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⚙️ Site Reliability Engineer / DevOps (London/Remote/Hybrid)

Full-time | London/Remote/Hybrid | £60-120k

🚀 About Tandem

Tired of the endless swiping and ghosting? So are we. At Tandem, we're on a mission to make dating more fun, safe, and less anxiety-inducing by bringing back the double date. We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer / DevOps expert to join our team and help us build a platform that’s as reliable as your best wingman.

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🧠 The role

As our SRE/DevOps engineer, you'll be the backbone of our infrastructure. You'll be responsible for making sure our platform is scalable, reliable, and secure. We're a small team, so you'll have a huge impact on our technical direction. You'll be working with a modern tech stack and will have the freedom to experiment with new technologies. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about automation and wants to build a rock-solid infrastructure from the ground up.

💼 What you’ll Do

  • Building and maintaining our infrastructure on Hetzner and AWS.
  • Managing our Kubernetes clusters with K3s.
  • Automating our deployment pipelines and infrastructure with tools like Terraform and GitHub Actions.
  • Monitoring our systems and responding to incidents using tools like BetterStack and Incident.io.
  • Working with the engineering team to improve the reliability and performance of our services.
  • Implementing best practices for security and compliance.

🎯 We'll match with you if...

You have experience with our tech stack. You don't need to be an expert in everything, but you should be comfortable with some of the following:

  • Cloud & Infra: CloudFlare, Hetzner, AWS, Kubernetes, K3s, Docker
  • Automation & IaC: Terraform, Ansible, or similar
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar
  • Monitoring & Ops: Prometheus, Grafana, BetterStack, Incident.io

You are...

  • Someone with a strong understanding of Linux and networking fundamentals.
  • Experienced in building and maintaining highly available and scalable systems.
  • Passionate about automation and have a strong desire to eliminate manual work.
  • Excited about working in a startup environment and happy to wear multiple hats.
  • A great communicator and team player.

🔥 Bonus Points For

  • Experience scaling infrastructure for a high-growth consumer app.
  • A strong security mindset (DevSecOps experience).
  • Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects.
  • Experience building internal developer tooling to improve productivity.
  • Strong opinions on observability, incident management, and SLOs/SLAs.

🎁 What You’ll Get

  • Flexible working hours: We trust you to get your work done, so we’re not going to be watching the clock.
  • Unlimited PTO: We want you to take time off to recharge your batteries.
  • Performance-based bonus: We believe in rewarding our team for their hard work.
  • Fully remote with London in-person possibility: Work from wherever you want.
  • A chance to build something amazing: You’ll be a core part of a small team that’s changing the dating game.

📩 How to Apply

Send us your CV and a quick message explaining why Tandem excites you. Bonus if you include links to your GitHub or any infrastructure projects you’re proud of.