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# Site Reliability Engineer - Banking & Finance

- **Company:** Hamilton Barnes
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computing Platforms, C++ (Programming Language), Configuration Management, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Linux, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Software Engineering, System Availability, Git, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815089566-site-reliability-engineer-banking--finance

## About the Role

* Strong experience programming with Python, Go and/or C++
 * Strong Linux knowledge and understanding of distributed systems.
 * Experience with monitoring, observability or SRE practices.
 * Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git and infrastructure automation.
 * Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerised workloads.
 * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

## Description

Ready to take the next step in your career?

Join a leading technology-driven trading firm where engineering, automation, and high-performance infrastructure are central to supporting global trading operations. The organisation invests heavily in modern platform engineering practices, enabling teams to build reliable, scalable, and highly automated production environments.

This opportunity is ideal for a Site Reliability Engineer looking to work at the intersection of software engineering and infrastructure. You'll develop internal platforms, tooling, and automation across Linux, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies, helping improve reliability, observability, and operational efficiency across a global production environment.

Responsibilities:

 * Design and develop internal infrastructure tooling and automation.
 * Build and maintain monitoring, observability and configuration management platforms.
 * Improve platform reliability, scalability and operational efficiency.
 * Troubleshoot performance issues across complex distributed systems.
 * Support application deployments using modern CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes.
 * Collaborate with engineering teams to improve infrastructure and developer workflows.
 * Contribute to platform architecture and ongoing technical improvements.

Skills/Must Have:

 * Strong experience programming with Python, Go and/or C++
 * Strong Linux knowledge and understanding of distributed systems.
 * Experience with monitoring, observability or SRE practices.
 * Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git and infrastructure automation.
 * Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerised workloads.
 * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Benefits:

 * Build the tooling and platforms that underpin a global engineering organisation.
 * Join an engineering-led culture that values automation, reliability and continuous improvement.
 * Tackle technically challenging problems alongside highly experienced engineers.
 * Excellent opportunities for technical growth and career progression.

Location:

 * City of London (on-site)

Salary:

 * Flexible budget depending on experience


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