Lead Site Reliability Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Crawley; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is looking for a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to work remotely with occasional office presence. The role involves managing the SRE function, optimizing cloud infrastructure, and collaborating with software engineers. Candidates should have a strong background in SRE, API development, and AWS services, and will have the opportunity to shape the team’s future.

Qualifications

• Experience in Site Reliability Engineering or related fields.
• Proficient in API development and deployment.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily SRE function and team.
• Lead strategies for software maturity and performance.
• Coach and mentor team members.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

API development

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

AWS services

Collaboration

Team leadership

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Remote working with 1 day every 2 weeks at our Stoke-On-Trent office (5 mins from station).

Salary: Competitive + company benefits (Full-time/permanent role)

About Click Dealer:

At Click Dealer, we’re passionate about building software and digital tools that make life easier for automotive dealerships—driving better results and transforming how dealers manage, market, and sell vehicles.

Established in 1999, Click Dealer is part of the Evolution Funding Group, backed by the Carlyle Group. We are trusted by over 1,800 dealerships across the UK.

The SRE Team:

Our site reliability engineers (SREs) ensure high availability, stellar performance, and rich feature sets for our users.

About the role:

This hands-on role involves working closely with the Software Engineering team and the Head of Engineering to manage the SRE function daily. You will review, lead, and develop strategies to improve the maturity, security, performance, and scalability of our software and services across cloud infrastructure. You will have autonomy to shape the team’s future using your expertise in:

• Site Reliability Engineering/DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform management
• API development and deployment using containerized environments like Kubernetes
• Implementing and enhancing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), especially Terraform
• Collaborating in an agile environment with business stakeholders
• Leading, coaching, and mentoring team members
• AWS services, including IAM, S3, EKS, Networking
• CloudFormation/CDK
• Experience with serverless computing