Senior SRE: Developer Experience & Tooling (Remote-First)

Selby Jennings; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to own and improve the developer tooling ecosystem, focusing on reliability, automation, and developer productivity.

This role combines operational ownership with hands-on platform engineering across the organization, requiring strong Python tooling, scripting, and collaboration with security and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

SRE/DevOps experience

Python tooling

Automation scripting

Incident management

Tooling & productivity

Tools

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Selby Jennings in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to own and improve the developer tooling ecosystem, focusing on reliability, automation, and developer productivity.

This role combines operational ownership with hands-on platform engineering across the organization, requiring strong Python tooling, scripting, and collaboration with security and engineering teams.