Site Reliability Engineer, Developer Experience
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Developer Productivity & Tooling
Location: Austin, TX Area (Remote-First)
Requirement: Candidates must be within commuting distance of Austin.
About the Role
A leading asset management firm is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to own and improve the developer tooling ecosystem that supports engineering teams across the organization. This role combines operational ownership with hands-on platform engineering, focused on improving reliability, automation, and developer productivity.
Responsibilities
- Own the reliability, performance, and support of developer tooling and engineering workflows.
- Act as an escalation point for tooling and productivity-related issues.
- Monitor platform health, troubleshoot issues, and drive long-term improvements.
- Build automation and self-service solutions that reduce operational overhead.
- Standardize developer environments, toolchains, and onboarding experiences.
- Partner with engineering and security teams to enhance tooling, governance, and platform stability.
- Maintain documentation, runbooks, and incident response processes.
- Contribute to developer experience initiatives and platform roadmap planning.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Developer Productivity.
- Strong knowledge of Python tooling, package management, and development workflows.
- Experience supporting enterprise software development toolchains.
- Proficiency with scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.).
- Strong troubleshooting, incident management, and operational excellence mindset.
- Experience driving improvements through automation and process optimization.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Experience
- Internal developer platforms or self-service engineering tools.
- SDLC platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and developer productivity initiatives.
- IDE and developer environment management at scale.
- Containerized development or build environments.
- Experience within financial services or other highly regulated environments.
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