Site Reliability Engineer

Hunter Bond; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cutting-edge technology

Small team

No red tape

Beautiful offices

Job summary

Elite FinTech Firm is seeking a hands-on Site Reliability Engineer to join our growing engineering team across multiple offices. You will own the reliability and performance of production applications and work closely with development and investment teams to build stability from the outset.

You will automate repetitive operations, perform root-cause analysis, lead incident management, and promote SRE best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python preferred).
• Experience with modern software development tooling and practices (testing, source control, CI/CD, build systems).
• SQL/database experience is advantageous.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Adaptable, entrepreneurial mindset with a genuine interest in solving hard technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, availability, and performance of applications in production.
• Automate repetitive operational work and resolve recurring systemic issues.
• Conduct root cause analysis and deliver new engineering solutions to complex technical problems.
• Lead incident management, including immediate resolution and preventative fixes.
• Promote SRE best practices and standards across other engineering teams.
• Understand application behaviour end-to-end, including its business context.

Skills

Python

Communication

Adaptability

CI/CD tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Client: Elite FinTech Firm - tech focused run by passionate Computer Scientists

A leading global investment firm is looking to grow its Site Reliability Engineering function across multiple offices. The firm operates at significant scale within fast-moving financial markets, and this team plays a central role in keeping mission-critical trading and investment infrastructure reliable, performant, and resilient.

This is a hands-on engineering role combining software and systems expertise. SREs here work across the full lifecycle of production systems from early-stage support during development through to steady-state operation partnering closely with engineering and investment teams to build applications for stability from the outset.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, availability, and performance of applications in production
• Automate repetitive operational work and resolve recurring systemic issues
• Conduct root cause analysis and deliver new engineering solutions to complex technical problems
• Lead incident management, including both immediate resolution and longer-term preventative fixes
• Promote SRE best practices and standards across other engineering teams
• Understand application behaviour end-to-end, including its business context

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field, or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python preferred)
• Experience with modern software development tooling and practices (testing, source control, CI/CD, build systems)
• SQL/database experience is advantageous
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Adaptable, entrepreneurial mindset with a genuine interest in solving hard technical problems

Desirable

Networking experience (Low latency), prior HFT experience, Extracurricular passion projects!

Sells

• The chance to work with the most cutting-edge technology in the Industry
• Technologists only report to technologists
• Techies treated as top asset
• Small team size in a growing company so an ability to make a significant impact
• Constantly exciting greenfield projects in an ever-evolving environment
• No red tape
• Beautiful offices