Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Bumble Inc.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London seeks an experienced engineer to manage large-scale environments and provide strong Linux and operational expertise. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in system administration, excellent troubleshooting skills, and a passion for optimizing infrastructures. This role offers competitive compensation and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Equity

World-class benefits

Mentorship opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Linux system administration or SRE roles.
• Proven experience managing large-scale infrastructure environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills at the infrastructure level.

Responsibilities

• Operate autonomously in complex production environments.
• Independently troubleshoot incidents and lead post-incident recovery.
• Manage and optimize large-scale environments running technologies like Kafka, Redis, and Kubernetes.

Skills

Linux system administration

Troubleshooting skills

Performance tuning

Basic scripting/automation (Bash, Python)

Familiarity with IaC tools (Ansible, Puppet)

Knowledge of distributed systems

Container orchestration (Kafka, Kubernetes)

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

Inclusion at Bumble Inc.

Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non‑binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We’re happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don’t hesitate to let us know how we can help.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example: she/her, he/him, they/them, etc).

About Us

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.

What you’ll do

• We are looking for an experienced engineer with strong Linux and system‑level expertise who can operate autonomously in complex production environments. The candidate must be able to independently troubleshoot incidents, lead and support post‑incident service recovery, and drive improvements to overall system stability, performance, and observability.
• This role focuses on managing and optimizing large‑scale environments (5,000+ hosts) running technologies like Kafka, Redis, and Kubernetes.
• The position does not involve application development but requires deep operational expertise and solid troubleshooting skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Linux system administration or SRE roles
• Proven experience managing large‑scale infrastructure environments
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills at the infrastructure level
• Basic scripting/automation experience (Bash, Python)
• Familiarity with IaC tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet)
• Knowledge of distributed systems and container orchestration (Kafka, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills

Location

• This role is based in the UK - our office is in Soho, London
• On‑call rotation: one week every 4‑5 weeks (24x7 coverage)
• Regular maintenance outside of business hours is generally not expected
• Please note: We are unable to offer Visa sponsorship at this time

Why join us?

• Own meaningful projects that directly impact millions of Bumble users
• Learn and grow in a high‑performing engineering team committed to mentorship and learning
• Be part of a culture that values respect, excellence, curiosity, courage and joy
• Enjoy competitive compensation, equity, and world‑class benefits

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