GoCardless

Financial Services

SiteReliabilityEngineer

£95–140k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Site Reliability Engineer at GoCardless. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Cloud infrastructure. Build new platform components. Design platform components”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Problem solving

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotations

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience with at least one programming language, Experience with IaC tooling, Experience with cloud computing providers, Experience with containerized environments, Experience with CI/CD tooling, Experience working with monitoring tooling, Experience with relational databases, Awareness of DevOps, Awareness of Agile

Nice to Have

Experience with Terraform automation toolings, Experience with container orchestration, Experience with Kubernetes and GKE

What You'll Do.

Build new platform components

Design platform components

Deploy platform components

Ensure system stability

Manage on-call rotations

Manage incident management

Work with software engineers

Work with data engineers

Design technical architecture

Make technical decisions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Globally distributed team; Work with engineering teams; Work with software engineers; Work with data engineers

Communication Scope

Communication skills

Process & Methodology

Agile

Full Job Description

About us GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking. GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions. We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States. At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help! And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply! Platform Engineering at GoCardless The Platform Engineering team is a unified, globally distributed team. We are currently located in London, Riga, and Lisbon. We work with all other engineering teams to empower them to build, release, run and scale their products. We operate with a strong focus on both strategic project delivery and operational excellence. Our work is a balance of: Project Delivery: Building new platform components, from initial design to deployment. Operational Support: Ensuring the health and stability of our systems through on-call rotations and incident management. Business as Usual (BAU): Continuous maintenance, improvements, and support for audits and compliance. Tech stack and tools: Python, Ruby, Golang; Terraform; Atlantis AWS, GCP; Kubernetes, GKE; Github, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD; Grafana, Prometheus; Datadog What excites you: We use a wide range of technol

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