Job Opportunity: Freelance Site Reliability Engineer (Outside IR35)
£500-550 | Remote (UK-Based) | Occasional travel to Farnborough or Hammersmith
Contract until 2026
We’re hiring two hands-on Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to join a fast-moving platform team on a long-term contract. This role is ideal for engineers with strong coding skills who are comfortable resolving live production issues — not just escalating them, but diving into the code and fixing them directly.
This is a UK-based, fully remote position, with occasional in-person meetings in Farnborough or Hammersmith. The contract is outside IR35 and runs through 2026.
Key Requirements
* Strong software engineering experience, ideally in Java (Spring Boot) and Python
* Proven background in SRE practices, including platform reliability, monitoring, and incident response
* Ability to debug and resolve issues directly in production code
* Solid experience with Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools
* A proactive, collaborative approach with a strong engineering mindset
Desirable Experience
* Background in regulated or high-availability environments such as Payments or FinTech
* Understanding of data platforms or large-scale platform architecture
Why Join?
* Outside IR35
* Competitive day rate (£500-550)
* Remote-first working with occasional on-site collaboration
* Long-term contract through 2026
* Opportunity to have real impact on system reliability, performance, and code quality
This is not a passive SRE role — you’ll be embedded in engineering teams, taking full ownership of production issues and resolving them at the code level. If you're a hybrid between a developer and an SRE, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or get in touch to find out more.