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Full Time Chaos Engineering Jobs (NOW HIRING)

SRE Lead

Pleasanton, CA ยท On-site

$63.25 - $84.25/hr

Pleasanton, CA (5 Days Onsite) Job Type: Full Time Job Overview Key Responsibilities * Define, monitor, and enforce SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets for all eCommerce services * Drive chaos engineering ...

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Mission Operations Specialist

El Segundo, CA ยท On-site

$54K - $73K/yr

Work full-time onsite at our Headquarters in Hawthorne, CA. * Regular CONUS/OCONUS travel required ... CHAOS is an engineering-first company with a hardware component. * Ability to seamlessly organize ...

Senior SRE Engineer

Raleigh, NC ยท On-site

$55.50 - $73.75/hr

Experience applying chaos engineering practices to proactively validate system resilience ... to full-time, with an expected hourly rate of $55 - $75. The actual hourly rate offered considers ...

Software Performance engineer

Dallas, TX ยท On-site

$138K/yr

Anywhere is the US Onsite position Fulltime position *****NO C2C ***** JD: * Software Performance ... Any experience with Chaos Engineering is a plus * We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome ...

Senior SRE Engineer

Raleigh, NC ยท On-site

$55.50 - $73.75/hr

Experience applying chaos engineering practices to proactively validate system resilience ... to full-time, with an expected hourly rate of $55 - $75. The actual hourly rate offered considers ...

Design and execute controlled failure testing (chaos engineering) to validate recovery patterns and ... Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The ...

Design and execute controlled failure testing (chaos engineering) to validate recovery patterns and ... Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hawthorne, CA ยท On-site

$180K - $290K/yr

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with omniscient systems purpose-built for today ... As a member of our engineering team, you also have the opportunity to expand your skillset across ...

Mid-Career Software Engineer

Hawthorne, CA ยท On-site

$120K - $200K/yr

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with omniscient systems purpose-built for today ... As a member of our engineering team, you also have the opportunity to expand your skillset across ...

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How much do full time chaos engineering jobs pay per year?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the average yearly pay for full time chaos engineering in the United States is $146,868.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $116,500.00 and $173,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Full Time Chaos Engineering vs Site Reliability Engineer?

AspectFull Time Chaos EngineeringSite Reliability Engineer
Primary FocusDesigning and executing chaos experiments to improve system resilienceEnsuring system reliability, scalability, and performance through automation and monitoring
Required SkillsSystems testing, scripting, understanding of distributed systemsSystems engineering, automation, incident management
Work EnvironmentDevOps teams, testing environments, cloud platformsOperations teams, production environments, cloud and on-premises
CertificationsOften cloud or testing certifications, SRE certificationsGoogle SRE, DevOps certifications, cloud certifications

Both roles focus on system reliability but differ in approach. Full Time Chaos Engineering emphasizes proactive testing through chaos experiments, while Site Reliability Engineers focus on maintaining overall system stability and performance. Understanding these differences helps organizations assign the right responsibilities and professionals to each role.

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Infographic showing various Full Time Chaos Engineering job openings in the United States as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 9% Locum Tenens, 65% Full Time, 25% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 93% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 6% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $146,868 per year, or $70.6 per hour.

$63.25 - $84.25/hr

Full-time

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Job description

Job Title: SRE Lead
Location: Pleasanton, CA (5 Days Onsite)
Job Type: Full Time
Job Overview
Key Responsibilities
  • Define, monitor, and enforce SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets for all eCommerce services
  • Drive chaos engineering and game-day exercises to validate fault tolerance
  • Architect resilient multi-AZ, multi-region AWS deployments for zero-downtime operations
  • Own and evolve Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines for microservices on Kubernetes/EKS
  • Implement GitOps workflows; enforce trunk-based development and deployment gates
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning using CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CDK
  • Manage Akamai CDN configuration: edge rules, caching policies, TLS, WAF, and traffic shaping
  • Design and govern caching strategy across CDN, Redis, and Memcached layers
  • Build and maintain Splunk APM and Splunk Cloud dashboards, alerts, and runbooks
  • Implement distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry) across all microservices
  • Partner with InfoSec on PCI-DSS compliance, vulnerability management, and secrets governance
  • Enforce least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, and container security scanning
  • Mentor junior engineers and foster SRE culture across teams
Required Skills
  • Akamai CDN - edge config, WAF, TLS, traffic management
  • AWS Core Services - EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFront, IAM, VPC, KMS
  • Kubernetes / Amazon EKS - production operations, Helm, HPA/VPA
  • Jenkins CI/CD - pipeline design and optimization
  • Splunk APM & Splunk Cloud - dashboards and alerting
  • Security - PCI-DSS compliance, IAM least-privilege, container security scanning
  • Infrastructure as Code - CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK
  • Distributed caching - Redis & Memcached
  • SRE Leadership - SLI/SLO/Error Budget management, blameless post-mortems, DORA metrics
Preferred Skills
  • OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing across microservices
  • Chaos engineering tooling and game-day planning
  • eCommerce platform domain expertise at scale
  • Cross-team technical leadership and offshore team coordination
Location & Work Model
Pleasanton, CA - 5 days per week onsite required.
Engagement Details
Full-time permanent position. Ideal for a senior SRE professional ready to step into a leadership role on a high-visibility, mission-critical retail platform.