Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Reward Gateway; London; Hybrid; GBP 7,000 - 8,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital services platform in London is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer to manage AWS operations and improve service reliability. The role involves collaborating with DevOps teams and implementing SRE practices. Candidates should have at least 4 years in DevOps, experience with cloud providers, and strong automation skills. The position offers a salary of £84,000 - £90,000 per year and includes a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience in DevOps or SRE.
• Strong understanding of high availability environments.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day operations of AWS architecture.
• Integrating with DevOps teams and following SRE practices.
• Maintaining documentation in JIRA & Confluence.

Skills

AWS experience

DevOps experience

Automation skills (Terraform, Python, Bash)

SQL knowledge

Understanding of SRE practices

Tools

New Relic

Datadog

Kubernetes

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Application Deadline: 13 October 2025

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Head of Site Reliability Engineering

Compensation: £84,000 - £90,000 / year

Description

This role offers a hybrid work offering to be present in our London office twice per week. Reward Gateway|Edenred is a leading digital platform for services and payments for people at work, connecting 52 million users and 2 million partner merchants in 45 countries via close to 1 million corporate clients.

Our shared mission of ‘Making the World a Better Place to Work' and ‘Enriching connections, For good’, guides our every action and charts a sustainable path to a better future. Due to expansion, an opportunity has become available for a Site Reliability Engineer to join our team to help us transform our existing operational workloads to an SRE approach.

Some of Your Responsibilities & Core Duties will be:

• Day-to-day operations of our complex AWS architecture
• Integrating tightly with our DevOps team members
• Following SRE practices and maintaining high standards of compliance
• Implementing a new standard of observability utilising SLI/SLO/Error Budgets
• Continually evolving our observability platforms for greater coverage
• Using a code-first approach to build and changes to reduce TOIL
• Advocating a strong focus on availability, reliability and uptime
• Liaising with the Engineering teams for the constant evolution of metrics
• Working towards planned roadmap goals
• Actively taking part in the daily stand-ups and keeping sprints on track
• Keeping up-to-date documentation in the JIRA & Confluence tools
• Taking part in SRE Incident Management processes
• Acting as a key Incident Commander within the Incident Management process
• Ensuring a focus on cost efficiency for the platforms & services
• Working with team members to foster collaboration and ongoing communication with stakeholders

The Experience and Key Skills you will have:

• At least 4 years of experience in DevOps or SRE, with a keen interest in growing as a Site Reliability Engineer
• Experience with AWS or other cloud providers
• Enterprise infrastructure experience in HA environments
• Automation skills through Terraform, Python, Bash or similar
• Wide-reaching SRE skills and a deep understanding of SRE practices
• A strong understanding of SQL, PHP, Kubernetes, CI/CD
• Observability product experience (eg, New Relic, Datadog)
• Managing infrastructures using SLI/SLO & Error Budgets
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work under pressure and be highly reliable
• Adaptability and flexibility to change in a fast-moving environment
• An ability to learn new tools and processes quickly and impart that knowledge

Salary budget:

• Salary on offer ranges from £7,000 to £7,500 gross per month, depending on experience.
• Currently, no bonuses or share options are offered

The Interview Process:

• Screening video interview with the Senior Talent Partner and Head of SRE
• Final interview with the Director of Infrastructure & Head of SRE

Be comfortable. Be you.

At Reward Gateway, we want all of our employees to feel comfortable bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, as we truly believe that diversity drives innovation. Express yourself, join our community and help us make the World a Better Place to Work.