Site Reliability Engineer

• Take a senior, hands-on role in shaping the platform and guiding technical direction
• Design and evolve cloud infrastructure using Terraform as a first-class practice
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, and security posture
• Work closely with development teams to enable safe, efficient delivery
• Lead by example on observability, incident analysis, and operational discipline
• Help define and embed SRE best practices as the team grows

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Datadog
• GitOps
• Kubernetes
• Security
• Terraform
• DevOps

More:

We are a rapidly scaling software engineering department based in Southampton, offering a hybrid work model (2 days onsite). This new senior hire will join an existing SRE team of two to build a robust, secure, and repeatable platform that empowers developers to ship with confidence. Our focus is on thoughtful engineering and team growth without the typical on-call expectations, prioritizing resilience over constant failure.

• Strong, hands-on Terraform experience in production environments
• Proven experience operating and improving cloud-based platforms
• Confidence making architectural and operational decisions
• Ability to mentor others and raise the technical bar of the team
• Deep experience with container platforms or managed Kubernetes (useful, but not required)
• Familiarity with observability platforms such as Datadog (useful, but not required)
• Knowledge of GitOps practices and strong documentation habits (useful, but not required)