Senior Site Reliability Engineer in London

Meet DeepL. DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI. Since 2017, we have been on a mission to break down language barriers. Our human-sounding translations and intelligent writing suggestions are designed with enterprise security in mind. Today, they enable over 100,000 businesses to transform communications, reach new markets, and improve productivity. Our goal is to become the global leader in Language AI, building products that drive better communication, foster connections, and make a real-life impact. To achieve this, we need talented individuals like you to join our exciting journey.

What sets us apart is our blend of modern technology, competitive benefits, and an open, welcoming work culture that enables our people to thrive. When we share what it’s like to work at DeepL, the reactions are overwhelmingly positive. This may be because of our products that have helped countless people worldwide or our shared mission to improve communication for individuals and businesses, bringing cultures closer together. What we know for sure is this: being part of DeepL means joining a team dedicated to innovation and employee well-being.

The SRE team provides an easy-to-use platform for our developers to deploy and monitor their application, using tools such as Helm, ArgoCD, and Prometheus on top of Kubernetes. As an SRE, you will build and maintain platform components and help developers design and operate scalable services. You’ll operate a platform for hundreds of developers deploying products reaching more than 100 million people worldwide, using nearly all open-source technology: if we run it, we can fix it.

Your responsibilities

• Help teams run their software in the best way possible, including:

• Build and maintain platform features (for example, managed databases or tracing infrastructure)
• Work directly with other engineering teams in a consulting capacity to help them architect and run their applications
• Tackle scalability and performance issues in platform components
• Handle incidents and participate in on-call rotations

Qualities we look for

• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with running services on Kubernetes, such as the LGTM stack, Postgres, or Kafka
• Product-oriented mindset: you’re passionate about building a platform that meets developer needs
• Ability to quickly learn about new technologies
• Ability to work through ambiguous problems
• Excellent communication skills: You can articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring alignment.
• You thrive in a team environment, working closely with peers, developers across teams, and other stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
• A deep understanding of what it takes to build and deploy reliable, scalable, and maintainable applications in production environments

You’d get bonus points for:

• Experience with building internal platforms
• Experience with software development

If you don’t tick all the boxes above but feel like you’re the right person: Don’t worry, give it a shot!

What we offer

• Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities.
• Open communication, regular feedback: as a language-focused company, we value the importance of clear, honest communication.
• Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week.
• Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team.
• Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you’re passionate about.
• 30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind.
• Virtual Shares: an ownership mindset in every role.
• Competitive benefits: we’ve crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location.

If this role and our mission resonate with you, but you’re hesitant because you don’t check all the boxes, don’t let that hold you back. At DeepL, it’s all about the value you bring and the growth we can foster together. Go ahead, apply—let’s discover your potential together. We can’t wait to meet you!

We are an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at DeepL for who you are—we appreciate authenticity here. Our product is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all succeed, contribute, and think forward!