Senior Site Reliability Engineer, EMEA

Ditto Job Board; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology startup in the UK is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability and scalability of its cloud infrastructure. The role involves collaborating with product engineering teams, managing incidents, and developing solutions for observability. Ideal candidates possess strong experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Kubernetes, and modern monitoring tools. The company offers flexible time off and competitive salaries.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Private healthcare

Pension plan

Flexible time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or similar DevOps roles focused on system reliability and incident management.
• Strong experience with modern monitoring stacks including Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog.
• Proficiency in at least one systems programming language, such as Go, Rust, C, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain observability solutions using platforms like Datadog, Prometheus and Grafana.
• Take a leading role in incident management, coordinating response efforts and troubleshooting issues.
• Partner with engineering teams to implement SLOs and monitoring strategies.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

Kubernetes

Monitoring stacks

Systems programming

Incident management

Cloud service providers

Problem-solving skills

Tools

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Ditto is redefining how data moves at the edge. Our mission is to make it seamless for developers to build resilient, real-time applications, regardless of network conditions. Whether you're in a stadium, airplane, or remote military base, Ditto's peer-to-peer sync engine ensures devices stay connected and data stays consistent, even without internet. With more than $145million in funding and trusted by organizations like Chick-fil-A, Delta Airlines, and the U.S. military, Ditto powers mission-critical experiences across aviation, retail, travel, hospitality, defense, and more. As a globally distributed, fast-growing startup, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the wide range of perspectives needed to solve the world’s hardest connectivity problems.

About the position

Ditto is at an inflection point. As we scale to meet the demands of our enterprise customers, we need experienced Site Reliability Engineers to ensure our infrastructure delivers enterprise-grade reliability.

This is a unique opportunity to join a specialized team focused on observability, system reliability and operational excellence for our cutting-edge, edge-to-cloud, database technology.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of Ditto's cloud infrastructure. You'll collaborate with product engineering teams to improve system resilience, lead and develop incident management processes and build observability solutions for our unique distributed architecture.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will:

• Develop and maintain observability solutions using platforms like Datadog, Prometheus and Grafana
• Take a leading role in incident management, including coordinating response efforts, troubleshooting issues, and identifying follow-up actions
• Partner with product engineering teams to architect reliable systems, recover from incidents, and learn from mistakes
• Work with teams to implement and maintain SLOs, monitoring, and alerting strategies that ensure reliability at scale
• Design and implement automation and support tooling to improve system resilience, maintain operational safety and reduce operational overhead
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of runbooks, alert definitions, and incident response procedures
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical production systems

What you'll need:

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or similar DevOps roles focused on system reliability and incident management
• 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting applications for Kubernetes, and managing Kubernetes infrastructure
• Strong experience with modern monitoring stacks including Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog
• Proficiency in at least one systems programming language, such as Go, Rust, C, or Java
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, like Terraform and Helm
• Experience with at least one major cloud service provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to lead incident response and effectively collaborate across teams
• Willingness and experience engaging with on-call rotations and emergency response procedures
• A high degree of agency and bias towards action. Identify problems and work autonomously to solve them
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a methodical approach to troubleshooting complex issues

Nice to have:

• Experience building multi-tenant, multi-cloud SaaS/DBaaS Platforms
• Familiarity with edge computing or mesh networking
• Experience instrumenting advanced observability practices (tracing, profiling) in distributed systems
• Experience working with globally distributed teams
• Proven experience in project management

The Benefits of Building with Us

We offer competitive salaries and meaningful equity. We believe everyone on the team should have a stake in what we’re building. Benefits vary by region to make sure you're covered in the ways that matter most. In the US, that includes health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, plus a 401(k) and flexible spending accounts. In the UK, we offer private healthcare through Vitality, a pension plan, and region-specific coverage. For our team members elsewhere in the world, we work with our global employer platform to offer equitable benefits and coverage.

Regardless of where you live, everyone at Ditto can utilize flexible time off. And while we work remotely, our Atlanta and San Francisco offices are open if you ever want a place to work or meet up with teammates.

Apply Anyway

At Ditto, we believe success isn’t defined by a flawless resume, a set number of years of experience, or checking every box in a job description. What matters most to us are qualities like grit, resilience, and adaptability. If you're excited about our mission but don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. Use your application to tell us how you’ll make an impact here. We’re always looking for exceptional people ready to grow with us.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ditto is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Ditto is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let us know.

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