years: 2 of 41

Degree

Of the 54 roles we could read for it

Required: 4 of 54 (7%)
Required, or experience instead: 16 of 54 (30%)
Preferred: 1 of 54 (2%)
Not mentioned: 33 of 54 (61%)

Pay and remote work

Of the 70 roles we could read for it

Roles stating pay: 38 of 70 (54%)
Remote roles: 43 of 70 (61%)

Questions about site reliability engineer roles

Do you need a degree to be a site reliability engineer?

In the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, 4 of 54 (7%) site reliability engineer roles at tech companies required a degree. 16 accepted experience instead, 1 preferred a degree and 33 did not mention one.

What skills do site reliability engineer roles require most often?

Python, required in 47 of 70 (67%) site reliability engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then Go (41), Kubernetes (38), Observability (37) and Terraform (37).

Can site reliability engineer roles be remote?

In the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, remote work was allowed in 43 of 70 (61%) site reliability engineer roles at tech companies.

What does "preferred" mean in a posting?

A preferred skill is one the posting lists as a plus rather than a must. We count required and preferred skills separately, so for each role a skill is in one list or the other, never both.

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How we count: 70 roles from 47 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology