Lead Site Reliability Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Guildford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive software company is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to oversee SRE functions and enhance software performance and scalability. This role allows for significant autonomy and requires strong skills in DevOps, AWS, and infrastructure management. The successful candidate will foster collaboration within teams and lead the development of innovative solutions, primarily working remotely with limited office presence.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company benefits

Qualifications

• Hands-on role managing daily SRE functions.
• Lead and shape maturity and scalability of software services.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high availability and performance of services.
• Develop solutions for user experience alongside engineering.
• Mentor and lead junior team members.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

DevOps

API Development

Infrastructure as Code

AWS services

Kubernetes

Agile collaboration

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Remote working with 1 day in 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 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 feature-rich experiences for our users.

About the role:

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

The successful candidate will lead and shape our approach to the maturity, security, performance, and scalability of our software and services across cloud infrastructure, with significant autonomy.

Key skills include:

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