About the Role
We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to maintain the global LooperBox fleet, which serves as the physical infrastructure for all data generated by Looper Insights. This hands-on role involves hardware, networking, and automation, with responsibilities including building, shipping, installing, and troubleshooting LooperBoxes worldwide, managing a global VPN network, and developing monitoring and automation solutions to ensure reliable scaling. The role also includes dedicated research and development time for exploring new control methods, prototyping, and cost efficiencies.
Responsibilities
- Build, ship and install new LooperBoxes connected to devices around the world, including hands-on installation work in our Byfleet and Hounslow data centres
- Support and maintain the existing fleet, keeping devices healthy and online as it scales
- Run remote installation calls with customers to install and troubleshoot LooperBoxes
- Install, manage and monitor VPN connections across 28+ countries
- Build and configure physical networking equipment, including rack and cable management
- Implement and improve monitoring systems across every stage of deployment
- Develop automation routines that reduce support load and get faster results to internal teams
- Research and prototype new ways to control devices more effectively and reliably
- Explore methods to retrieve store-front information from remote devices and stream video to LooperBoxes
- Build proofs of concept for navigation and scraping methods that improve scan speed and quality
- Investigate and prototype cost-saving measures across the fleet
Requirements
- Proficient in at least one development or scripting language
- Strong network troubleshooting skills
- Comfortable working in the Unix CLI
- Experience troubleshooting physical device faults
- Solid system administration experience
- Experience with DevOps practices and automation
- Able to travel regularly to our Byfleet and Hounslow data centres for on-site work, with remote working for the rest of your time
Skills
- Rack and cable management
- Network design
- Maker skills
- Video processing (gstreamer)
- AI
- ML
Location
- Remote-first
- Byfleet
- Hounslow
Work Type
- Remote
- On-site visits
Education Level
- Degree in computing
Benefits
- 27 days holiday
- Annual paid day off for charity work
- Enhanced parental leave
- L&D support, including AI training & access to tools
- Flexible working environment - outcome over hours worked
- Payment towards health insurance
- Access to UK working locations (via the Reef app)
About the Company
- Looper Insights builds analytics products that help the world’s leading media and entertainment companies understand how their content is performing across digital platforms.
- We provide visibility into where content appears, how it’s placed, and how it performs - enabling smarter commercial decisions, operational efficiency, and better outcomes for our clients.
- We’re building systems that operate at scale across a fast-changing digital landscape, and quality is a critical part of that.
- We’re at an exciting time in our journey, scaling the business with ambitious growth goals to establish our metric MPV as a currency in the market.
- With a supportive, flexible culture and a talented global team, we collaborate closely to produce a valuable service for an industry about which we are all passionate.
