Software Engineer, SRE

bet365; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

bet365 is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to enhance reliability, observability, and performance of our critical systems. You will implement instrumentation, improve logging, and drive autonomous operations with AI‑driven telemetry.

Collaboration across teams and mentoring colleagues will be key as we embed reliability throughout the software lifecycle. This role aligns with our hybrid working policy, offering flexibility to work from home while maintaining strong on-site presence where

Qualifications

• Knowledge of SRE principles and management of SLI/SLOs.
• Experience with modern observability tools such as Splunk, New Relic, Grafana and PagerDuty.
• Proficiency in shell scripting for automation and system management tasks.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and orchestration tools like Ansible and Terraform.
• Prior experience in a large-scale, 24/7 enterprise where uptime is critical.
• AI-native engineering with LLM platforms to improve telemetry and observability.

Responsibilities

• Enhance system reliability, observability and performance.
• Assist with incident resolution and post-mortem analysis.
• Implement service instrumentation and logging improvements.
• Build dashboards and telemetry for real-time insights.
• Collaborate across teams to embed reliability practices in SDLC.
• Contribute to AI-driven telemetry and autonomous operations.
• Mentor peers on new tools and practices.

Skills

SLI/SLOs

Observability tools

Shell scripting

IaC

Ansible

Terraform

LLM platforms

Incident response

Large-scale infra

Tools

Splunk

New Relic

Grafana

PagerDuty

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

We're one of the world's leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 10,000 people and serve over 120 million customers in 26 languages.

We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of growth opportunities, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we're breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what's possible for our global worldwide.

Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, featuring more than 1.38 million In-Play sporting events a year. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe (750,000), we handle over 6 million HTTP requests daily and process more than 1.5 million bets per hour at peak.

Job Description

As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will enhance system reliability, observability and performance through a strong engineering approach and assist with incident resolution and best practices.

You will have strong software engineering skills, approaching system reliability and observability as a software problem — protecting, providing for, and progressing the performance and availability of our critical systems.

Using your engineering expertise, you will implement solutions that enhance reliability, including service instrumentation with OpenTelemetry and improved logging practices.

You will leverage AI tools and LLM platforms in your daily work to reduce toil, drive autonomous operations, and optimise system health, while engineering automation and tooling for effective service management.

Collaboration is key, working across multiple functions to embed reliability and observability best practices throughout the software development life cycle. Your contributions will ensure our systems meet user demands and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company's hybrid working from home policy.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of modern software development techniques and lifecycles.
• Excellent knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including the creation and management of effective Service Level Indicators (SLI's) and Service Level Objectives (SLO's) for reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of contemporary observability tools, techniques and best practice including Splunk, New Relic, Grafana and PagerDuty.
• Proficiency in shell scripting for automation and system management tasks.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Prior experience working in a large scale, 24/7 enterprise where system uptime and stability is of paramount importance to the business.
• An AI-native engineering approach, with hands‑on experience using LLM platforms and coding assistants to improve productivity and quality, and the ability to integrate AI‑driven telemetry for advanced observability, predictive insights and root‑cause analysis.

Additional Information

• Developing and maintaining tools that facilitate effective management of our systems, ensuring they are operationally efficient and resilient.
• Working with automation and orchestration platforms to automate manual activity and reduce toil.
• Writing and contributing to code that enhances the reliability and observability of services, including telemetry, operational APIs and tooling.
• Building sophisticated dashboards using a range of telemetry data and dash boarding technologies like Grafana, Splunk and New Relic.
• Actively participating in live incident resolution and post‑mortem analysis, providing effective remediation strategies to improve overall system health and prevent future issues.
• Driving initiatives to enhance system reliability and observability, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Maintaining and administering existing monitoring and analytic toolsets.
• Mentoring colleagues in use of new technologies or practices.
• Working with IT Operations to provide and support the use of critical tooling that will enable increasing levels of value to the Business.

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At bet365, we're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued. Where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of their background. We're Never Ordinary, and we're always striving to be better. If you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please don't hesitate to reach out.