Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Clover Health
$160,000–$208,000
Jul 21, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level infrastructure role focused on building and maintaining a scalable, containerized platform for a healthcare software company. Day-to-day work spans Kubernetes cluster management, CI/CD pipeline automation, incident response, and reducing operational toil through tooling. The position suits an engineer with strong cloud and Linux experience who can also help shape the direction of a growing SRE team.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $160,000–$208,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 17,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 13,300–27,600
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Senior Site Reliability Engineer' and sits squarely at the intersection of software development and infrastructure operations. It is classified as 15-1252 (Software Developers) because the JD emphasizes building systems, writing automation code, and developing infrastructure lifecycle tooling — not merely operating existing infrastructure. 15-1244 is the runner-up given the SRE/infrastructure framing.
Python, Go, and Shell Scripting are listed as interchangeable options ('proficient in at least one of'); Python is used as the primary name with the others in alternatives.
Docker and Containerd are listed as interchangeable containerization options; Docker is the primary name.
GCP, Azure, and AWS are listed as interchangeable public cloud options ('such as GCP, Azure, or AWS'); GCP is used as the primary name.
Helm, gRPC, and Prometheus appear under the same requirements block as CNCF-based technologies alongside the hard-required containerization/orchestration experience, so they are treated as required gates.
The posting is remote-first (#LI-REMOTE) with a San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance reference, suggesting SF/Bay Area as the company's primary jurisdiction, though the role is fully remote.
The $160,000–$208,000 USD range is stated as a base salary estimate.
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