Senior Site Reliability Engineer

<p><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Are you looking for a new challenge?</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Fancy helping us shape the future of motor insurance?</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Prima could be the place for you.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Since 2015, we’ve been using our love of data and tech to rethink motor insurance and bring drivers a great experience at a great price.&nbsp;Our story began in Italy, where we’ve quickly become the number one online motor insurance provider. In fact, we’re trusted by over 5 million drivers. And now we’re expanding to help millions more drivers in the UK and Spain. </span></p><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">To help fuel that growth, we need a&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-size: 16px;">Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">to join our&nbsp;Infrastructure team.&nbsp;</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;">This team is the beating heart of Prima.&nbsp;</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;">You’ll be joining over +350 engineers across software development, infrastructure, operations and security. Fueled by curiosity, experimentation and collaboration, you’ll help deliver scalable, impactful solutions that shape the future of insurance.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;</span></div> <div><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Excited to make an impact? Here are the details</strong></div><br><strong>What you’ll do</strong><br> <li>Hands-on Reliability &amp; System Engineering: Design, build, and operate reliable and scalable systems by defining and monitoring SLOs/SLIs, working directly on production infrastructure, and collaborating closely with software engineers on system design and reliability improvements</li> <li>Automation, Operations &amp; Incident Response: Actively develop automation for infrastructure and operational workflows to eliminate toil and reduce MTTR, participate in and lead incident response, and drive blameless post-incident reviews with concrete follow-ups implemented in code and tooling</li> <li>Performance, Capacity &amp; Security: Continuously analyze and optimize system performance and cost, provide data, insights, and recommendations to inform capacity planning, and support security best practices through hands-on vulnerability remediation and threat mitigation</li> <br><strong>What we’re looking for</strong><br> <li>SRE &amp; Cloud Engineering: Hands-on experience with SRE practices in production, strong AWS expertise, Kubernetes, networking, DNS, and Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi preferred, Terraform a plus)</li> <li>Automation &amp; Software Engineering: Demonstrate strong software engineering fundamentals with an emphasis on code quality and maintainability. This includes solid Python proficiency and deep knowledge of the Python ecosystem (testing, debugging, packaging) and a consistent focus on writing clean, well-structured, and maintainable code</li> <li>Reliability, Data &amp; Operations: add stakeholder engagement and mentoring e.g. lead incident response and RCAs, improve system reliability, and engage stakeholders to propose solutions, share learnings, and mentor others</li> <div>&nbsp;</div><br><strong>Nice-to-Have</strong><br> <li>Regulated Environments &amp; Security: Experience operating in highly regulated industries (e.g. Insurance, Banking, Healthcare), managing sensitive data, and supporting secure networking setups, including exposure to security technologies such as Cloudflare</li> <li>Distributed Systems &amp; Microservices: Strong understanding of microservices architectures, their principles and trade-offs, with the ability to troubleshoot and maintain distributed systems and supporting technologies (RabbitMQ, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis)</li> <li>Observability, Data and MLOps: Hands-on experience with Datadog for platform and application monitoring, performance optimisation, and solid fundamentals in database structures and operational troubleshooting. Hands-on experience with PySpark and familiarity with MLOps practices including model registries, versioning, retraining workflows, and deployment lifecycles</li> <div><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Why you’ll love it here:</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;">We want to make Prima a happy and empowering place to work. So if you decide to join us, you can expect plenty of perks.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;</span></div> <div><strong style="font-size: 16px;">🤸 Work Your Way:&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">Enjoy full flexibility – work from home, the office or a mix of both. Plus, work from anywhere for up to 30 days a year.</span></div><div><br></div><p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>🏁 Grow with us:</strong> We may move fast at Prima, but we move together. Get access to learning resources, mentorship and a growth plan tailored to you.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>🌈 Thrive and perform:</strong> Your best work begins when you feel your best. Enjoy private healthcare, gym discounts, wellbeing programs and mental health support.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Think you’re a match? Apply now.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">At Prima, we celebrate uniqueness. If you don’t meet every requirement but are passionate about this role, we still want to hear from you. Innovation thrives on diverse perspectives.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Prima is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Need accommodations during the process? Email us at ----- Let’s build the future of insurance, together.</em></span></p><p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.co.uk">Jobs in United Kingdom</a> on Arbeitnow</a>