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