Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) | Budapest

Description & Requirements

Who we are looking for

Software Engineering & SRE Lead

Are you passionate about building high-quality software and ensuring systems run smoothly at scale?

We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering & Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Lead who enjoys combining strong engineering practices with operational excellence.

What We're Looking For

Must-Have Experience

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering and enterprise application development.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and automated quality assurance practices.
• Experience working in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), production operations, or platform engineering environments.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and release automation.
• Solid understanding of scalability, availability, resiliency, and performance engineering.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead technical initiatives.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or other container technologies.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Familiarity with observability platforms like Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Dynatrace, or Splunk.
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or DevSecOps environments.

Your future role

• Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of enterprise software solutions.
• Drive the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to production support.
• Build and enhance automated testing frameworks to improve software quality and release speed.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines for efficient and reliable software delivery.
• Apply SRE principles to improve system reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Define and monitor service reliability metrics, including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• Collaborate closely with development, infrastructure, security, and operations teams.
• Lead incident management activities, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strengthen observability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance analysis.
• Mentor engineers and promote modern software engineering and reliability best practices.

What we offer

• Flexible working hours,
• Permanent employment or contract,
• Medical and health insurance,
• Multisport and other lifestyle benefits,
• Language courses,
• Friendly coworkers & team spirit,
• Multiple geographies and clients,
• Work for well-known brands,
• Exposure to trailblazing business and technology projects,
• A place in the first line of a digital transformation,
• Everyday opportunities to influence how and where we do our business,
• A development path to fit your needs.

Selection process

Kindly upload your CV in English.

• First step is a HR introductory call with the recruiter.
• Second step is an interview with team members.
• Third step is a final interview with team leaders.

General Information

Position

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) | Budapest

Work arrangement

Full-time

City

Budapest

Country

Hungary

Department

Consulting

Team

Engineering, AI & Data

Area of interest

Engineering

Way of work

Hybrid