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Forter Senior Software Engineer SRE
United Kingdom, England, London
690976204

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About the role

We're looking for awith strong development skills and hands-on

Why should you join us?

Direct impact : Your work will affect reliability and developer experience across the entire company
Modern tech stack : Work with AWS, EKS, and cutting-edge observability tools (Mimir, Grafana, Honeycomb, Loki, OTel)
Collaborative culture : We believe in pair programming, knowledge sharing, and learning together
Growth mindset : We support continuous learning and provide space for you to develop new skills
Sustainable : We value long-term, scalable solutions rather than quick fixes
Global team : Work with engineers across London, Israel, and North America
Inclusive environment : We value diverse perspectives and encourage open feedback

What you'll be doing

Collaborate on designing, building, and maintaining Forter's kubernetes platform and our observability, monitoring, and alerting systems supporting 20+ engineering teams
Complete our migration from EC2 VMs to kubernetes
Complete our migration from ELK stack to our new scalable platform (Mimir, Grafana, Honeycomb, Loki, Quickwit)
Work closely with engineering teams to improve their observability practices, SLOs, and kubernetes platform adoption
Create intuitive developer tools that reduce MTTR and make troubleshooting easier
Foster a culture of continuous learning through knowledge sharing and leading by example
Collaborate through pairing and sharing sessions to ensure team alignment
Balance short-term goals with long-term, sustainable infrastructure improvements

What you'll need

Extensive experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes)
Hands-on experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Honeycomb, Loki, or similar)
Development background using modern languages (Python, Java or JavaScript etc.)
Comfortable with collaborative practices (pair programming, code reviews)
Self-driven with passion for building high-quality, sustainable software
Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Growth mindset that embraces challenges as learning opportunities

It'd be cool if you also

Have experience with SRE principles and Observability-Driven Development (ODD)
Know how to design and scale monitoring infrastructure for distributed systems
Are familiar with distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry)
Have experience with cost optimisation for observability tools
Understand microservices architectures and monitoring complex, interdependent services
Have contributed to open-source observability or monitoring projects

Benefits include: