Senior Software Engineer - SRE & Observability (Kubernetes)

Forter; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital commerce trust solution provider is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their London team. The successful candidate will work on designing and maintaining Kubernetes platforms, improve observability practices, and collaborate with global engineers. This role values continuous learning and has a strong focus on building scalable and reliable systems. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and hands-on experience with observability tools.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus plan

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Private health insurance

Generous PTO policy

Half-day Fridays every Friday

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Honeycomb, Loki).
• Comfortable with collaborative practices (pair programming, code reviews).
• Self-driven with passion for building high-quality, sustainable software.
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Growth mindset that embraces challenges as learning opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on designing, building, and maintaining Forter's Kubernetes platform.
• Complete migration from EC2 VMs to Kubernetes.
• Improve engineering teams' observability practices.
• Create intuitive developer tools to reduce MTTR.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning.
• Ensure team alignment through collaboration.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes)

Hands-on experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Honeycomb, Loki)

Collaborative practices (pair programming, code reviews)

Excellent communication skills

Self-driven and passion for building high-quality software

Growth mindset

Job description

A leading digital commerce trust solution provider is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their London team. The successful candidate will work on designing and maintaining Kubernetes platforms, improve observability practices, and collaborate with global engineers. This role values continuous learning and has a strong focus on building scalable and reliable systems. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and hands-on experience with observability tools.