Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Fintech

📍 Remote (UK Working Hours) | Permanent
💰 Salary: £90,000 - £110,000 + Shares + Benefits

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a talented Site Reliability Engineer to join a fast-growing fintech technology company building high-performance infrastructure and connectivity solutions for global financial institutions.

This is a remote-first position with flexible working arrangements across the UK and Europe. You'll play a key role in designing, automating, and maintaining critical infrastructure that supports mission-critical financial systems.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build and enhance automated provisioning for servers and network infrastructure across physical environments and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
• Improve and evolve CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and software deployment.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible.
• Support and manage server, network, and platform reliability across the organisation.
• Work closely with hardware vendors, telecom providers, and third-party service providers.
• Coordinate procurement, deployment, and lifecycle management of infrastructure hardware.
• Contribute to an engineering culture focused on automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Must-Have Skills

• Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Engineer, or similar infrastructure-focused role.
• Basic programming skills and the ability to build automation scripts or small applications.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible.
• Strong understanding of Linux systems administration.
• Good networking knowledge including routing, switching, connectivity, and troubleshooting.
• Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines for provisioning and deployments.
• Experience managing third-party vendors via email and phone.
• Comfortable negotiating with suppliers and coordinating hardware purchases.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of working independently in a remote environment.

Nice to Have

• AWS or GCP experience.
• Authentication technologies such as SAML, OAuth2, Kerberos, or Active Directory.
• Azure Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID.
• Database high availability, clustering, or replication experience (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Financial services or fintech experience.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary up to £110,000.
• Equity participation.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Fully remote working environment.
• Opportunity to work on large-scale infrastructure and automation projects.
• Collaborative engineering culture with significant autonomy and ownership.
• Exposure to cutting-edge financial technology environments.

Interview Process

1. Recruiter / HR Call
2. Hiring Manager Interview
3. Technical Interview & Practical Exercise
4. Founder / CEO Interview

Apply Now

If you enjoy automation, infrastructure engineering, networking, and solving complex reliability challenges, we'd love to hear from you.