SRE Team Leader

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer Team Lead to foster an engineering-first culture within their IT department. This role involves leading a team to ensure the reliability and scalability of services, utilizing automation and testing to enhance customer experiences. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, experience with cloud technologies, and a passion for driving operational excellence. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and offers a dynamic work environment where your contributions can make a significant impact.

Benefits

Flexible benefits package

Private medical cover

Life insurance

Gym membership contributions

Additional holiday days

Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

Comprehensive onboarding process

Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks

Enhanced parental leave benefits

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineering teams with a focus on reliability.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming and scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead SRE team to ensure stability and scalability of services.
• Establish metrics-based organization and promote continuous improvement.

Skills

Java

Python

Agile methodologies

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent experience in building scalable solutions

Tools

AWS

Job description

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Lead an engineering-first culture, embedding reliability into the heart of our IT department!

As SRE Team Leader, you'll establish SLOs as foundational principles, leveraging public cloud, containerization, reliability testing, and observability to drive continuous improvement in the customer experience. Be at the forefront of building resilient, scalable systems that are core to everything we do.

Who are we?

Hello, we’re IG Group. No, not Instagram – though we're a pretty big deal ourselves.

We’re a global, FTSE-listed company made up of a collection of progressive fintech brands in online trading and investing. The best part? We’ve received many awards for our top-class platforms, forward-thinking products, and incredible employee experiences.

We believe in financial freedom, and our purpose is to help ambitious people achieve it. Around [missing number] people use our groundbreaking technology and platforms to trade financial products they know and love.

Did we mention we have offices in [missing countries]? Yes, when you join IG Group, you'll have the chance to work across multiple brands, with people all over the world. Join us for an exciting future and let’s innovate together!

Your role in the Team

The Site Reliability Engineer Team Lead (SRE Team Lead) will manage a team of SREs to proactively ensure the stability, resilience, and scalability of our services through automation, testing, and engineering.

The SRE Lead will collaborate with development, architecture, and service management teams to ensure technical solutions align with IG's architectural principles, designs, and NFRs, delivering value to customers with consistent monitoring, logging, and alerting.

The SRE Lead reports to the Head of Platform Engineering and is responsible for building capability and maturing operational practices across multiple cross-functional delivery teams, focusing on technical excellence and a high-performance culture.

What you’ll do

• Provide leadership and guidance across the SRE team, acting as a subject matter expert and leading best practice techniques.
• Lead and influence teams to ensure quality and operational excellence, continuously improving systems and processes.
• Ensure system observability, security, data integrity, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Establish a metrics-based organization, develop key operational metrics (preferably SLOs), and promote continuous improvement.
• Simplify and automate highly complex and manual processes.
• Oversee the SRE team to ensure involvement in every step of the application software development lifecycle, including product design, development, testing, and transition into operation.

Who we’re looking for?

You’re curious about client experience, rapid tech developments, and fintech regulation. You're a confident, creative thinker with a knack for innovating. You believe every problem has a solution, and you’re eager to lead the way in creating inspiring experiences for our clients and colleagues.

We don’t fit the corporate stereotype. If you prefer a traditional, suit-and-tie environment just for a paycheck, we might not be the right fit. But if you have IG Group energy and share our values, let’s raise the bar together.

What you’ll need for this role

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or related fields, or equivalent experience in building scalable solutions to improve service reliability and efficiency.
• Experience with object-oriented or scripting languages such as Java or Python for DevOps/SRE solutions.
• Experience with agile development methodologies.
• + years’ experience managing engineering teams.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• AWS or cloud experience (preferable but not mandatory).

How you’ll grow

Joining IG Group means more than just a job — it’s a career. We encourage you to pursue opportunities, challenge yourself, and aim for success. With internal and external learning resources, we support your growth to help you reach your goals.

Our bold targets include expanding globally, increasing revenue, and delivering the best trading experience. We’d love for you to be part of this journey.

The perks

• Recognition of talent and work-life balance.
• Networks, committees, awards, sports and social clubs, mentorships, volunteering opportunities, and more.
• Flexible benefits package.
• Private medical cover for you and your family.
• Life insurance.
• Contributions to gym memberships.
• Additional holiday days, including your birthday and voluntary work days.
• Option to buy or sell holiday days.
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Comprehensive onboarding process.
• Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks with budgets for events and projects.
• Participation in ESG initiatives through IG Brighter Future Fund.
• Enhanced parental leave and support benefits.

Where you’ll work

We follow a hybrid working model, blending office and remote work to foster innovation, diversity, and flexibility. Our culture values authenticity, inclusivity, and the unique perspectives you bring. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to help us realize our vision and strategy.