SRE - Lead Software Engineer

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to enhance and deliver technology products. This role involves critical responsibilities in software solutions, team support, and automation of infrastructure, requiring deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Python, Golang, or Java for significant projects.
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes and Cloud Platforms.

Responsibilities

• Execute software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Support engineering teams in building scalable applications.
• Automate management of Kubernetes clusters.

Skills

Python

Golang

Java

Kubernetes

Cloud Platforms

Database Administration

Networking

Observability Tools

Automation

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within CCB, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Execute software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Support the engineering teams in building fault-tolerant, scalable applications by engaging in design discussions, RFCs and code reviews.
• Drive decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Implement and regularly test DR strategies to ensure the highest level of resilience and fault tolerance of the platform.
• Automate the installation, upgrade, scaling, and management of a large and rapidly growing fleet of Kubernetes clusters. Develop custom platform control plane webhooks, CRDs, and operators that provide a secure, opinionated platform.
• Maintain and promote high-quality written documentation of assets, processes, and runbooks used by the team in their day-to-day operations.
• Add to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Possess an up-to-date understanding of design patterns relevant to hosting and networking architectures.
• Proactively champion product development, driven by a desire to build truly exceptional products, not just solve immediate challenges.
• A strong background working in either Python, Golang, or Java, having used one of these programming languages to execute a significantly sized project or initiative.
• Extensive experience working with Kubernetes and Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas: Database Administration, Networking, Observability Tools, or automation of infrastructure.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Infrastructure Architecture designs.