Site Reliability Engineer Tech Lead

Position: DevOps / SRE Team Lead

Location: Hybrid – Warsaw or Kraków, Poland

Contract Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated DevOps / Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Team Lead to join a global infrastructure team supporting large-scale software delivery projects. In this hybrid role, based in either Warsaw or Kraków, you will oversee both the technical development and team leadership aspects of embedded SRE initiatives. You'll play a key part in driving technology transformation and ensuring the scalability, reliability, and security of complex systems.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with the latest DevOps practices and cloud-native technologies while shaping the performance and growth of a dedicated engineering team.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead a team of SRE engineers by setting clear objectives, providing regular feedback, and supporting career growth.
• Ensure clear communication between your team and the broader organization.
• Monitor production systems and lead incident resolution, troubleshooting, and post-mortem analysis.
• Oversee onboarding and mentorship of new team members.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical efforts with business goals.
• Establish best practices and standards for software deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
• Contribute technically to infrastructure architecture, service design, and automation.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Concourse.
• Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform and AWS.
• Improve observability, performance, and fault tolerance across systems.
• Coordinate with Agile teams, participate in sprint ceremonies, and support delivery planning.
• Identify opportunities for tooling and process improvement within the DevOps and software delivery domains.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience in DevOps or SRE roles.
• 1+ year of experience in a technical leadership or team management role.
• Solid hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python).
• Proficient in working in Linux-based environments.
• Understanding of network protocols and security best practices.
• Experience leading distributed teams and collaborating across departments.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, initiative, and ownership mindset.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related field.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Go programming.
• Broader background in software engineering, including architecture and infrastructure.
• Familiarity with modern API standards and data exchange formats (HTTP/1.1, RESTful API, etc.).
• Prior involvement in cloud-native transformations or delivery standardization projects.