Senior SRE Engineer - future opening

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Who We Are</strong></p> <p>While Xebia is a global tech company, our journey in CEE started with two Polish companies – PGS Software, known for world-class cloud and software solutions, and GetInData, a pioneer in Big Data. Today, we’re a team of 1,000+ experts delivering top-notch work across cloud, data, and software. And we’re just getting started.</p> <p><strong>What We Do</strong></p> <p>We work on projects that matter – and that make a difference. From fintech and e-commerce to aviation, logistics, media, and fashion, we help our clients build scalable platforms, data and AI solutions, and cutting-edge applications to shape the future of tech. Our clients include McLaren, Aviva, Deloitte, Spotify, Disney, ING, UPS, Tesco, Truecaller, AllSaints, Volotea, Schmitz Cargobull, Allegro, InPost, and many, many more.</p> <p>We value smart tech, real ownership, and continuous growth. We use modern, open-source stacks, and we’re proud to be trusted partners of Databricks, dbt, Snowflake, Azure, GCP, and AWS. Fun fact: we were the first AWS Premier Partner in Poland!</p> <p><strong>Beyond Projects</strong></p> <p>What makes Xebia special? Our community. We support tech communities, organize meetups (Software Talks, Data Tech Talks), and have a culture that actively support your growth via Guilds, Labs, and personal development budgets — for both tech and soft skills. It’s not just a job. It’s a place to grow.</p> <p><strong>What sets us apart?&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>Our mindset. Our vibe. Our people. And while that’s hard to capture in text – come visit us and see for yourself.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><strong>You will be:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>designing and implementing SRE practices, including SLI/SLO frameworks, error budgets, toil budgets, and reliability reviews,</li> <li>leading the maturity progression from Level 1 (Reactive) through Level 5 (Autonomous),</li> <li>driving toil elimination by identifying, measuring, and automating repetitive operational work,</li> <li>designing and executing chaos engineering experiments to proactively identify reliability weaknesses,</li> <li>establishing production readiness review processes for new application onboarding,</li> <li>collaborating with engineering teams on joint RCA backlogs and incident reduction initiatives,</li> <li>defining and tracking SRE KPIs, including MTTD, MTTR, error budget consumption, toil ratio, and automation coverage,</li> <li>mentoring L2 engineers in SRE practices and engineering-led problem solving,</li> <li>contributing to capacity planning, performance engineering, and reliability architecture reviews,</li> <li>championing a blameless post-incident culture and continuous improvement.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2 data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><strong>Your profile:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>5 - 8 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering,</li> <li>practical experience using AI-powered assistants (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to improve productivity, quality, or decision-making in software delivery,</li> <li>deep understanding of SRE principles (Google SRE book concepts), including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and toil elimination,</li> <li>strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages,</li> <li>extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, as well as Kubernetes,</li> <li>proficiency with observability tools, including Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana,</li> <li>experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD pipelines,</li> <li>proven track record of driving reliability improvements in production environments,</li> <li>experience with chaos engineering tools such as Gremlin, Chaos Monkey, or Litmus,</li> <li>strong analytical, problem-solving, and English communication skills (at least B2 level).</li> </ul> <p><strong>Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.</strong></p> <h2><strong>Nice to have:</strong></h2> <ul> <li> <p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">experience applying GenAI in a more structured way within the SDLC, including defined workflows, prompt patterns, or tool integrations embedded into daily work,</span></p> </li> <li> <p>experience in managed services or consulting environments,</p> </li> <li> <p>familiarity with AIOps and ML-driven operations,</p> </li> <li> <p>contributions to the SRE community through talks, articles, or open-source projects,</p> </li> <li> <p>experience working with large-scale distributed systems (1,000+ services),</p> </li> <li> <p>SRE or cloud architect certifications,</p> </li> <li><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">interest in and familiarity with emerging AI-driven practices (e.g. agent-based workflows, automation patterns, AI-augmented development), with a willingness to explore and experiment beyond standard approaches.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><strong>Recruitment Process:</strong></h2> <p><strong>CV</strong> review –<strong> HR</strong> call – <strong>Technical Interview</strong> – <strong>Client </strong>Interview – <strong>Decision</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>