Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Own the reliability of infrastructure at Material Security, focusing on GCP, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL in a remote-first environment.
Posted by employer 16 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 4 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 4 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Design and build software that removes manual on-call intervention
- Lead infrastructure projects end to end
- Build tooling that shows system health across GCP projects
- Define SLOs with product teams
- Pioneer reliability engineering for agent-first production systems
Must have
- Solid software engineering fundamentals
- Hands-on experience running GCP and Kubernetes at production scale
- Built tools and automation that other engineers depended on
- Comfortable driving ambiguous, cross-team reliability work
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Material Security, the individual is responsible for ensuring the reliability of infrastructure across various product teams, focusing on automation and reducing manual on-call tasks. Key skills include strong software engineering capabilities, hands-on experience with GCP and Kubernetes, and a commitment to building tools that enhance system health visibility. This position is well-suited for someone with a solid background in infrastructure management and a proactive approach to cross-team collaboration. Material Security operates in a remote-first environment, fostering a culture of inclusivity and diversity.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 17, 2026. Last confirmed on Material Security's careers page October 17, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for DevOps/SRE roles (median ~$165,000).
- Starts above 93% of 92 comparable senior devops/sre roles in United States that list Kubernetes we track (median $165,000 across 41 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
- Kubernetes appears in 69.5% of 197 comparable senior devops/sre roles in United States; PostgreSQL appears in 13.2% of 197 comparable senior devops/sre roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Site Reliability Engineer role remote?
- Yes — Material Security lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Material Security lists $213,000–$229,000 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: GCP, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Material Security targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Site Reliability Engineer role at Material Security.
From the original posting
As a Site Reliability Engineer at Material Security, you'll own the reliability of the infrastructure every product team builds on, including GCP, Kubernetes, and Postgres across hundreds of GCP projects. This is a software engineering role, where you’ll be building systems and the culture that removes manual on-call work, fixes the underlying causes of alerts, and gives engineers a clear view of system health. You'll work with every team and work with leadership to decide where things go..
Responsibilities
Design and build software that removes manual on-call intervention and recurring sources of toil.
Lead infrastructure projects end to end.
Find where cost-driven limits create latency or reliability problems, and fix the trade-off.
Build tooling that shows system health across our GCP projects at a glance.
Define SLOs with product teams and raise the bar on reliability practice across engineering.
Pioneer reliability engineering for agent-first production systems.
What We’re Looking For
Technical Ability: Solid software engineering fundamentals and raw coding ability. Production code is your default way of solving a problem.
Infrastructure Depth: Hands-on experience running GCP (or a comparable cloud) and Kubernetes at production scale, including autoscaling and capacity management.
Automation First: You have built tools and automation that other engineers depended on, not just runbooks that describe a manual fix.
Ownership: Comfortable driving ambiguous, cross-team reliability work on your own, from diagnosis to a shipped fix.
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Material Security is a remote-first workplace with an office in San Francisco, California.
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Compensation at Material Security is determined by a range of factors, including but not limited to the individual’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected annual compensation range for this position is $213,000-$229,000.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Material Security is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.