Site Reliability Engineer (Software)

Leadingnation; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 12,677,000 - 17,151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cutting-edge tech

Reports to technologists

Top asset for techies

Small team, big impact

Greenfield projects

No red tape

Beautiful offices

Job summary

Elite FinTech Firm in Hong Kong is seeking a hands-on Site Reliability Engineer to join a fast-moving, high-scale trading infrastructure team. You will own reliability of production systems, work across development to operations, and partner with engineering and investment teams to build stability from the outset.

The role combines software and systems expertise, with opportunities to automate, lead incident response, and contribute to greenfield projects in a technology-first environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python preferred).
• Experience with modern software development tooling and practices (testing, source control, CI/CD, build systems).
• SQL/database experience is advantageous.
• Web UI experience (JavaScript, CSS, React) is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Adaptable, entrepreneurial mindset with a genuine interest in solving hard technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, availability, and performance of applications in production.
• Automate repetitive operational work and resolve recurring systemic issues.
• Conduct root cause analysis and deliver new engineering solutions to complex technical problems.
• Lead incident management, including both immediate resolution and longer-term preventative fixes.
• Promote SRE best practices and standards across other engineering teams.
• Understand application behaviour end-to-end, including its business context.

Skills

Python

SQL

JavaScript

React

CI/CD

Build systems

Communication

Adaptable mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field

Tools

Testing

Source control

Job description

Job title: Site Reliability Engineer

Client: Elite FinTech Firm - tech focused run by passionate Computer Scientists

Salary: $1,900,000 + Industry Leading Bonus

A leading global investment firm is looking to grow its Site Reliability Engineering function across multiple offices. The firm operates at significant scale within fast-moving financial markets, and this team plays a central role in keeping mission-critical trading and investment infrastructure reliable, performant, and resilient.

This is a hands-on engineering role combining software and systems expertise. SREs here work across the full lifecycle of production systems from early-stage support during development through to steady-state operation partnering closely with engineering and investment teams to build applications for stability from the outset.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, availability, and performance of applications in production
• Automate repetitive operational work and resolve recurring systemic issues
• Conduct root cause analysis and deliver new engineering solutions to complex technical problems
• Lead incident management, including both immediate resolution and longer-term preventative fixes
• Promote SRE best practices and standards across other engineering teams
• Understand application behaviour end-to-end, including its business context

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field, or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python preferred)
• Experience with modern software development tooling and practices (testing, source control, CI/CD, build systems)
• SQL/database experience is advantageous
• Web UI experience (JavaScript, CSS, React) is a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Adaptable, entrepreneurial mindset with a genuine interest in solving hard technical problems

Desirable: Networking experience (Low latency), prior HFT experience, Extracurricular passion projects!

Sells

• The chance to work with the most cutting-edge technology in the Industry
• Technologists only report to technologists
• Techies treated as top asset
• Small team size in a growing company so an ability to make a significant impact
• Constantly exciting greenfield projects in an ever-evolving environment
• No red tape
• Beautiful offices