Principal Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Principal Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

We're looking for a Principal Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join InStride's growing engineering team. This is a highly technical role for an individual contributor who thrives at the intersection of cloud architecture, automation, and reliability engineering . You will be the go-to AWS expert for complex initiatives, setting technical direction, and raising the bar for operational excellence across our platform. At InStride, every system you design, every automation you implement, and every safeguard you put in place will directly support our mission of expanding access to life-changing education for working adults around the globe.

Skills we'd love to see you show off :

• Cloud Architecture & Strategy : Design and optimize AWS environments that balance scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency for enterprise workloads.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship : Serve as a trusted technical advisor, guiding engineers on best practices in Kubernetes, DevSecOps, and AWS-native design patterns.
• Infrastructure as Code Mastery : Build reusable, version-controlled IaC libraries with AWS CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation to standardize deployments.
• Security & Compliance by Design : Enforce least-privilege IAM, encryption-by-default, and policy-as-code guardrails to meet security and regulatory standards.
• Observability & Reliability Engineering : Define SLIs / SLOs, manage error budgets, and implement monitoring strategies with Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS-native tools.
• CI / CD Excellence : Optimize automated pipelines with Harness and GitHub, enabling faster, safer, and more reliable software delivery.
• Networking & Resilience : Architect secure, performant VPCs, load balancing, and multi-region failover strategies with AWS networking services.
• Automation & Self-Service Enablement : Deliver developer-friendly automation and Internal Developer Portal (IDP) capabilities that empower teams to provision infrastructure without SRE intervention.

Who you are :

How you will create impact :

Compensation

At InStride, final offer amounts are dependent on multiple factors including location, depth of experience, interview performance and equity with other team members.

We encourage you to talk with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits available for this role.

Compensation range :

$165,000—$185,000 USD

We are looking for someone who is not only technically skilled, but also enthusiastic about making a meaningful impact. If this description resonates with you, we're excited about the possibility of having you on our team. As a skills-driven employer, we encourage you to apply if there is a skill-fit, even in the absence of years of experience.

Don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply because we value diverse experience.

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