Haystack

DevOps

Hire Site Reliability Engineers

Hire SREs who turn reliability into a product discipline.

98% match
Vetted
Lena Schneider

Lena Schneider

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Berlin, Germany

ai_summary6 yrs shipping production-grade site reliability engineer work. Strong on SLOs & Observability.

SLOs58%
Observability70%
Incident response62%
Kubernetes55%

6+

Years

€78k

Expects

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3

Markets

UK · DE · US

24h

First shortlist

from kick-off call

14–21

Days to hire

median across roles

Tailored

Typical mid pay (UK)

Why Haystack

The fastest way to hire site reliability engineers without the agency tax.

Site reliability engineers turn reliability into engineering - owning SLOs, observability, incident response and the systems that keep production healthy.

Haystack matches you with SREs experienced across high-scale, regulated and consumer environments.

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Site Reliability Engineers ready to interview

A sample of site reliability engineers currently active on Haystack. Sign in to browse full profiles, see expected salaries, and start a conversation.

92% match
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Amelia Hughes

Amelia Hughes

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

London, UK
SLOs66%
Observability65%
Incident response52%
Kubernetes63%

7+

Years

£82k

Expects

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96% match
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Jordan Okafor

Jordan Okafor

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Manchester, UK
Incident response82%
Kubernetes92%
Prometheus90%
Grafana77%

5+

Years

£68k

Expects

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92% match
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Priya Shah

Priya Shah

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Bristol, UK
Prometheus85%
Grafana95%
Chaos engineering84%
SLOs76%

9+

Years

£95k

Expects

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96% match
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Liam Walker

Liam Walker

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Edinburgh, UK
Chaos engineering88%
SLOs74%
Observability94%
Incident response77%

4+

Years

£60k

Expects

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94% match
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Lena Schneider

Lena Schneider

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Berlin, Germany
Observability59%
Incident response54%
Kubernetes72%
Prometheus68%

6+

Years

€78k

Expects

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96% match
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Maximilian Weber

Maximilian Weber

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Munich, Germany
Kubernetes77%
Prometheus82%
Grafana92%
Chaos engineering90%

10+

Years

€105k

Expects

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What strong site reliability engineers ship with

4 core · 3 nice to have

Core stack

SLOsObservabilityIncident responseKubernetes

Nice to have

PrometheusGrafanaChaos engineering

Where the talent lives

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Blueprint

Hiring through Haystack takes days, not months

A repeatable five-step playbook our employers run for every role.

  1. 01

    30-min kick-off

    Day 0

    We capture the brief, scorecard and salary band. No long forms.

  2. 02

    Matches in 24h

    Day 1

    A curated shortlist of vetted candidates lands in your dashboard.

  3. 03

    Interview rounds

    Day 2–10

    We handle scheduling. You focus on the conversation.

  4. 04

    Offer & references

    Day 10–14

    We support both sides through offer and reference checks.

  5. 05

    Onboard

    Day 14–21

    Structured ramp template so your new hire ships in week one.

92%

Offer acceptance

Because every candidate has already aligned on level, comp and working pattern before you meet, site reliability engineer offers via Haystack are accepted 92% of the time.

Leading tech employers use Haystack to hire world-class candidates

Answer Digital

"For anyone in the industry struggling with tech hiring and finding those really niche candidates, I'd highly recommend using Haystack. Ultimately Haystack helped us find great candidates that we couldn't find anywhere else."

Jonny Hiles

Jonny Hiles

Talent Acquisition Lead

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Leonardo

"Working with Haystack has helped us widen our brand, it's helped us recruit great people, and it's been an easy thing to do. When we think about our candidate experience and the experience of people in my team, I want that rounded experience and that's what we've seen with Haystack."

Craig Drysdale

Craig Drysdale

VP Talent & Engagement

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PayPoint

"I'm really impressed with the candidates that I'm finding on Haystack, I'm looking at them and thinking, 'wow, this looks like a great engineer'. We made multiple hires in our first year. It's been a really nice way to hire tech talent, with a very unique approach."

Marek Kafar

Marek Kafar

Senior IT Recruiter

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