SRE Manager (Low Latency Linux)

Signify Technology; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Signify Technology is hiring a Senior SRE Manager in London to lead platform reliability for European operations and global trading hours coverage. The role sits in a follow-the-sun model with direct oversight of SRE teams across Europe and APAC, focusing on availability, incident response and operational excellence.

You will be hands-on, troubleshooting complex production issues, driving automation and contributing to performance and capacity planning to sustain low-latency trading platforms.

Qualifications

• Proven SRE or technical operations leadership in financial markets or similar critical infrastructure.
• Experience leading distributed, globally dispersed teams.
• Excellent communicator bridging technical and business stakeholders across time zones.
• Background in software engineering or systems, network and database administration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee SRE teams across European and APAC time zones, owning platform availability, incident response and operational excellence for critical low-latency trading infrastructure.
• Hands-on troubleshooting of production issues, driving automation and contributing to performance and capacity planning.

Skills

People leadership

Communication

SRE/tech ops leadership

Tools

Linux

UNIX shell

SQL

Python

C++

Networking (TCP/IP, Multicast)

Job description

Senior SRE Manager, London, Global Exchange Operator

London based, 4 days in office

We are working exclusively with one of the world's largest exchange operators, a business that sits at the heart of global financial markets across equities, options, futures and FX. They are looking for a Senior SRE Manager to be based in London, leading platform reliability across their European operations and global trading hours coverage.

The Role

This is a senior leadership position sitting at the centre of a follow-the-sun support model. You will have direct oversight of SRE teams across European and APAC time zones, owning platform availability, incident response and operational excellence for some of the world's most critical low latency trading infrastructure. Alongside the people leadership element, you will be technically hands-on, troubleshooting complex production issues, driving automation and contributing directly to platform performance and capacity planning.

Tech Stack

Low latency, bare-metal trading platforms

bare metal Linux systems only (no cloud or kubernetes)

UNIX shell, SQL, Python, C++

TCP/IP and Multicast networking

What They Are Looking For

Proven SRE or technical operations leadership in financial markets or similarly critical infrastructure

Strong understanding of US and European market structure, equities, options or futures

Experience leading distributed, globally dispersed teams

Excellent communicator, able to bridge technical and business stakeholders across time zones

Background in software engineering or systems, network and database administration