Software Reliability Engineer

RE Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

RE Partners is seeking an experienced Software Reliability Engineer in New York, NY to lead CI/CD, testing, and automated deployments. You will drive safe, rapid releases, containerization, and dependency upgrades while applying AI-assisted coding practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering with observability, security, and cross-team collaboration to improve software reliability across environments.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience with TDD across multiple frameworks.
• Ability to choose automation testing approaches and drive outcomes with AI support.
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Excellent coding skills and safe practices for critical systems.
• Experience with multiple CI/CD systems and Docker/OpenShift.
• Strong security coding practices and Linux competence.
• Hands-on engineering mindset with cross-team impact.

Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams to improve release cadence.
• Wrap applications in tests and run smoke tests during deployment.
• Integrate test data and apply data masking in lower environments.
• Upgrade runtimes and dependencies to current major versions.
• Containerize applications where feasible.
• Upgrade libraries and implement seamless updates across dependencies.
• Introduce best-practice source control and code review processes.
• Ensure security patterns, secrets management, auth and authorization.
• Automate deployment processes including database changes with Liquibase and Ansible.
• Introduce standard observability patterns and improve logging.
• Overhaul exception handling and logging for reliability.

Skills

TDD

Automation testing

JVM languages

TypeScript

CI/CD

Docker

OpenShift

Gradle

Maven

npm

Linux

Spring

Ansible

AI coding

Observability

Tools

Liquibase

Ansible

Renovate

Gradle

Maven

OpenShift

Job description

Who We Are: 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.

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
• Strong emphasis on hands‑on engineering, technical autonomy, problem solving, and cross‑team impact

The base salary range for this position is $145,000.00 – $175,000.00 annually. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum salary the Company believes it would pay for this role at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, internal equity, and business needs.

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.