Site Reliability Engineer

Citadel; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 78,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability and performance of applications. The role involves automation, incident management, and partnerships with engineering teams. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, and strong skills in programming (Python preferred) and software development tools. This role offers a salary range of $105,000 to $300,000, participating in a discretionary incentive compensation program and various benefits.

Benefits

Medical and life insurance

Retirement and tax-free savings plans

Access to other healthcare programs

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related STEM discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Strong background in computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of applications in production.
• Own the automation of repetitive tasks and resolution of systematic issues.
• Lead by evangelizing the SRE mindset to other teams.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Knowledge of data structures

Strong problem-solving skills

Experience with CI/CD processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM

Tools

SQL

JavaScript

React

Job description

About the Role

At Citadel, a leading investor in the world's financial markets, we aim to win together as one team to earn the long-term trust of our capital partners and each other. Our collaborative approach allows technologists to grow alongside other team members and execute on big, innovative ideas. Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) combine software and systems engineering expertise to build and operate the systems that power the firm's investment strategies at the speed and scale required in fast evolving markets. SREs are responsible for reducing complexity and improving performance in all corners of Citadel, providing early support for applications in development and ensuring crisp functioning of applications in production. Members of the Citadel SRE team have software development backgrounds and varied experience across production engineering, software quality metrics, chaos engineering, networking, UNIX internals, cloud application architecture, and much more. A Citadel SRE's work includes automation, instrumentation, optimization, incident response, and consultative support for other engineering teams. Crucially, Citadel SREs are commercial thinkers who partner closely with investment teams and enterprise functional teams to develop deep understanding of how applications work and to promote the SRE mindset, helping to build applications for stability and resiliency from their first stages. When you join our team, you will be part of a cohesive group of engineers and investment professionals who are partnering to build world class tools and systems. If you have a mind for innovation and automation and enjoy using measurements and statistics to drive constant improvement, we are eager to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Understand the end to end flow across applications at a business level
• Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of applications in production
• Own the automation of repetitive tasks and resolution of systematic issues
• Investigate new ways to improve operations and define new solutions to solve technically complex systems issues
• Identify and deliver green field engineering solutions for issues based on root cause analyses
• Own incident management and drive tactical and strategic solutions
• Lead by evangelizing the SRE mindset to other teams
• Learn from industry leaders, distinguished engineers and investment professionals

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related STEM discipline, or equivalent experience
• Strong background in computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, distributed systems
• Fully proficient in at least one modern structured programming language (Python preferred)
• Comfortable with a range of current software development tools and practices (testing, source control, build systems, CI/CD, etc.)
• SQL and database experience is a strong plus
• Web UI experience (JavaScript, CSS, React) is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a passion for solving problems
• Strong entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to adapt to changing requirements and technologies
• A passion for learning and inventing novel approaches to hard problems

Additional Information

Opportunities may be available from time to time in any location in which the business is based for suitable candidates. If you are interested in a career with Citadel, please share your details and we will contact you if there is a vacancy available.

Benefits

In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $105,000 to $300,000. In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible to participate in a discretionary incentive compensation program, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, retirement and tax free savings plans, and access to other healthcare programs.