What staff site reliability engineer roles require at tech companies · 10 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026

Updated Oct 7, 2026

10 staff site reliability engineer roles counted in the window. Browse 415 open software postings.

In short

Python and Terraform are required most often, each in 7 of 10 staff site reliability engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then Go (6) and Incident Response (6). Among roles that state years, 4 of 8 ask for at least 8 years. We counted 10 roles.

Python and Terraform: 7 of 10; Each required this often, tied for most
5+ years: 7 of 8; Of roles stating years
Remote roles: 2 of 10; Of the roles we could read for it

What the postings ask for

Out of the 10 roles whose requirements we could read, of 10 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.

Required
Skill	Roles asking
Python	7 of 10
Terraform	7 of 10
Go	6 of 10
Incident Response	6 of 10
Infrastructure as Code	6 of 10
Observability	6 of 10
CI/CD	5 of 10
Kubernetes	5 of 10
Monitoring	5 of 10
AWS	4 of 10

Preferred
Skill	Roles asking
AI Agents	1 of 10
Anomaly Detection	1 of 10
Argo CD	1 of 10
Chaos Engineering	1 of 10
Datadog	1 of 10
Distributed Systems	1 of 10
GCP	1 of 10
Generative AI	1 of 10
Grafana	1 of 10
Microservices	1 of 10

Experience

Of the 8 roles that state years

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

1+ year: 8 of 8
2+ years: 8 of 8
3+ years: 8 of 8
5+ years: 7 of 8
8+ years: 4 of 8
10+ years: 1 of 8

Degree

Of the 10 roles we could read for it

Required: 0 of 10
Required, or experience instead: 4 of 10
Preferred: 0 of 10
Not mentioned: 6 of 10

Pay and remote work

Of the 10 roles we could read for it

Roles stating pay: 7 of 10
Remote roles: 2 of 10

Questions about staff site reliability engineer roles

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: 10 roles in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology