Software Reliability Engineer

RE Partners; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

RE Partners, a fast-growing software reliability engineering and DevOps consultant, seeks experienced Software Reliability Engineers to advocate for CI, testing, and safe automated deployments. The role involves hands-on coding (roughly 70%) and configuration in a practical, practitioner-led environment for development teams.

Join a collaborative, engineering-driven setting with a strong emphasis on hands-on engineering, autonomy, problem solving, and cross-team impact.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) using multiple test frameworks.
• Strong ability to choose automation testing approaches and drive outcomes with AI support.
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Highest quality coding skills.
• Solid understanding of secure coding practices for critical systems.
• Experience with multiple CI/CD systems.
• Comfort with build automation tools (Gradle, Maven, npm).
• Competent with Linux (RedHat).
• Spring framework skills are advantageous.
• Ansible skills are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams to improve release cadence and vulnerability resolution.
• Wrap applications with a suite of tests, including smoke tests for deployment.
• Source and integrate test data and implement data masking in lower environments.
• Upgrade runtimes and dependencies and keep systems current.
• Containerize applications where feasible.
• Implement continuous library updates using Renovate and improve code review processes.
• Ensure security patterns, secrets management, authentication and authorisation.
• Automate deployment processes including DB changes with Liquibase and automation with Ansible.
• Introduce standard observability patterns and improve logging and exception handling.
• Implement resilient cross-datacenter deployment topologies.

Skills

Test-Driven Development

Automation testing

JVM/TypeScript

Secure coding practices

CI/CD

AI-assisted coding

Build automation

Tools

Docker

Openshift

Gradle

Maven

npm

Ansible

Linux (RedHat)

Liquibase

Renovate

Job description

Who We Are:

Hello from RE Partners!

We are a fast growing business and technology consultant company co-founded in 2019. We offer a custom-tailored, white-glove engineering service fit for our clients, because a digital transformation is more than just technology. With a successful track record of being a preferred vendor for Fortune 500 companies and as a trusted partner for some of the industry's leading companies, our global talent has helped many clients achieve their goals.

The 3 G's Of RE

"Get Shit Done."

"Get Over Shit."

"Give a Shit."

Software Reliability Engineer

We are seeking experienced, hands-on Software Reliability Engineers to act as evangelists for continuous integration, testing, and safe, automated deployments. This is a practical DevOps and SRE role for practitioners who lead by example to make change safe and easy for development teams. The position is roughly 70% coding and configuration.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams facing challenges getting to safe and rapid release cadence, or struggling with vulnerability resolution.
• Wrapping the application in a suite of well-designed tests, most of which can run locally, including smoke tests to be run as part of the deployment process.
• Sourcing and integrating appropriate test data, implementing data masking in lower environments
• Upgrading to supported runtimes (generally Java or NPM).
• Containerizing applications where feasible.
• Upgrading open-source libraries to their latest available major versions (e.g., migrating from Spring 2). Upgrading to the latest version of all dependencies, whether installed software, libraries, internal code, base images or operating system. Implementing processes that allow us seamlessly to stay current
• Implementing continuous library updates using Renovate. o Introducing best practice source control and branch management o Improving code review processes
• Ensuring best practice security patterns, secrets management, authentication and authorisation
• Simplifying and automating application deployment processes, including automated database changes with Liquibase and installed software with Ansible.
• Introducing standard observability patterns.
• Overhauling exception handling and logging.
• Implementing resilient hot-hot cross-datacenter deployment topologies.

Required Qualifications

• Several years of experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) using multiple test frameworks.
• Really excellent understanding of the different approaches to automation testing and an ability to choose the best approach and drive outcomes with AI support
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Highest quality coding skills
• An excellent understanding of safe practices for critical systems, including deployment architecture and observability
• At home with multiple continuous integration and deployment systems
• Excellent understanding of secure coding practices
• Competent with Docker and Openshift
• Actively embracing AI coding
• Comfortable with build automation tools such as Gradle, Maven, and npm.
• Competent with (RedHat ) Linux
• Spring framework skills are advantageous.
• Ansible skills are advantageous

Location & Work Environment

• Hybrid work model
• Collaborative, fast-paced, engineering-driven environment
• Strong emphasis on hands-on engineering, technical autonomy, problem solving, and cross-team impact

Join Our Global Team

Join us in shaping the future of business technology consulting and transforming the way organizations thrive in a digital world.

As a diverse, woman-owned global business, we pride ourselves on keeping talent happy - our 7% attrition rate speaks volumes.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.