Site Reliability Engineer

Job Overview

Orbital is on a mission to make real estate transactions smarter, faster, and friction-free. Real estate is the world’s largest asset class, yet the legal processes and tools behind it remain slow, manual, and underinvested. Orbital Copilot is the AI assistant built exclusively for commercial real estate law, accelerating complex due diligence by up to 70% while delivering legal-grade precision. We're trusted by leading firms like Goodwin and BCLP to remove the busywork so legal teams can focus on what they do best.

Role Overview

We’re hiring our second Site Reliability Engineer to help scale our platform and reliability efforts. This role offers an exciting opportunity to help 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Set Up and Manage Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain a robust, cloud-based infrastructure on Azure using infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform.


• Deploy and Orchestrate Containers: Use Kubernetes and Docker to manage containerised applications, ensuring high availability, scaling, and resource optimisation.


• Develop CI/CD Pipelines: Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.


• Implement Monitoring and Incident Management: Set up proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to detect and resolve issues before they impact users.


• Foster Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing: Work closely with cross-functional teams to instil and grow a DevOps culture.

Required Qualifications

• 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 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).


• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or Datadog.


• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar) for automation and tooling.


• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in software engineering, with a focus on Python as a primary programming language.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary of £82,000 - £104,000
Matched pension contributions and equity options
Flexible working hours and location
25 days paid holiday (plus bank holidays)
Professional equipment and personal development budget
Cycle-to-work scheme
An inclusive community enjoying all-company off-sites, lunches and socials