Forward Deployed Engineer (SRE)

Mbn Recruitment Solutions — United Kingdom · Posted ~4 hours ago

Senior Full-time Remote Circa £75000 base + generous equity

Skills

Infrastructure engineering Enterprise deployments SRE Monitoring Incident response Production reliability Cloud infrastructure Security reviews VPC On-premises infrastructure

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Join an ambitious technology startup as a hands-on Forward Deployed Engineer focused on reliability and infrastructure. You will lead enterprise deployments across cloud, on-premises and isolated environments, work directly with technical customers, own monitoring and incident response, improve deployment practices, and contribute to backend and infrastructure code.

Highlights

Fully home-based role with strong compensation including equity, high ownership and direct customer interaction. The position combines enterprise deployments, production reliability, cloud platform ownership and opportunities to contribute to infrastructure and backend development.

Description

Forward Deployed Engineer (SRE) London – Fully home based (Office may open late 2027) Circa £75,000 base + Generous Equity An ambitious technology startup is hiring a hands-on infrastructure engineer to help enterprise customers deploy its product and operate it reliably. You’ll take customers from signing to production in their own environments, including VPCs, on-premises and air-gapped infrastructure. Between deployments, you’ll own the company’s cloud platform and physical mobile device infrastructure. What you’ll do Lead enterprise deployments, navigating security reviews and access requirements.Work directly with customers’ technical teams to solve problems and deliver value.Own monitoring, incident response and production reliability.Improve deployment playbooks and train other engineers to deliver independently.Maintain and scale a mobile device farm.Contribute backend and infrastructure-related product code. What you’ll need Experience deploying into at least three distinct infrastructure environments, including one on-premises.Experience navigating security reviews and access requests in regulated environments.Strong practical skills across public cloud, private/on-premises and physical infrastructure.Experience operating high-reliability systems at scale and troubleshooting under pressure.Clear communication and a strong focus on customer outcomes.Excellent engineering fundamentals and high proficiency with AI coding tools. Mobile device farm experience, Android/iOS infrastructure, MDM or a home lab would be a bonus. This could suit an infrastructure or SRE engineer with substantial practical deployment experience. Interested? Get in touch and we can discuss examples of challenging deployments you’ve owned.