SRE Role and Definition

The cluster focuses on defining Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), debating its responsibilities, hype, comparisons to DevOps and SWE, and its implementation at companies like Google and Amazon.

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CS SLI IT DB e.g SWE SLO GlassDoor SLA i.e sre reliability devops site google engineering engineer ops sir teams

Sample Comments

Aeolun May 9, 2020 View on HN

Because a SRE is just a software engineer that’s always on call?

theteapot Aug 16, 2022 View on HN

SRE = Site Reliability Engineer?

FuriouslyAdrift Nov 29, 2023 View on HN

What you are descibing is an SRE... in the old Google definition.

OhSoHumble May 26, 2021 View on HN

Does this also apply to their SRE teams?

Google234 Mar 31, 2021 View on HN

You sure you don’t mean SWE? SREs care about reliability

pmlnr Jul 7, 2019 View on HN

Why is this not part of the SRE hype train?!

grabcocque Apr 20, 2017 View on HN

SRE: because DevOps isn't buzzwordy enough these days.

faangiq Apr 30, 2022 View on HN

Is SRE the most inflated ego job title in tech?

725686 Sep 7, 2019 View on HN

How is you having been a Google SRE relevant?

watersb May 14, 2022 View on HN

SRE = Site Reliablity Engineering