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Site Reliability Engineer

Justworks justworks.com Open · verified Oct 24, 2026
On-site New York Full-time Mid-level Site Reliability

At a glance

Mid-level Site Reliability role at Justworks. New York · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $135,000–$215,000.

Estimated pay

Justworks has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.

$135,000 – $215,000
What the middle half of mid-level site reliability roles in New York paid, among postings that did state a salary.
Worked out from 17 postings that stated pay, median $180,000. Last updated Oct 23, 2026.
RoleSite Reliability
SeniorityMid-level
LocationNew York
WorkplaceOn-site
EmploymentFull-time
PostedJul 13, 2016 · 10y ago
Role brief

devopsroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Design and run the infrastructure that supports Justworks systems
  • Keep essential services monitored, secure, available and able to scale
  • Help set engineering practices and tools for deployment, monitoring, testing and security

What you bring

  • At least three years of hands-on professional experience
  • You have managed Linux and AWS environments
  • You can write scripts in Ruby, Bash or similar languages
  • You have used configuration management tools such as Puppet or another listed tool

Who this fits

This mid-level role suits someone comfortable taking independent responsibility for complex infrastructure. It is based on-site in New York; you must live in New York City or be willing to relocate.

From the employer

We work hard. We’re helping businesses get off the ground, by simplifying payroll, benefits, payments and compliance needs, enabling them to focus on what matters. We’re data driven and never stop inventing new ways to improve.

Working at Justworks, you’ll enjoy company happy hours, a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, and the ability to interact with and learn from prominent leaders in the startup community.

If you want to work in a fast paced environment, build something meaningful and have fun while doing it, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking to build out our team of passionate, talented individuals to help us continue to solve big challenges and create a great experience for our users.

As a Site Reliability Engineer you will be driving the entire Justworks infrastructure. In your career you have demonstrated the ability to personally manage critical and complex infrastructures while maintaining a large level of autonomy.In this role you will ensure that our site and critical services are scalable, monitored and secured.

What you'll do:

-Architect and manage the system that drives the Justworks infrastructure
-Ensure critical services are monitored, scalable and functioning
-Help define the tools and philosophies used among the engineering team around deployment, monitoring, testing and security

Who you are:

-Minimum of 3 years of professional hands-on experience
-Experience managing Linux and AWS systems
-Solid scripting skills in Ruby, Bash etc
-Experience with config management systems like chef, puppet, etc
-Strong appreciation for monitoring, logging, alerting, security
-You enjoy entrepreneurial environments and want to help build something meaningful
-Located in NYC or willing to relocate. We are happy to relocate the right candidate

Technologies We Use

AWS, Linux, Puppet, Memcached, MySQL, Rails, Gearman, ElasticSearch, InfluxDB, Grafana, Docker, Redshift, Jenkins, Nagios, Git

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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