Site Reliability Engineer (Sre)

Orbital Witness Limited Explore Orbital Witness: the AI-powered platform enabling thousands of legal and property professionals to simplify and accelerate property diligence.We are Orbital Witness, an AI company on a mission to automate the legal segment of every property transaction in the world. We iterate rapidly to build products that utilise the bleeding-edge of Generative AI, powered by the latest foundation LLMs (Large Language Models) including OpenAI's GPT-4 and Anthropic's Claude models. This places us at the forefront of the most advanced technological advancements of our generation.
Legal reasoning is a hard problem and requires some of the smartest and most experienced professionals to solve legal challenges for their clients. Because of this, we will continue to push ahead and use the most intelligent and fastest foundational models to build an AI Assistant that can provide accurate, efficient, and reliable support to legal professionals in the world of real estate.
Already the trusted ally of thousands of lawyers and commercial property professionals in the UK across a diverse spectrum of blue-chip firms, our innovative solutions have earned accolades from the UK's magic circle law firms—Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Freshfields, and Slaughter & May—as well as renowned organisations like Tesla and Marks & Spencer. Now in the early stages of an international expansion, we're continuing to expand our talented team to support our growth.
Bolstered by the support of industry giants, including some of the world's largest real estate and insurance companies, we're on the lookout for exceptionally talented people to join us in shaping the future of property transactions under this new evolution of technological advancement.
We believe that property transactions in this century shouldn't still rely on busy lawyers checking through hundreds of documents and writing reports. We're building an automated AI solution for property diligence to make transactions more efficient and transparent for everyone.
Our mission is to help any professional or individual involved in a property transaction to properly understand what they are getting into, from the outset, before incurring legal fees.
We are Bold & Ambitious (changing an entire industry is hard!)We give Power to our People (we give exceptional people autonomy to succeed)We Question or Commit (we welcome debate, but love reaching quick decisions)… and we Eat that Frog! (we take on the hardest thing first)Requirements We are looking for a highly skilled Engineer to join our team as our first dedicated SRE/DevOps hire. This role offers an exciting opportunity to design, implement, and manage our infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and production operations from the ground up. You'll have autonomy in shaping our tech stack, defining best practices, and building scalable systems that will set the foundation for future engineering growth. If you thrive in startup environments and enjoy the blend of software engineering, operations, and infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you.
Set Up and Manage Infrastructure:Design, build, and maintain a robust, cloud-based infrastructure on Azure.Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform.Have ownership of our system's reliability and scalability, laying a strong foundation for our engineering environment.Deploy and Orchestrate Containers:Use k8s and Docker to manage containerised applications, ensuring high availability, scaling, and resource optimisation.Set up and manage k8s clusters to support reliable and scalable infrastructure.Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to automate our build, test, and deployment processes.Collaborate with development teams to streamline code integration and ensure high-quality releases across the board.Implement Monitoring and Incident Management:Set up proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to detect and resolve issues before they impact users.Develop and refine incident response protocols and conduct root cause analyses to continuously improve system reliability.Foster Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing:Work closely with cross-functional teams, especially software engineering, to instil and grow a DevOps culture.Document processes, systems, and configurations to ensure scalability and facilitate knowledge sharing as the team grows.You should apply if: You have the experience and technical skills to build a solid foundation:4+ years in a DevOps, SRE, or related role with hands-on experience building and maintaining infrastructure.Expertise with a major cloud provider (preferably Azure).Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and Kubernetes ecosystem tools, such as Terraform, Kubernetes, and FluxCD.Solid experience with Docker and Kubernetes for container management.Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, GitHub Actions) and experience setting up automated workflows.Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or DataDog.Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar) for automation and tooling.You're motivated by ownership and impact:You're ready to take ownership of critical systems and be the go-to person for system reliability.You enjoy solving complex technical challenges and proactively seek solutions.You have strong collaboration and communication skills:You can work effectively with stakeholders, document processes clearly, and explain technical concepts to non-technical team members.Benefits: Competitive starting salary of £100 - £120kMatched pension contributions and equity stock options in a fast growing start-upFlexible working hours and location where you can choose to work from your home, the office or 30+ other Boutique Workplace offices in London. Our office HQ is based near Farringdon station.Professional equipment and a yearly £1,000 personal learning and development budget along with training opportunities to learn and develop both your technical abilities and soft skillsAccess to the Spill Mental Health Support platformGenerous parental leave policyAn inclusive community of colleagues where we enjoy all-company off-sites, lunches, and team socialsWe value diversity at Orbital Witness, and would particularly encourage applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. We'd love to hear from you even if you don't match all of the above criteria or are seeking other opportunities that we're not currently advertising.

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