Senior Software Engineer - SRE

  • Dunnhumby
  • Jul 31, 2022
Full time I.T. & Communications

Job Description

Most companies try to meet expectations, dunnhumby exists to defy them. Using big data, deep expertise and AI-driven platforms to decode the 21st century human experience - then redefine it in meaningful and surprising ways that put customers first. Across digital, mobile and retail. For brands like Tesco, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer - SRE who expects more from their career.

Our SRE teams are responsible for providing our developers and customers a reliable, elastic, secure & easy-to-use platform upon which dunnhumby's products run.

As a member of these teams, you will develop solutions and tools that enable new products and services to come to life, establish best practices and advocate for their adoption, participate in on-call rotation, ruthlessly automate toilsome work and improve our monitoring and incident-management mechanisms.

What we expect from you
  • Experience in software-engineering or site-reliability-engineering with strong experience in building and maintaining highly available cloud production systems on GCP, Azure or AWS
  • Experience with at least 2 programming languages, we mainly use Python and Go
  • Experience with Infrastructure as a Code, we mainly use Terraform and Ansible
  • Experience with Docker, Helm and Kubernetes
  • Experience with black-box & white-box monitoring solutions and Golden Signals
  • Experience with implementing Continuous Integration/Deployment/Testing pipelines
  • Ability to analyse existing services, identify gaps and propose solutions focusing on reliability and future maintainability
  • Strong mentoring and coaching skills encouraging the growth of your team members.


What you can expect from us

We won't just meet your expectations. We'll defy them. So you'll enjoy the comprehensive rewards package you'd expect from a leading technology company. But also, a degree of personal flexibility you might not expect. Plus, thoughtful perks, like flexible working hours and your birthday off.

You'll also benefit from an investment in cutting-edge technology that reflects our global ambition. But with a nimble, small-business feel that gives you the freedom to play, experiment and learn.

And we don't just talk about diversity and inclusion. We live it every day - with thriving networks including dh Women's Network, dh Proud, dh Parent's & Carer's, dh One and dh Thrive as the living proof. Everyone's invited.

Our approach to Flexible Working

At dunnhumby, we value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work.

We believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work / life balance. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so if this is important to you please raise this with your recruiter, as we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.

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