Senior SRE Engineer

Details

Work Location Type:
Hybrid
Office:
Sydney, Australia
Type of Employment:
Full Time Permanent
Reference Number:
TEC2132

About Kindred

Kindred Group is a digital entertainment pioneer bringing together nine successful online gambling brands, forming one of the largest online gambling groups in the world. Our purpose is to transform gambling by being a trusted source of entertainment that contributes positively to society. Our goal is that 0% revenue is derived from harmful gambling.

Our global team of more than 2000 people represents 70+ nationalities. When you join Kindred, you'll be part of a collaborative, diverse and inclusive team that has your best interest at heart. We are a trusting company that knows the value of a healthy work-life balance. We offer a wide range of benefits, along with annual bonus, which is tied to both company and your individual performance.

The role

At Kindred, we strive to become the No.1 Operator across all markets. 

We are strong believers in engineering teams taking operational responsibility for their products and work hard to support them in this. We work closely with engineers to advocate sensible, scalable systems and design and share responsibility with them in diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and operability of our software systems. Your expertise will be key in maintaining a balance between high system performance and the ongoing development of scalable and resilient software solutions.

What you will do

Contribute to the design, development, and operation of large-scale, distributed systems.
Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies.
Develop and refine automation and tooling to drive efficiency and reliability in our systems.
Collaborate with development teams to design platforms with scalability, reliability, and security as core considerations.
Participate in on-call rotations and resolve complex production issues.
Oversee capacity planning and proactive performance optimisation, with an eye toward pushing our capabilities forward and getting ahead of customer needs.
Establish and monitor service-levels and error budgets, ensuring a balanced approach to innovation and stability.

Your experience

A minimum of 5 years of experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or a similar role in a large-scale production environment.
Proficiency in one or more of the following: Go, Python, C#, NodeJS or similar programming languages.
Strong experience with Linux/Unix systems and a deep understanding of network fundamentals.
Strong experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Openstack) and containerisation technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
Expertise in observability tooling (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI).
Comfortable with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Ansible, Terraform, Puppet).

Preferred Skills:

Experience with the following technologies/tools:

Prometheus
Thanos

Grafana
Grafana Loki
Grafana Tempo
OpenTelemetry

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a systematic approach to problem-solving.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to document systems, processes, and troubleshooting steps clearly.
A keen interest in new technologies and industry trends.

Benefits:

We are in a fantastic office near Barangaroo, close to Wynyard station.
Our office has a sports hub, if you want to challenge a mate to a game of table tennis or darts.
Fancy a good cup of coffee? We have an in-house barista to get you that perfect cup!
Many social events to take part in (Melbourne Cup is just one of them).
Great work life balance and flexibility.
A continued commitment to employee development.
Employee share program.
Life insurance and income protection plans.
Wellness benefits.
Great work life balance and flexibility.

Our Way Of Working

Our world is hybrid.

A career is not a sprint. It’s a marathon. One of the perks of joining us is that we value you as a person first. Our hybrid world allows you to focus on your goals and responsibilities and lets you self-organise to improve your deliveries and get the work done in your own way.

Application Process

Click on the “Apply Now” button and complete the short web form. Please add your CV and covering letter in English to let us know your motivation for applying and your salary expectation. Our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch soon. Kindred is an equal opportunities employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. As such we oppose all forms of discrimination in the workplace. We create equal opportunities for all our applicants and will treat people equally regardless of and not limited to, gender, ages, disability, race, sexual orientation. We are committed not only to our legal obligations but also to the positive promotion that equal opportunities bring to our operations as set out in our sustainability framework. Kindred has an ESG rating of AAA by MCSI.