Head of Site Reliability Engineering

Position:
Head of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Company:
Blockchain

Location:
United Kingdom, London

Employment type:
Full-time

Work Arrangement:
In-office presence four days per week; Work from Anywhere Policy allows remote work for up to 20 days per year

Short Summary:
Blockchain is seeking a Head of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to lead the development and execution of the infrastructure reliability strategy as the company continues to grow. This role involves enhancing the infrastructure vision at a high-growth crypto financial services company.

Responsibilities:
- Establish a multi-year platform and reliability strategy, defining the SRE roadmap and driving engineering standards for observability, automation, and production readiness.
- Enable business delivery of products quickly while maintaining standards-compliance and security through self-service tooling.
- Lead, mentor, and scale a global team of senior SREs, developing technical leaders.
- Architect and manage a secure hybrid infrastructure across GCP, AWS, and on-premise data centers.
- Own incident response and root-cause analysis, ensuring MTTD/MTTR targets are met.
- Govern cloud architecture, IaC, networking, and cost management.
- Build strong relationships with departments to understand requirements and deliver services.

Requirement:
- Proven experience leading senior SRE teams in 24/7 financial environments.
- Deep expertise in GCP and AWS networking/management, with hands-on experience in Kubernetes, Nomad, and Terraform workflows.
- Solid background in bare-metal hardware, data center networking, and implementing Cloudflare Zero Trust architectures.
- Strong software engineering background with a deep understanding of distributed systems and observability.
- Strong judgment in prioritizing reliability, security, and developer productivity.

Benefits:
- Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity.
- ClassPass Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it.
- Apple equipment provided.
- Flexible work culture.