Lead Site Reliability Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company for automotive dealerships is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer. This remote position offers the opportunity to lead the SRE function daily, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance software and services. The ideal candidate will have a strong DevOps background, experience with cloud infrastructure, and a passion for improving user experiences.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company benefits

Responsibilities

• Manage the SRE function daily in collaboration with the Software Engineering team.
• Lead strategy for maturity, security, performance, and scalability of software and services.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering/DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform management

API development and deployment in containerized environments such as Kubernetes

Implementing and enhancing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), particularly Terraform

Collaborating with stakeholders in an agile environment

Leading, coaching, and mentoring team members

Experience with AWS services, especially IAM, S3, EKS, Networking

Knowledge of CloudFormation/CDK

Experience with serverless computing

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 simplify life for automotive dealerships—enhancing results and transforming how dealers manage, market, and sell vehicles.

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

The SRE Team:

Our site reliability engineers empower users with high availability, stellar performance, and rich features to pursue their goals.

Role Overview:

This hands-on role involves working within the Software Engineering team to manage the SRE function daily, collaborating with cross-functional teams and the Head of Engineering to develop solutions and enhance user experiences.

You will lead and shape our strategy for the maturity, security, performance, and scalability of our software and services across cloud infrastructure, with significant autonomy to influence team direction based on your expertise.

Key skills and experience include:

1. Site Reliability Engineering/DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform management
2. API development and deployment in containerized environments such as Kubernetes
3. Implementing and enhancing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), particularly Terraform
4. Collaborating with stakeholders in an agile environment
5. Leading, coaching, and mentoring team members
6. Experience with AWS services, especially IAM, S3, EKS, Networking
7. Knowledge of CloudFormation/CDK
8. Experience with serverless computing