Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Devops, Systems & Security

Site Reliability Engineer

Auckland

Permanent

Dan Buchanan
Dan Buchanan

Co-Founder

Posted

January 16, 2026

  • First SRE hire with scope to shape systems and practices.
  • Drive SLOs, CI/CD improvements, and incident response.
  • Report directly to the CTO with strong internal support.
About the Company:
Kindo is New Zealand’s leading school payment and e-commerce platform, used by over 500 schools and supporting 300,000 students and families. What began as a grassroots idea to simplify school lunches has grown into a nationwide solution making school life easier, fairer, and more connected.
Following a recent $15 million Series A investment from Movac, the venture firm behind companies like Vend, Auror, and Trade Me, Kindo is entering an exciting new chapter. With a clear product-market fit and a deep understanding of what schools and families need, Kindo is scaling its platform, team, and impact. The focus now is on building smarter automation, improving reporting, deepening integrations, and strengthening community support.
This is a chance to join a product-led company at a pivotal moment. One that still feels small, but is growing fast with serious backing.

The deal

From Kindo:
Meaningful work. Trust. Growth. Clarity. The chance to make a real difference.

From you:
Ownership. Energy. Care. A willingness to build, even when it's messy.

About the Role:
As their first dedicated SRE, you’ll own platform reliability. From designing observability to leading incident practices, you’ll help build systems that are fast, stable, and secure, while enabling dev teams to move confidently.

Skills & Experience:
  • Proven experience in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering.
  • Strong AWS knowledge and cloud infrastructure design.
  • Hands-on with monitoring, alerting, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Familiarity with Terraform, incident response, and postmortems.
  • Comfortable defining SLOs and leading operational practices.
  • Bonus: exposure to pen testing, security tooling, or compliance.
Why Work Here?
  • Lead reliability across a critical, high-usage platform.
  • Join a forward-thinking team modernizing core systems.
  • Use AI-powered tooling to scale safely and smartly.
  • Flexible working in an office-first, collaborative environment.
  • Direct access to leadership and clear career growth.
  • Foundational opportunity to define and influence DevOps culture.

Looking to make your mark as an SRE? Help build a safer, smarter platform that supports thousands. Apply today or reach out to brendan@talent.army.

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