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GoCardlessSite Reliability Engineer II
GoCardless (part of Mollie) is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer II in London for its Platform Engineering group. The group works across London, Riga and Lisbon…
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GoCardless (part of Mollie) is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer II in London for its Platform Engineering group. The group works across London, Riga and Lisbon and builds, releases, runs and scales platform components used by the company's other engineering teams. Its work falls into three areas: delivering new platform components from design through deployment, keeping systems healthy via on-call and incident handling, and routine upkeep, including help with audit…
Job Description
GoCardless (part of Mollie) is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer II in London for its Platform Engineering group. The group works across London, Riga and Lisbon and builds, releases, runs and scales platform components used by the company's other engineering teams. Its work falls into three areas: delivering new platform components from design through deployment, keeping systems healthy via on-call and incident handling, and routine upkeep, including help with audit and compliance requests.
GoCardless processes more than US$130bn a year for over 100,000 businesses. The platform group works with Python, Ruby and Go, Terraform and Atlantis, AWS and GCP, Kubernetes on GKE, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Grafana, Prometheus and Datadog.
The ideal engineer enjoys infrastructure work, prefers tools that are easy to understand and maintain, and uses software skills to automate repetitive operational tasks. The job also involves keeping systems protected against cyber threats, working alongside engineers in software and data science, shaping architecture and technical decisions, and building in a cloud-first way. The company notes it does not expect experience with every tool in the stack.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain automation for new and existing infrastructure
- Create tools that are easy to understand and maintain
- Automate operational work to cut repetitive effort
- Keep systems safe and secure against cyber threats
- Share the on-call load and manage incidents when they occur
- Contribute to architecture design and technical decisions
- Work alongside engineers in software and data science
- Support audits and compliance work
Requirements
- Coding experience in at least one language, for example Python, Ruby or Go
- Experience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform
- Experience with AWS or GCP
- Experience with containerized applications
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions or ArgoCD
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana or Prometheus
- Background in relational databases and other data stores, particularly for uptime and speed tuning
- Familiarity with DevOps and agile ways of working
- Fluent English and strong teamwork and communication
Qualifications
- Experience with Terragrunt or Atlantis
- Experience with Kubernetes or GKE
Core Skills
Benefits
- Wellbeing help and medical coverage
- Option to work abroad for up to 90 days a year
- Flexible working that suits your routine
- Parental leave for new parents
- An annual learning allowance for personal development
- Holiday entitlement, plus three volunteer days and four company wellness days
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What is the base salary?
The posting lists a base salary range of 62,400 to 93,600 pounds. The company pays between the minimum and the midpoint of the range until performance can be judged.
Where is the role based?
The role is listed in London. The platform group also has members in Riga and Lisbon.
Which skills matter most?
Programming in at least one language, infrastructure as code such as Terraform, AWS or GCP experience, and familiarity with CI/CD and monitoring tools.
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