Lead Software Reliability Engineer

RE Partners; Warsaw; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral bonus

Job summary

RE Partners in Canada is seeking a Lead Software Reliability Engineer to drive CI/CD, testing, and automated deployments. This hands-on role emphasizes DevOps and SRE practices to enable safe, rapid releases across client projects.

You will implement tests, containerize apps, upgrade dependencies, improve observability, and collaborate with development teams. Strong skills in JVM languages and/or TypeScript, Docker, Ansible, Gradle/Maven/npm and OpenShift are required in our fast-growing

Qualifications

• Proven experience with TDD and multiple test frameworks.
• Ability to drive automation testing and AI-assisted outcomes.
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Experience with containerization and modern dev/ops tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead CI/CD initiatives and advocate safe, automated deployments.
• Wrap apps with tests and integrate data masking where needed.
• Upgrade runtimes and dependencies, keeping systems current.
• Containerize applications and implement observability patterns.
• Improve code review processes and security practices.

Skills

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Automation testing

JVM languages

TypeScript

CI/CD practices

Security best practices

Docker

OpenShift

Ansible

Observability

Tools

Gradle

Maven

NPM

Liquibase

Job description

Hello from RE Partners!

Who We Are:

We are a fast growing business and technology consultant company co-founded in 2019. We offer a custom-tailored, white-glove engineering service fit for our clients, because a digital transformation is more than just technology. With a successful track record of being a preferred vendor for Fortune 500 companies and as a trusted partner for some of the industry’s leading companies, our global talent has helped many clients achieve their goals.

The 3 G’s of RE:

“Get Shit Done.”

“Get Over Shit.”

“Give a Shit.”

Lead Software Reliability Engineer

We are seeking experienced, hands-on Software Reliability Engineers to act as evangelists for continuous integration, testing, and safe, automated deployments. This is a practical DevOps and SRE role for practitioners who lead by example to make change safe and easy for development teams. The position is roughly 70% coding and configuration.

Key Responsibilities :

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams facing challenges getting to safe and rapid release cadence, or struggling with vulnerability resolution.
• Wrapping the application in a suite of well-designed tests, most of which can run locally, including smoke tests to be run as part of the deployment process.
• Sourcing and integrating appropriate test data, implementing data masking in lower environments
• Upgrading to supported runtimes (generally Java or NPM).
• Containerizing applications where feasible.
• Upgrading open-source libraries to their latest available major versions (e.g., migrating from Spring 2).
• Upgrading to the latest version of all dependencies, whether installed software, libraries, internal code, base images or operating system. Implementing processes that allow us seamlessly to stay current
• Implementing continuous library updates using Renovate.
• Introducing best practice source control and branch management
• Improving code review processes
• Ensuring best practice security patterns, secrets management, authentication and authorisation
• Simplifying and automating application deployment processes, including automated database changes with Liquibase and installed software with Ansible.
• Introducing standard observability patterns.
• Overhauling exception handling and logging.
• Implementing resilient hot-hot cross-datacenter deployment topologies.

Required Qualifications :

• Several years of experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) using multiple test frameworks.
• Really excellent understanding of the different approaches to automation testing and an ability to choose the best approach and drive outcomes with AI support
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Highest quality coding skills
• An excellent understanding of safe practices for critical systems, including deployment architecture and observability
• At home with multiple continuous integration and deployment systems
• Excellent understanding of secure coding practices
• Competent with Docker and Openshift
• Actively embracing AI coding
• Comfortable with build automation tools such as Gradle, Maven, and npm.
• Competent with (RedHat ) Linux
• Spring framework skills are advantageous.
• Ansible skills are advantageous

Join Our Global Team:

Join us in shaping the future of business technology consulting and transforming the way organizations thrive in a digital world. As a diverse, woman-owned global business, we pride ourselves on keeping talent happy – our 7% attrition rate speaks volumes. Bring your talented friends along and earn a referral bonus

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.