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Lead Site Reliability Engineer (Snowflake/Terraform/Linux)
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Summary:
This is a captivating and exciting time to join Partnerize. We are at a pivotal point in our tech progression, looking to significantly expand our technical estate, scale the platform, and replace existing legacy systems with modern solutions. You will play a vital role in the ongoing operationalisation and management of our entire platform portfolio found in our on-prem datacentres and AWS cloud: Partnerize, BrandVerity, Ascend, and our recent acquisition, Konnecto. While there will be a key focus on integrating and supporting Konnecto's advanced data and AI layers, a critical pillar of your mission will be spearheading the development of our enterprise on-prem containerisation solution. This initiative is designed to fundamentally shift our engineering culture towards a "you build it, you own it" model. By providing robust, automated container platforms, you will empower our Engineering teams to deploy quickly and independently, significantly reducing the bottleneck created by relying solely on the TechOps department.
We are looking for a Lead SRE who is both a deep technical expert and a capable mentor. In this role, your primary responsibility is ensuring our diverse, hybrid systems remain available, scalable, and secure. You will act as an authoritative Subject Matter Expert (SME), championing developer autonomy, driving IT systems security policies, and working closely with the security compliance team to protect our platforms from threats while driving continuous integration and delivery.This role will report into the SRE and Application Manager providing them with technical guidance and recommendations whilst being the technical lead for the SRE team.
The Team
You will be responsible for ensuring the continuous development and progression of team members. We are looking for a player/coach who can mentor, empower, and up-skill talent. We have a mix of technical generalists, specialists, and junior engineers; you will help identify their strengths and constructively develop areas of weakness, guiding their technological career paths as we transition to a DevOps-centric operating model.
The Operational Reality
You will operate in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment where your work directly and visibly shapes the company's architectural future. This requires a highly adaptable and pragmatic leader who can balance strategic project delivery with hybrid-estate maintenance. By applying modern incident management frameworks to troubleshooting and ticket management, you are responsible for ensuring all issues across our estate are addressed decisively and efficiently.
As a Lead SRE, You Will:
Strategic & Operational Management
- Developer Empowerment&Containerisation
- Collaborate on the design, build, and rollout of a robust containerisation strategy (Kubernetes/Docker). Your goal is to assist in delivering a platform that enables Engineering teams to take full ownership of their code from build to deployment.
- Reliability & Error Budgets
- Define Service Level Indicators (SLIs), set Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and manage Error Budgets to expertly balance feature velocity with platform stability.
- Hybrid Platform Engineering & Konnecto
- Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure across on-prem and AWS. Take the lead technical role in integrating and modernising Konnecto's architecture, ensuring its data ingestion and AI logic layers scale securely.
- FinOps / Cloud Cost Optimisation
- Manage, monitor, and optimise cloud infrastructure spend across our hybrid environments, ensuring architectural decisions are both highly performant and cost-effective.
- CI/CD Pipeline Responsibility
- Responsible for the continuous improvement, continuous delivery, and continuous integration pipelines to facilitate rapid engineering velocity.
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Mentorship
- Deliver coaching sessions to the team and individuals, acting as a technical escalation point and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing.
- Workload Management
- Scope the work coming into the SRE team, prioritise hybrid-estate maintenance vs. project delivery, and delegate tasks to team members to ensure prompt resolution.
Security & Architecture
- Design&Threat Modelling
- Produce production-grade application security designs. Perform design reviews and threat modelling of our services and products.
- Security Strategy
- Drive improvements to Partnerize platforms' security through strategic planning, vulnerability assessments, and security testing.
Incident Management&Toil Reduction
Toil Reduction Champion toil reduction through automation, continually identifying manual, repetitive operational work and engineering it out of existence.
Post-Mortems & Escalation
Act as the ultimate escalation point for complex support incidents, participate in the On-Call rotation, lead blameless post-mortems, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and aggressively track metrics like Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR).
General Duties
- Consulting&Planning
- Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning.
- Escalation Support
- Act as the ultimate escalation point for complex support incidents and assignments while maintaining a high level of quality.
- On-Call
- Participate in the On-Call Rotation.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Core Competencies
- Technical Ability
- Highly proficient SME capable of reliably applying technical methods, leading cultural technical shifts (e.g., DevOps adoption), and supporting the development of new skills in colleagues.
- Problem Solving&Decision Making
- Capable of making decisions quickly and decisively, weighing options, and approaching problems methodically and innovatively.
- Communication&Influence
- Effectively communicates initiatives to all stakeholders and is capable of procuring buy-in for key transformational projects (like containerisation rollouts).
Technical Competencies
- Cloud, Hybrid & Containerisation
- Essential knowledge of hybrid architectures, managing both AWS and on-premise environments. Extensive hands-on experience designing and managing advanced containerisation environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and Argo Workflows to enable developer self-service.
- Konnecto Tech Stack & Data Pipelines
- Proven experience managing modern storage layers and databases, specifically MongoDB and Snowflake. Experience supporting complex data ingestion layers, including clickdata streams, S3 raw/parsed ingestion, and Airflow ETL.
- Programming & Automation
- Experience in automation languages (Python orBash).
- Deep understanding of GitHub and experience implementing or working alongside AI coding tools and practices.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
- Security&Observability
- Experience with security in a DevOps environment. Experience managing observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki).
- Operations&Troubleshooting
- Exceptional Linux system administration skills. Highly proficient in troubleshooting, diagnosing, and independently solving issues using modern incident management frameworks.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience
The following skills or experiences are advantageous but not strictly required
- Innovation&Debt Management
- A keen interest in new technologies, specifically supporting development teams in the refactoring of technical debt.
- Legacy Databases
- Strong experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis).
- Data Streaming
- Experience with data streaming and queuing technologies, specifically Apache Kafka and Druid.
- Web&Storage
- Knowledge of Nginx (or other web server technologies) and storage technologies like Gluster.
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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Lead Python Engineer (Remote)
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Summary:
A Lead Python Engineer will be producing clean, testable and maintainable designs for any team tickets they pick up. On top of that they will be an expert in a particular technical domain and be the go-to-person for solving problems related to that domain. They will lead and deliver on tribe, tech and development process initiatives and be actively contributing to all team and cross- team ceremonies. They should be able to help with issues outside their own team.
Responsibilities:
- A lead software engineer will be producing clean, testable and maintainable designs for any team tickets they pick up.
- On top of that they will be an expert in a particular technical domain and be the go-to-person for solving problems related to that domain.
- They will lead and deliver on tribe, tech and development process initiatives and be actively contributing to all team and cross- team ceremonies. They should be able to help with issues outside their own team.
Required Qualifications & Competencies:
- Extensive software engineering experience using one or more languages including Python
- Experience with architecture design while leading software development team
- Experience with leading a cross functional team.
- OO skills, strong design and integration patterns knowledge
- Experience with Agile and Lean delivery approaches and modern engineering practices, such as clean code, TDD, refactoring, Domain driven design, Continuous integration and delivery
- Experience in designing, developing and consuming REST APIs and APIs as product
- Experience with communicating technical vision and passion for close collaboration with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- The ability to communicate in a concise and focused way, listen to others, and practice patience
Desired Qualifications & Competencies:
- Bsc Hons in Computing related field
- Practical experience with Agile and Lean delivery approaches and modern engineering practices, such as clean code, TDD, refactoring, Continuous integration and delivery
- Practical experience in developing and consuming REST APIs
- The ability to communicate in a concise and focused way, listen to others, and practice patience
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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Senior Infrastructure Manager
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
This role operates on a hybrid basis and requires attendance in our Newcastle office two days per month. While some flexibility may be discussed, applicants should be willing and able to work from the office as part of the role.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Manager who is, first and foremost, a people leader.
In this role, your primary responsibility is the health, performance, and career growth of your engineering team. While you must possess a solid technical background to understand the challenges your team faces, your day-to-day focus will not be hands-on technical work. Instead, you will use your experience to remove blockers, guide decision-making, and ensure your engineers have the environment they need to succeed.
The Team You Will Lead
You will lead the Infrastructure Solutions team within the wider Technical Operations department. Your engineers are responsible for building the environment, delivering projects as requested by Engineering and Product, and ensuring we remain available, scalable, and secure. They are not responsible for the BAU function of the platforms that is managed by another team within Technical Operations. The Infrastructure Solutions team takes a concept or idea and makes that into a reality within the boundaries and constraints of our platforms.
You will be managing a team of engineers who individually possess experience in:
- On-Premise Linux systems, Container solutions, Debian packaging, Ansible, data streaming and queuing technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Advanced database management knowledge (MySQL, Postgres) in replicated environments.
- Physical Network management, with an on-prem estate that is Juniper focused.
- Cloud environments: GCP and AWS
- Platform engineer focused on building, maintaining and supporting an Internal Developer Platform (CI/CD)
The Operational Reality
It is important to be transparent about the environment you are joining. We operate at high velocity with a broad and complex technology estate. However, we are a lean team, not a giant corporation with endless resources.
- Context Switching is the Norm
- You will rarely have the luxury of focusing on a single task for weeks at a time. You will be required to shift focus multiple times a week, and sometimes multiple times a day, as business priorities evolve.
- Agility over Silos
- Because we are a lean team, we wear many hats. You must be comfortable pivoting from a strategic discussion to an operational challenge without losing momentum.
- Focus Management
- Success in this role requires the ability to maintain high standards while navigating a workload that changes dynamically. This is not a role for those who prefer a slow, singular focus; it is for those who thrive on variety, pace, and solving complex problems in real-time.
As the Senior Infrastructure Manager, You Will:
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers. Conduct weekly 1-2-1s, manage performance reviews, and handle all aspects of people management.
- Formal Training & Growth
- Go beyond ad-hoc mentoring to schedule and lead formal training sessions regarding operational improvements. Actively create professional development plans for your direct reports.
- Recruitment & Retention
- Own the hiring process for your team, ensuring we attract top talent and maintain a supportive, inclusive culture.
- Culture of Learning
- Foster a "Self-Learner" mindset. Create a transparent environment where failures are treated as learning opportunities and documented as such for future reference.
Strategic & Operational Management
- Budget & Capacity Planning
- Ability to own your team's budget and lead capacity planning initiatives. You will forecast future infrastructure needs to ensure we remain scalable while managing spend for subscriptions and hardware.
- Risk & Contingency
- Proactively identify operational risks and form contingency plans immediately to ensure business continuity.
- Procedure & Frameworks
- Ability to define, maintain, and cascade operational procedures (SOPs) and ITIL standards.
- Prioritisation
- Shield your team from noise by effectively prioritising workloads (Changes, Problems, and Projects) and managing stakeholder expectations.
Technical Support & Oversight
- Performance Optimisation
- Measure and optimise system performance with a focus on improving reliability and time-to-market. You will drive innovation to get ahead of internal customer needs rather than just reacting to them.
- Visual Documentation
- Ensure the team produces detailed system design documentation, specifically enforcing the inclusion of visual representations to support understanding. Ability to technologically assess it as a technical editor.
- Hybrid Estate Management
- Ability to oversee the management of both On-Premise and Cloud (GCP/AWS), ensuring high availability across all environments.
- Unblocking Issues
- Act as the senior escalation point for complex technical issues. Your goal is not to fix the issue yourself, but to coordinate the right resources and provide air cover.
General Duties
On-Call DutiesWillingness to participate in the Management On-Call Rotation to support the department and the business (Current frequency: Once every three weeks).Ad-HocCarry out other strategic or technical duties required to support the Director/VP of Technical Operations.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Leadership & Management Competencies
- Proven Management Experience
- Significant experience leading a technical team, with a specific focus on the people management aspect (performance reviews, career growth etc).
- Project Management
- Strong project management experience with the ability to delegate effectively to meet tight deadlines. You must be able to multitask and maintain focus in a high-priority environment.
- Communication
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. You must be able to liaise effectively with management and other business areas. Engagement may also include interactions with senior technical engineers/leaders within other teams and C-Team members.
- Goal Oriented
- You must be highly goal-oriented with strict attention to detail, capable of prioritising workload and demand to ensure targets are met.
- ITIL Application / Lean Six Sigma
- Deep knowledge of and experience with ITIL practices, with the ability to apply them to improve team workflows. Demonstrated ability to apply Lean Six Sigma concepts.
Technical Environment & Team Capabilities
Focusing on the technical skills that your engineers possess, it would be ideal if you had a decent working knowledge of each of the areas. Hands-on expertise in every area is not required, but the ability to hold and facilitate discussions, know when to push or hold back and when to ask poignant questions will help you effectively mentor the team and guide architectural decisions.
For reference from above these areas are: on-prem and AWS/GCP solutions; system design from network to application level; resilient database availability strategies; automation and configuration management via Ansible, Docker and CI/CD; programming awareness in Python; Linux administration.
Your willingness to learn what you don’t know is required to succeed in this role and we will support you through that journey.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
The following skills or experiences are advantageous but not strictly required. They would be utilised for facilitating tasks rather than for direct, hands-on implementation.
- Innovation & Debt Management
- A keen interest in new technologies and innovation, specifically supporting development teams in the refactoring of technical debt.
- Advanced Containerization
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and container ecosystems.
- Observability
- Experience with monitoring systems (e.g., Zabbix, Grafana) and logging stacks (Elasticsearch, Kibana).
- Data Streaming
- Experience with data streaming and queuing technologies, specifically Apache Kafka and Druid.
- Web & Storage
- Knowledge of Nginx (or other web server technologies) and storage technologies like Gluster.
- Tooling
- Proficiency with JIRA and Confluence for project tracking and documentation.
- Version Control
- strong understanding of Git and version control best practices.
Why This Role?
If you are an experienced technical leader who finds more satisfaction in growing people and building high-performing teams than in closing tickets yourself, this is the role for you. You will have the autonomy to shape the culture of the Infrastructure function and the strategic backing to make a real impact on the business
A Note to Candidates
At Partnerize, we recognise that the perfect candidate doesn't exist. If you are a strong people manager with a background in tech, but maybe haven't touched a command line in a few years - that’s okay! We are looking for leadership first. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the management skills to help our team thrive.
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Who We Are:
The partnership channel offers scale and automation on a pay-for-performance model that delivers the operating leverage necessary for brand survival. Partnerize empowers marketers with technology built to discover, engage and convert audiences, at scale, all while maintaining brand safety and control.
Why Join Us?
Our commitment to growing partnerships doesn't end with our clients. Our employees are carefully selected to be a part of our company because they emulate a carefully crafted and practised set of core values that define us and our business: Exceed Expectations, Don't Settle for the Status Quo, Do the Right Thing, Share Openly and Often, and Put the Customer First. Joining Partnerize means joining a company that sincerely values your talent, expertise and passion. We strive each day to hire and retain only the best. Doing so affords us the opportunity to be the best in the business, to exceed our clients' expectations, to innovate, to teach, and most importantly, to earn and maintain our clients’ loyalty.
Job Overview
The Mission
This is a captivating and exciting time to join Partnerize. We are at a pivotal point in our tech progression, looking to significantly expand our technical estate, scale the platform, and replace existing legacy systems with modern solutions. You will play a vital role in the ongoing operationalisation and management of our entire platform portfolio found in our on-prem datacentres and AWS cloud: Partnerize, BrandVerity, Ascend, and our recent acquisition, Konnecto. While there will be a key focus on maintaining and supporting our on premise live platform systems, a critical pillar of your mission will be spearheading the onboarding of our enterprise on-prem containerisation solution. This initiative is designed to fundamentally shift our engineering culture towards a "you build it, you own it" model. By providing robust, automated container platforms, you will empower our Engineering teams to deploy quickly and independently, significantly reducing the bottleneck created by relying solely on the TechOps department.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior SRE who is both a deep technical expert and a capable mentor. In this role, your primary responsibility is ensuring our diverse, hybrid systems remain available, scalable, and secure. You will act as an authoritative Subject Matter Expert (SME), championing developer autonomy, driving IT systems security policies, and working closely with the security compliance team to protect our platforms from threats while driving continuous integration and delivery.
This role will report into the SRE and Application Manager providing them with technical guidance and recommendations whilst being a technical leader for the SRE team.
The Team
You will be responsible for ensuring the continuous development and progression of team members. We are looking for a player/coach who can mentor, empower, and upskill talent. We have a mix of technical generalists, specialists, and junior engineers; you will help identify their strengths and constructively develop areas of weakness, guiding their technological career paths as we transition to a DevOps-centric operating model.
The Operational Reality
You will operate in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment where your work directly and visibly shapes the company's architectural future. This requires a highly adaptable and pragmatic Engineer who can balance strategic project delivery with hybrid-estate maintenance. By applying modern incident management frameworks to troubleshooting and ticket management, you are responsible for ensuring all issues across our estate are addressed decisively and efficiently.
As a Senior SRE at Partnerize, You Will:
- Delivery coaching sessions to the team/individuals
- Scoping the work coming into the SRE team and delegating to the team members appropriately.
- Provide primary operational support and engineering for multiple large, distributed software applications
- Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications
- Measure and optimise system performance, with an eye toward pushing our capabilities forward, getting ahead of customer needs, and innovating to continually improve
- Improve reliability, quality, and time-to-market of our suite of software solutions
- Drive improvements to Partnerize platforms security through strategic planning and collaboration with the security compliance team.
- Produce production grade application security designs.
- Perform design reviews and Threat modelling of our services and products.
- Perform vulnerability assessments and security testing.
- Providing subject matter expertise on all areas of security and privacy throughout the Software Development lifecycle.
- Liaison with development teams for design, code reviews and education.
- Contribute to security strategy, security tooling selection and creation.
- Conduct regular security assessments and code reviews.
- Partner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures
- Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning
- Work closely with development and tech teams ensuring technical Issues and projects are correctly managed.
- Deliver small and large technical projects in a prompt and timely manner.
- Act as an escalation for Support Incidents and assignments while maintaining a high level of quality
- Be responsible for continuous improvement, continuous delivery and continuous integration.
- Participate in the On-Call Rotation.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Ability to mentor and coach team members
- Ability to lead on major incidents and communicate responses back to the rest of the business
- Ability to prioritise workload including take the lead on Incidents and Problem management
- Able to scope the work coming into the team and delegate appropriately
- Represent TechOps to the wider business and liaise with the other departments
- Develop the technological career paths for the individuals on the team.
- Strong experience of databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis)
- Understanding of scripting languages (Python, Bash, PHP)
- Expertise with a programming language (Python, Go or Java)
- Experience of security in a DevOps environment
- Coding experience for automating/integrating security tools
- Knowledge of security in distributed systems at scale.
- Experience of performing security design reviews, threat modelling and risk assessments.
- Extensive knowledge of internet security issues and/or mobile security issues.
- Knowledge of platform or application automated deployment and configuration management (Ansible, Docker, terraform etc)
- containers technology knowledge essential ( Kuberbetes, Docker)
- Linux system administration skills.
- Able to troubleshoot, diagnose and solve issues independently.
- Self-learner, ability to document learning as experience is gained.
- Experience as part of a team supporting and maintaining an infrastructure.
- A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
- Knowledge of and experience with the ITIL practices.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- An interest in development, new technologies and innovation
- Supporting development teams into the refactoring of technical debt
- Kubernetes, docker and containers
- Experience with monitoring systems, e.g. Zabbix, Nagios etc.
- Experience of JIRA and Confluence
- Nginx or web server technologies
- Gluster or storage technologies
- Git and version control
- Elasticsearch technologies - especially Kibana
- Experience with Apache Kafka and Druid
Why This Role?
If you are an experienced technical expert who finds satisfaction in solving complex hybrid-architectural challenges, driving DevOps cultural transformations, and building high-performing teams, this is the role for you. You will have the autonomy to shape the technical integration of a major acquisition, modernize legacy systems, and implement the tools that empower our engineers to build and run their own software.
A Note to Candidates
At Partnerize, we recognise it is unrealistic for a candidate to fulfil 100% of the criteria in this job description. We encourage you to apply if you feel you meet the majority of the requirements above. We know that skills evolve over time, so if you have a keen appetite to learn, innovate, and evolve alongside us, come join our team!
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Plus 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Remote)
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Who We Are:
The partnership channel offers scale and automation on a pay-for-performance model that delivers the operating leverage necessary for brand survival. Partnerize empowers marketers with technology built to discover, engage and convert audiences, at scale, all while maintaining brand safety and control.
Why Join Us?
Our commitment to growing partnerships doesn't end with our clients. Our employees are carefully selected to be a part of our company because they emulate a carefully crafted and practised set of core values that define us and our business: Exceed Expectations, Don't Settle for the Status Quo, Do the Right Thing, Share Openly and Often, and Put the Customer First. Joining Partnerize means joining a company that sincerely values your talent, expertise and passion. We strive each day to hire and retain only the best. Doing so affords us the opportunity to be the best in the business, to exceed our clients' expectations, to innovate, to teach, and most importantly, to earn and maintain our clients’ loyalty.
Job Overview
The Mission
This is a captivating and exciting time to join Partnerize. We are at a pivotal point in our tech progression, looking to significantly expand our technical estate, scale the platform, and replace existing legacy systems with modern solutions. You will play a vital role in the ongoing operationalisation and management of our entire platform portfolio found in our on-prem datacentres and AWS cloud: Partnerize, BrandVerity, Ascend, and our recent acquisition, Konnecto. While there will be a key focus on maintaining and supporting our on premise live platform systems, a critical pillar of your mission will be spearheading the onboarding of our enterprise on-prem containerisation solution. This initiative is designed to fundamentally shift our engineering culture towards a "you build it, you own it" model. By providing robust, automated container platforms, you will empower our Engineering teams to deploy quickly and independently, significantly reducing the bottleneck created by relying solely on the TechOps department.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior SRE who is both a deep technical expert and a capable mentor. In this role, your primary responsibility is ensuring our diverse, hybrid systems remain available, scalable, and secure. You will act as an authoritative Subject Matter Expert (SME), championing developer autonomy, driving IT systems security policies, and working closely with the security compliance team to protect our platforms from threats while driving continuous integration and delivery.
This role will report into the SRE and Application Manager providing them with technical guidance and recommendations whilst being a technical leader for the SRE team.
The Team
You will be responsible for ensuring the continuous development and progression of team members. We are looking for a player/coach who can mentor, empower, and upskill talent. We have a mix of technical generalists, specialists, and junior engineers; you will help identify their strengths and constructively develop areas of weakness, guiding their technological career paths as we transition to a DevOps-centric operating model.
The Operational Reality
You will operate in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment where your work directly and visibly shapes the company's architectural future. This requires a highly adaptable and pragmatic Engineer who can balance strategic project delivery with hybrid-estate maintenance. By applying modern incident management frameworks to troubleshooting and ticket management, you are responsible for ensuring all issues across our estate are addressed decisively and efficiently.
As a Senior SRE at Partnerize, You Will:
- Delivery coaching sessions to the team/individuals
- Scoping the work coming into the SRE team and delegating to the team members appropriately.
- Provide primary operational support and engineering for multiple large, distributed software applications
- Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications
- Measure and optimise system performance, with an eye toward pushing our capabilities forward, getting ahead of customer needs, and innovating to continually improve
- Improve reliability, quality, and time-to-market of our suite of software solutions
- Drive improvements to Partnerize platforms security through strategic planning and collaboration with the security compliance team.
- Produce production grade application security designs.
- Perform design reviews and Threat modelling of our services and products.
- Perform vulnerability assessments and security testing.
- Providing subject matter expertise on all areas of security and privacy throughout the Software Development lifecycle.
- Liaison with development teams for design, code reviews and education.
- Contribute to security strategy, security tooling selection and creation.
- Conduct regular security assessments and code reviews.
- Partner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures
- Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning
- Work closely with development and tech teams ensuring technical Issues and projects are correctly managed.
- Deliver small and large technical projects in a prompt and timely manner.
- Act as an escalation for Support Incidents and assignments while maintaining a high level of quality
- Be responsible for continuous improvement, continuous delivery and continuous integration.
- Participate in the On-Call Rotation.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Ability to mentor and coach team members
- Ability to lead on major incidents and communicate responses back to the rest of the business
- Ability to prioritise workload including take the lead on Incidents and Problem management
- Able to scope the work coming into the team and delegate appropriately
- Represent TechOps to the wider business and liaise with the other departments
- Develop the technological career paths for the individuals on the team.
- Strong experience of databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis)
- Understanding of scripting languages (Python, Bash, PHP)
- Expertise with a programming language (Python, Go or Java)
- Experience of security in a DevOps environment
- Coding experience for automating/integrating security tools
- Knowledge of security in distributed systems at scale.
- Experience of performing security design reviews, threat modelling and risk assessments.
- Extensive knowledge of internet security issues and/or mobile security issues.
- Knowledge of platform or application automated deployment and configuration management (Ansible, Docker, terraform etc)
- containers technology knowledge essential ( Kuberbetes, Docker)
- Linux system administration skills.
- Able to troubleshoot, diagnose and solve issues independently.
- Self-learner, ability to document learning as experience is gained.
- Experience as part of a team supporting and maintaining an infrastructure.
- A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
- Knowledge of and experience with the ITIL practices.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- An interest in development, new technologies and innovation
- Supporting development teams into the refactoring of technical debt
- Kubernetes, docker and containers
- Experience with monitoring systems, e.g. Zabbix, Nagios etc.
- Experience of JIRA and Confluence
- Nginx or web server technologies
- Gluster or storage technologies
- Git and version control
- Elasticsearch technologies - especially Kibana
- Experience with Apache Kafka and Druid
Why This Role?
If you are an experienced technical expert who finds satisfaction in solving complex hybrid-architectural challenges, driving DevOps cultural transformations, and building high-performing teams, this is the role for you. You will have the autonomy to shape the technical integration of a major acquisition, modernize legacy systems, and implement the tools that empower our engineers to build and run their own software.
A Note to Candidates
At Partnerize, we recognise it is unrealistic for a candidate to fulfil 100% of the criteria in this job description. We encourage you to apply if you feel you meet the majority of the requirements above. We know that skills evolve over time, so if you have a keen appetite to learn, innovate, and evolve alongside us, come join our team!
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Plus 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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Front End Engineer (React)
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Summary:
At the heart of our platform we track performance marketing data and build a number of solutions to turn this data into useful information for our customers. We work with a lot of data, generating over a billion events across our infrastructure daily. We aim to make as much of this data available in real-time as possible, which is no mean feat at this scale! Our platform is powered by our REST APIs and everything is developed with an API-first approach.
The primary technologies we use are PHP, Python, JavaScript (React), and Kafka. Data is stored in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Druid and Redis. We are constantly evolving our platform and tools to take advantage of the ever-changing tech landscape. We deploy to production several times a day.
As a Front-End Engineer at Partnerize, you will:
- Drive Outcomes: Take high-level ownership of features from discovery to delivery, autonomously driving outcomes to achieve impactful business results.
- Build & Scale: Develop and maintain high-quality React applications that are modular, performant, and easy to maintain.
- AI Integration: Collaborate on the frontend implementation of Agentic AI systems, creating intuitive interfaces that allow users to interact with and oversee autonomous agents.
- Collaborate: Work within a cross-functional "Tribe" alongside Product Managers, Designers, and Backend Engineers in a highly autonomous and collaborative environment.
- Champion Quality: Write clean, well-tested code, we expect robust testing (Unit/Integration/E2E) to be a core part of your development process.
- Master the Domain: Gain a deep understanding of the complex business logic behind global performance marketing.
You are a software engineer with:
- React Expertise: Deep professional experience building complex web applications using React and the modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem.
- Testing Mindset: A strong commitment to shipping well-tested code using modern tools (e.g. Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, or Cypress).
- State Management: Fluency in managing complex application state (e.g., Redux Toolkit and React Context).
- API Integration: Extensive experience consuming and assisting designing contracts for RESTful and GraphQL APIs in an API-first environment.
- Self-Starter Attitude: The ability to communicate in a concise way, listen to others, and drive projects forward with minimal supervision.
We hope you have:
- Agentic AI Exposure: Experience or a strong interest in building UIs for Agentic AI systems (e.g., integrating with LLM-based agents, LangChain, or autonomous workflow tools).
- TypeScript Mastery: A preference for type-safe development in large-scale codebases.
- Docker Knowledge: Experience with container technologies to support a seamless local development workflow.
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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QA Test Engineer (Ruby/Python)
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Summary:
We divide our time between manual and automated testing. We run our automated frameworks in Ruby, using Cypress for the UI tests, with some legacy tests in Selenium webdriver. We primarily do our work on Macbooks with a local Docker environment. You can expect to be supported in your passion for Testing with the opportunities and time to branch out into specialisms such as Load, Performance and Security testing. Your opinions and input are always valued.
Our development teams are multidisciplinary with engineers, QA, designers, and product managers working together using Agile principles. Each team is independently organised and autonomous, deciding their own workflow for solving the problems presented to them. All Test Engineers meet to share knowledge and ideas across the teams, and to make cross-team decisions, such as coding standards.
Responsibilities:
- Test from the very beginning of user stories development during Three amigos and Refinement sessions
- Provide code reviews for other Test Engineers
- Become a subject matter expert in your area of the product
- Manage your own workload and approach to how you test, ensuring thorough manual testing as well as adequate automation checks.
- Actively learn and share knowledge and ideas around QA practices or automation framework initiatives that will benefit testing for the product
- Provide feedback during Scrum ceremonies to improve the delivery of the team as a whole
Required Qualifications & Competencies:
- Passion for testing and a technical background with experience in manual and automated API/Front-end testing.
- The ability to write concise and accurate bug reports, so that any issues can be easily recreated
- Experience in basic SQL operations
- Demonstrable knowledge of any programming language
- Assertiveness and active contributions to team meetings and planning sessions
- A focus on delivering quality to your own high standards
Desired Qualifications & Competencies:
- Experience in development using the Ruby language
- Experience in working in an Agile environment
- Experience in using a source control solution such as Git
- Familiarity with Mac OSX and basic Linux/Unix command line usage
- Familiarity with Docker
- Experience with Cypress
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Bupa
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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Senior Infrastructure Manager
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Manager who is, first and foremost, a people leader.
In this role, your primary responsibility is the health, performance, and career growth of your engineering team. While you must possess a solid technical background to understand the challenges your team faces, your day-to-day focus will not be hands-on technical work. Instead, you will use your experience to remove blockers, guide decision-making, and ensure your engineers have the environment they need to succeed.
You will act as the bridge between technical execution and business strategy, team budget management, defining roadmaps, and ensuring operational excellence across a complex hybrid (predominantly on-prem and some cloud) estate.
The Team You Will Lead
You will lead the Infrastructure Solutions team within the wider Technical Operations department. Your engineers are responsible for building the environment, delivering projects as requested by Engineering and Product, and ensuring we remain available, scalable, and secure. They are not responsible for the BAU function of the platforms that is managed by another team within Technical Operations. The Infrastructure Solutions team takes a concept or idea and makes that into a reality within the boundaries and constraints of our platforms.
You will be managing a team of engineers who individually possess experience in:
- On-Premise Linux systems, Container solutions, Debian packaging, Ansible, data streaming and queuing technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Advanced database management knowledge (MySQL, Postgres) in replicated environments.
- Physical Network management, with an on-prem estate that is Juniper focused.
- Cloud environments: GCP and AWS
- Platform engineer focused on building, maintaining and supporting an Internal Developer Platform (CI/CD)
The Operational Reality
It is important to be transparent about the environment you are joining. We operate at high velocity with a broad and complex technology estate. However, we are a lean team, not a giant corporation with endless resources.
- Context Switching is the Norm
- You will rarely have the luxury of focusing on a single task for weeks at a time. You will be required to shift focus multiple times a week, and sometimes multiple times a day, as business priorities evolve.
- Agility over Silos
- Because we are a lean team, we wear many hats. You must be comfortable pivoting from a strategic discussion to an operational challenge without losing momentum.
- Focus Management
- Success in this role requires the ability to maintain high standards while navigating a workload that changes dynamically. This is not a role for those who prefer a slow, singular focus; it is for those who thrive on variety, pace, and solving complex problems in real-time.
As the Senior Infrastructure Manager, You Will:
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers. Conduct weekly 1-2-1s, manage performance reviews, and handle all aspects of people management.
- Formal Training & Growth
- Go beyond ad-hoc mentoring to schedule and lead formal training sessions regarding operational improvements. Actively create professional development plans for your direct reports.
- Recruitment & Retention
- Own the hiring process for your team, ensuring we attract top talent and maintain a supportive, inclusive culture.
- Culture of Learning
- Foster a "Self-Learner" mindset. Create a transparent environment where failures are treated as learning opportunities and documented as such for future reference.
Strategic & Operational Management
- Budget & Capacity Planning
- Ability to own your team's budget and lead capacity planning initiatives. You will forecast future infrastructure needs to ensure we remain scalable while managing spend for subscriptions and hardware.
- Risk & Contingency
- Proactively identify operational risks and form contingency plans immediately to ensure business continuity.
- Procedure & Frameworks
- Ability to define, maintain, and cascade operational procedures (SOPs) and ITIL standards.
- Prioritisation
- Shield your team from noise by effectively prioritising workloads (Changes, Problems, and Projects) and managing stakeholder expectations.
Technical Support & Oversight
- Performance Optimisation
- Measure and optimise system performance with a focus on improving reliability and time-to-market. You will drive innovation to get ahead of internal customer needs rather than just reacting to them.
- Visual Documentation
- Ensure the team produces detailed system design documentation, specifically enforcing the inclusion of visual representations to support understanding. Ability to technologically assess it as a technical editor.
- Hybrid Estate Management
- Ability to oversee the management of both On-Premise and Cloud (GCP/AWS), ensuring high availability across all environments.
- Unblocking Issues
- Act as the senior escalation point for complex technical issues. Your goal is not to fix the issue yourself, but to coordinate the right resources and provide air cover.
General Duties
On-Call DutiesWillingness to participate in the Management On-Call Rotation to support the department and the business (Current frequency: Once every three weeks).Ad-HocCarry out other strategic or technical duties required to support the Director/VP of Technical Operations.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Leadership & Management Competencies
- Proven Management Experience
- Significant experience leading a technical team, with a specific focus on the people management aspect (performance reviews, career growth etc).
- Project Management
- Strong project management experience with the ability to delegate effectively to meet tight deadlines. You must be able to multitask and maintain focus in a high-priority environment.
- Communication
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. You must be able to liaise effectively with management and other business areas. Engagement may also include interactions with senior technical engineers/leaders within other teams and C-Team members.
- Goal Oriented
- You must be highly goal-oriented with strict attention to detail, capable of prioritising workload and demand to ensure targets are met.
- ITIL Application / Lean Six Sigma
- Deep knowledge of and experience with ITIL practices, with the ability to apply them to improve team workflows. Demonstrated ability to apply Lean Six Sigma concepts.
Technical Environment & Team Capabilities
Focusing on the technical skills that your engineers possess, it would be ideal if you had a decent working knowledge of each of the areas. Hands-on expertise in every area is not required, but the ability to hold and facilitate discussions, know when to push or hold back and when to ask poignant questions will help you effectively mentor the team and guide architectural decisions.
For reference from above these areas are: on-prem and AWS/GCP solutions; system design from network to application level; resilient database availability strategies; automation and configuration management via Ansible, Docker and CI/CD; programming awareness in Python; Linux administration.
Your willingness to learn what you don’t know is required to succeed in this role and we will support you through that journey.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
The following skills or experiences are advantageous but not strictly required. They would be utilised for facilitating tasks rather than for direct, hands-on implementation.
- Innovation & Debt Management
- A keen interest in new technologies and innovation, specifically supporting development teams in the refactoring of technical debt.
- Advanced Containerization
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and container ecosystems.
- Observability
- Experience with monitoring systems (e.g., Zabbix, Grafana) and logging stacks (Elasticsearch, Kibana).
- Data Streaming
- Experience with data streaming and queuing technologies, specifically Apache Kafka and Druid.
- Web & Storage
- Knowledge of Nginx (or other web server technologies) and storage technologies like Gluster.
- Tooling
- Proficiency with JIRA and Confluence for project tracking and documentation.
- Version Control
- strong understanding of Git and version control best practices.
Why This Role?
If you are an experienced technical leader who finds more satisfaction in growing people and building high-performing teams than in closing tickets yourself, this is the role for you. You will have the autonomy to shape the culture of the Infrastructure function and the strategic backing to make a real impact on the business
A Note to Candidates
At Partnerize, we recognise that the perfect candidate doesn't exist. If you are a strong people manager with a background in tech, but maybe haven't touched a command line in a few years - that’s okay! We are looking for leadership first. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the management skills to help our team thrive.
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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Senior Infrastructure Manager
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Manager who is, first and foremost, a people leader.
In this role, your primary responsibility is the health, performance, and career growth of your engineering team. While you must possess a solid technical background to understand the challenges your team faces, your day-to-day focus will not be hands-on technical work. Instead, you will use your experience to remove blockers, guide decision-making, and ensure your engineers have the environment they need to succeed.
You will act as the bridge between technical execution and business strategy, team budget management, defining roadmaps, and ensuring operational excellence across a complex hybrid (predominantly on-prem and some cloud) estate.
The Team You Will Lead
You will lead the Infrastructure Solutions team within the wider Technical Operations department. Your engineers are responsible for building the environment, delivering projects as requested by Engineering and Product, and ensuring we remain available, scalable, and secure. They are not responsible for the BAU function of the platforms that is managed by another team within Technical Operations. The Infrastructure Solutions team takes a concept or idea and makes that into a reality within the boundaries and constraints of our platforms.
You will be managing a team of engineers who individually possess experience in:
- On-Premise Linux systems, Container solutions, Debian packaging, Ansible, data streaming and queuing technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Advanced database management knowledge (MySQL, Postgres) in replicated environments.
- Physical Network management, with an on-prem estate that is Juniper focused.
- Cloud environments: GCP and AWS
- Platform engineer focused on building, maintaining and supporting an Internal Developer Platform (CI/CD)
The Operational Reality
It is important to be transparent about the environment you are joining. We operate at high velocity with a broad and complex technology estate. However, we are a lean team, not a giant corporation with endless resources.
- Context Switching is the Norm
- You will rarely have the luxury of focusing on a single task for weeks at a time. You will be required to shift focus multiple times a week, and sometimes multiple times a day, as business priorities evolve.
- Agility over Silos
- Because we are a lean team, we wear many hats. You must be comfortable pivoting from a strategic discussion to an operational challenge without losing momentum.
- Focus Management
- Success in this role requires the ability to maintain high standards while navigating a workload that changes dynamically. This is not a role for those who prefer a slow, singular focus; it is for those who thrive on variety, pace, and solving complex problems in real-time.
As the Senior Infrastructure Manager, You Will:
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers. Conduct weekly 1-2-1s, manage performance reviews, and handle all aspects of people management.
- Formal Training & Growth
- Go beyond ad-hoc mentoring to schedule and lead formal training sessions regarding operational improvements. Actively create professional development plans for your direct reports.
- Recruitment & Retention
- Own the hiring process for your team, ensuring we attract top talent and maintain a supportive, inclusive culture.
- Culture of Learning
- Foster a "Self-Learner" mindset. Create a transparent environment where failures are treated as learning opportunities and documented as such for future reference.
Strategic & Operational Management
- Budget & Capacity Planning
- Ability to own your team's budget and lead capacity planning initiatives. You will forecast future infrastructure needs to ensure we remain scalable while managing spend for subscriptions and hardware.
- Risk & Contingency
- Proactively identify operational risks and form contingency plans immediately to ensure business continuity.
- Procedure & Frameworks
- Ability to define, maintain, and cascade operational procedures (SOPs) and ITIL standards.
- Prioritisation
- Shield your team from noise by effectively prioritising workloads (Changes, Problems, and Projects) and managing stakeholder expectations.
Technical Support & Oversight
- Performance Optimisation
- Measure and optimise system performance with a focus on improving reliability and time-to-market. You will drive innovation to get ahead of internal customer needs rather than just reacting to them.
- Visual Documentation
- Ensure the team produces detailed system design documentation, specifically enforcing the inclusion of visual representations to support understanding. Ability to technologically assess it as a technical editor.
- Hybrid Estate Management
- Ability to oversee the management of both On-Premise and Cloud (GCP/AWS), ensuring high availability across all environments.
- Unblocking Issues
- Act as the senior escalation point for complex technical issues. Your goal is not to fix the issue yourself, but to coordinate the right resources and provide air cover.
General Duties
On-Call DutiesWillingness to participate in the Management On-Call Rotation to support the department and the business (Current frequency: Once every three weeks).Ad-HocCarry out other strategic or technical duties required to support the Director/VP of Technical Operations.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Leadership & Management Competencies
- Proven Management Experience
- Significant experience leading a technical team, with a specific focus on the people management aspect (performance reviews, career growth etc).
- Project Management
- Strong project management experience with the ability to delegate effectively to meet tight deadlines. You must be able to multitask and maintain focus in a high-priority environment.
- Communication
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. You must be able to liaise effectively with management and other business areas. Engagement may also include interactions with senior technical engineers/leaders within other teams and C-Team members.
- Goal Oriented
- You must be highly goal-oriented with strict attention to detail, capable of prioritising workload and demand to ensure targets are met.
- ITIL Application / Lean Six Sigma
- Deep knowledge of and experience with ITIL practices, with the ability to apply them to improve team workflows. Demonstrated ability to apply Lean Six Sigma concepts.
Technical Environment & Team Capabilities
Focusing on the technical skills that your engineers possess, it would be ideal if you had a decent working knowledge of each of the areas. Hands-on expertise in every area is not required, but the ability to hold and facilitate discussions, know when to push or hold back and when to ask poignant questions will help you effectively mentor the team and guide architectural decisions.
For reference from above these areas are: on-prem and AWS/GCP solutions; system design from network to application level; resilient database availability strategies; automation and configuration management via Ansible, Docker and CI/CD; programming awareness in Python; Linux administration.
Your willingness to learn what you don’t know is required to succeed in this role and we will support you through that journey.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
The following skills or experiences are advantageous but not strictly required. They would be utilised for facilitating tasks rather than for direct, hands-on implementation.
- Innovation & Debt Management
- A keen interest in new technologies and innovation, specifically supporting development teams in the refactoring of technical debt.
- Advanced Containerization
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and container ecosystems.
- Observability
- Experience with monitoring systems (e.g., Zabbix, Grafana) and logging stacks (Elasticsearch, Kibana).
- Data Streaming
- Experience with data streaming and queuing technologies, specifically Apache Kafka and Druid.
- Web & Storage
- Knowledge of Nginx (or other web server technologies) and storage technologies like Gluster.
- Tooling
- Proficiency with JIRA and Confluence for project tracking and documentation.
- Version Control
- strong understanding of Git and version control best practices.
Why This Role?
If you are an experienced technical leader who finds more satisfaction in growing people and building high-performing teams than in closing tickets yourself, this is the role for you. You will have the autonomy to shape the culture of the Infrastructure function and the strategic backing to make a real impact on the business
A Note to Candidates
At Partnerize, we recognise that the perfect candidate doesn't exist. If you are a strong people manager with a background in tech, but maybe haven't touched a command line in a few years - that’s okay! We are looking for leadership first. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the management skills to help our team thrive.
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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Apply to Partnerize
Senior Infrastructure Manager
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Manager who is, first and foremost, a people leader.
In this role, your primary responsibility is the health, performance, and career growth of your engineering team. While you must possess a solid technical background to understand the challenges your team faces, your day-to-day focus will not be hands-on technical work. Instead, you will use your experience to remove blockers, guide decision-making, and ensure your engineers have the environment they need to succeed.
You will act as the bridge between technical execution and business strategy, team budget management, defining roadmaps, and ensuring operational excellence across a complex hybrid (predominantly on-prem and some cloud) estate.
The Team You Will Lead
You will lead the Infrastructure Solutions team within the wider Technical Operations department. Your engineers are responsible for building the environment, delivering projects as requested by Engineering and Product, and ensuring we remain available, scalable, and secure. They are not responsible for the BAU function of the platforms that is managed by another team within Technical Operations. The Infrastructure Solutions team takes a concept or idea and makes that into a reality within the boundaries and constraints of our platforms.
You will be managing a team of engineers who individually possess experience in:
- On-Premise Linux systems, Container solutions, Debian packaging, Ansible, data streaming and queuing technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Advanced database management knowledge (MySQL, Postgres) in replicated environments.
- Physical Network management, with an on-prem estate that is Juniper focused.
- Cloud environments: GCP and AWS
- Platform engineer focused on building, maintaining and supporting an Internal Developer Platform (CI/CD)
The Operational Reality
It is important to be transparent about the environment you are joining. We operate at high velocity with a broad and complex technology estate. However, we are a lean team, not a giant corporation with endless resources.
- Context Switching is the Norm
- You will rarely have the luxury of focusing on a single task for weeks at a time. You will be required to shift focus multiple times a week, and sometimes multiple times a day, as business priorities evolve.
- Agility over Silos
- Because we are a lean team, we wear many hats. You must be comfortable pivoting from a strategic discussion to an operational challenge without losing momentum.
- Focus Management
- Success in this role requires the ability to maintain high standards while navigating a workload that changes dynamically. This is not a role for those who prefer a slow, singular focus; it is for those who thrive on variety, pace, and solving complex problems in real-time.
As the Senior Infrastructure Manager, You Will:
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers. Conduct weekly 1-2-1s, manage performance reviews, and handle all aspects of people management.
- Formal Training & Growth
- Go beyond ad-hoc mentoring to schedule and lead formal training sessions regarding operational improvements. Actively create professional development plans for your direct reports.
- Recruitment & Retention
- Own the hiring process for your team, ensuring we attract top talent and maintain a supportive, inclusive culture.
- Culture of Learning
- Foster a "Self-Learner" mindset. Create a transparent environment where failures are treated as learning opportunities and documented as such for future reference.
Strategic & Operational Management
- Budget & Capacity Planning
- Ability to own your team's budget and lead capacity planning initiatives. You will forecast future infrastructure needs to ensure we remain scalable while managing spend for subscriptions and hardware.
- Risk & Contingency
- Proactively identify operational risks and form contingency plans immediately to ensure business continuity.
- Procedure & Frameworks
- Ability to define, maintain, and cascade operational procedures (SOPs) and ITIL standards.
- Prioritisation
- Shield your team from noise by effectively prioritising workloads (Changes, Problems, and Projects) and managing stakeholder expectations.
Technical Support & Oversight
- Performance Optimisation
- Measure and optimise system performance with a focus on improving reliability and time-to-market. You will drive innovation to get ahead of internal customer needs rather than just reacting to them.
- Visual Documentation
- Ensure the team produces detailed system design documentation, specifically enforcing the inclusion of visual representations to support understanding. Ability to technologically assess it as a technical editor.
- Hybrid Estate Management
- Ability to oversee the management of both On-Premise and Cloud (GCP/AWS), ensuring high availability across all environments.
- Unblocking Issues
- Act as the senior escalation point for complex technical issues. Your goal is not to fix the issue yourself, but to coordinate the right resources and provide air cover.
General Duties
On-Call DutiesWillingness to participate in the Management On-Call Rotation to support the department and the business (Current frequency: Once every three weeks).Ad-HocCarry out other strategic or technical duties required to support the Director/VP of Technical Operations.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Leadership & Management Competencies
- Proven Management Experience
- Significant experience leading a technical team, with a specific focus on the people management aspect (performance reviews, career growth etc).
- Project Management
- Strong project management experience with the ability to delegate effectively to meet tight deadlines. You must be able to multitask and maintain focus in a high-priority environment.
- Communication
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. You must be able to liaise effectively with management and other business areas. Engagement may also include interactions with senior technical engineers/leaders within other teams and C-Team members.
- Goal Oriented
- You must be highly goal-oriented with strict attention to detail, capable of prioritising workload and demand to ensure targets are met.
- ITIL Application / Lean Six Sigma
- Deep knowledge of and experience with ITIL practices, with the ability to apply them to improve team workflows. Demonstrated ability to apply Lean Six Sigma concepts.
Technical Environment & Team Capabilities
Focusing on the technical skills that your engineers possess, it would be ideal if you had a decent working knowledge of each of the areas. Hands-on expertise in every area is not required, but the ability to hold and facilitate discussions, know when to push or hold back and when to ask poignant questions will help you effectively mentor the team and guide architectural decisions.
For reference from above these areas are: on-prem and AWS/GCP solutions; system design from network to application level; resilient database availability strategies; automation and configuration management via Ansible, Docker and CI/CD; programming awareness in Python; Linux administration.
Your willingness to learn what you don’t know is required to succeed in this role and we will support you through that journey.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
The following skills or experiences are advantageous but not strictly required. They would be utilised for facilitating tasks rather than for direct, hands-on implementation.
- Innovation & Debt Management
- A keen interest in new technologies and innovation, specifically supporting development teams in the refactoring of technical debt.
- Advanced Containerization
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and container ecosystems.
- Observability
- Experience with monitoring systems (e.g., Zabbix, Grafana) and logging stacks (Elasticsearch, Kibana).
- Data Streaming
- Experience with data streaming and queuing technologies, specifically Apache Kafka and Druid.
- Web & Storage
- Knowledge of Nginx (or other web server technologies) and storage technologies like Gluster.
- Tooling
- Proficiency with JIRA and Confluence for project tracking and documentation.
- Version Control
- strong understanding of Git and version control best practices.
Why This Role?
If you are an experienced technical leader who finds more satisfaction in growing people and building high-performing teams than in closing tickets yourself, this is the role for you. You will have the autonomy to shape the culture of the Infrastructure function and the strategic backing to make a real impact on the business
A Note to Candidates
At Partnerize, we recognise that the perfect candidate doesn't exist. If you are a strong people manager with a background in tech, but maybe haven't touched a command line in a few years - that’s okay! We are looking for leadership first. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the management skills to help our team thrive.
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Partnerize
Senior Infrastructure Manager
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Manager who is, first and foremost, a people leader.
In this role, your primary responsibility is the health, performance, and career growth of your engineering team. While you must possess a solid technical background to understand the challenges your team faces, your day-to-day focus will not be hands-on technical work. Instead, you will use your experience to remove blockers, guide decision-making, and ensure your engineers have the environment they need to succeed.
The Team You Will Lead
You will lead the Infrastructure Solutions team within the wider Technical Operations department. Your engineers are responsible for building the environment, delivering projects as requested by Engineering and Product, and ensuring we remain available, scalable, and secure. They are not responsible for the BAU function of the platforms that is managed by another team within Technical Operations. The Infrastructure Solutions team takes a concept or idea and makes that into a reality within the boundaries and constraints of our platforms.
You will be managing a team of engineers who individually possess experience in:
- On-Premise Linux systems, Container solutions, Debian packaging, Ansible, data streaming and queuing technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Advanced database management knowledge (MySQL, Postgres) in replicated environments.
- Physical Network management, with an on-prem estate that is Juniper focused.
- Cloud environments: GCP and AWS
- Platform engineer focused on building, maintaining and supporting an Internal Developer Platform (CI/CD)
The Operational Reality
It is important to be transparent about the environment you are joining. We operate at high velocity with a broad and complex technology estate. However, we are a lean team, not a giant corporation with endless resources.
- Context Switching is the Norm
- You will rarely have the luxury of focusing on a single task for weeks at a time. You will be required to shift focus multiple times a week, and sometimes multiple times a day, as business priorities evolve.
- Agility over Silos
- Because we are a lean team, we wear many hats. You must be comfortable pivoting from a strategic discussion to an operational challenge without losing momentum.
- Focus Management
- Success in this role requires the ability to maintain high standards while navigating a workload that changes dynamically. This is not a role for those who prefer a slow, singular focus; it is for those who thrive on variety, pace, and solving complex problems in real-time.
As the Senior Infrastructure Manager, You Will:
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of infrastructure engineers. Conduct weekly 1-2-1s, manage performance reviews, and handle all aspects of people management.
- Formal Training & Growth
- Go beyond ad-hoc mentoring to schedule and lead formal training sessions regarding operational improvements. Actively create professional development plans for your direct reports.
- Recruitment & Retention
- Own the hiring process for your team, ensuring we attract top talent and maintain a supportive, inclusive culture.
- Culture of Learning
- Foster a "Self-Learner" mindset. Create a transparent environment where failures are treated as learning opportunities and documented as such for future reference.
Strategic & Operational Management
- Budget & Capacity Planning
- Ability to own your team's budget and lead capacity planning initiatives. You will forecast future infrastructure needs to ensure we remain scalable while managing spend for subscriptions and hardware.
- Risk & Contingency
- Proactively identify operational risks and form contingency plans immediately to ensure business continuity.
- Procedure & Frameworks
- Ability to define, maintain, and cascade operational procedures (SOPs) and ITIL standards.
- Prioritisation
- Shield your team from noise by effectively prioritising workloads (Changes, Problems, and Projects) and managing stakeholder expectations.
Technical Support & Oversight
- Performance Optimisation
- Measure and optimise system performance with a focus on improving reliability and time-to-market. You will drive innovation to get ahead of internal customer needs rather than just reacting to them.
- Visual Documentation
- Ensure the team produces detailed system design documentation, specifically enforcing the inclusion of visual representations to support understanding. Ability to technologically assess it as a technical editor.
- Hybrid Estate Management
- Ability to oversee the management of both On-Premise and Cloud (GCP/AWS), ensuring high availability across all environments.
- Unblocking Issues
- Act as the senior escalation point for complex technical issues. Your goal is not to fix the issue yourself, but to coordinate the right resources and provide air cover.
General Duties
On-Call DutiesWillingness to participate in the Management On-Call Rotation to support the department and the business (Current frequency: Once every three weeks).Ad-HocCarry out other strategic or technical duties required to support the Director/VP of Technical Operations.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Leadership & Management Competencies
- Proven Management Experience
- Significant experience leading a technical team, with a specific focus on the people management aspect (performance reviews, career growth etc).
- Project Management
- Strong project management experience with the ability to delegate effectively to meet tight deadlines. You must be able to multitask and maintain focus in a high-priority environment.
- Communication
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. You must be able to liaise effectively with management and other business areas. Engagement may also include interactions with senior technical engineers/leaders within other teams and C-Team members.
- Goal Oriented
- You must be highly goal-oriented with strict attention to detail, capable of prioritising workload and demand to ensure targets are met.
- ITIL Application / Lean Six Sigma
- Deep knowledge of and experience with ITIL practices, with the ability to apply them to improve team workflows. Demonstrated ability to apply Lean Six Sigma concepts.
Technical Environment & Team Capabilities
Focusing on the technical skills that your engineers possess, it would be ideal if you had a decent working knowledge of each of the areas. Hands-on expertise in every area is not required, but the ability to hold and facilitate discussions, know when to push or hold back and when to ask poignant questions will help you effectively mentor the team and guide architectural decisions.
For reference from above these areas are: on-prem and AWS/GCP solutions; system design from network to application level; resilient database availability strategies; automation and configuration management via Ansible, Docker and CI/CD; programming awareness in Python; Linux administration.
Your willingness to learn what you don’t know is required to succeed in this role and we will support you through that journey.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
The following skills or experiences are advantageous but not strictly required. They would be utilised for facilitating tasks rather than for direct, hands-on implementation.
- Innovation & Debt Management
- A keen interest in new technologies and innovation, specifically supporting development teams in the refactoring of technical debt.
- Advanced Containerization
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and container ecosystems.
- Observability
- Experience with monitoring systems (e.g., Zabbix, Grafana) and logging stacks (Elasticsearch, Kibana).
- Data Streaming
- Experience with data streaming and queuing technologies, specifically Apache Kafka and Druid.
- Web & Storage
- Knowledge of Nginx (or other web server technologies) and storage technologies like Gluster.
- Tooling
- Proficiency with JIRA and Confluence for project tracking and documentation.
- Version Control
- strong understanding of Git and version control best practices.
Why This Role?
If you are an experienced technical leader who finds more satisfaction in growing people and building high-performing teams than in closing tickets yourself, this is the role for you. You will have the autonomy to shape the culture of the Infrastructure function and the strategic backing to make a real impact on the business
A Note to Candidates
At Partnerize, we recognise that the perfect candidate doesn't exist. If you are a strong people manager with a background in tech, but maybe haven't touched a command line in a few years - that’s okay! We are looking for leadership first. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the management skills to help our team thrive.
UK Benefits & Perks
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Partnerize