POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer who will own and lead all aspects of our infrastructure, networking, security, monitoring, and deployment pipelines. This is a high-impact role where you will have full technical authority over our cloud environment and production systems, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, and secure.

WHERE: Open to Germany, UK, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy.

Your Impact Zone

• Architect, deploy, and manage scalable, highly available systems primarily on AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, ECS, EKS, Lambda, etc.)
• Own IaC (Infrastructure as Code) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi
• Manage VPC configurations, routing, load balancing, and secure connectivity between environments
• Oversee cost optimization for cloud resources
• Design and maintain secure networking architectures, including VPNs, peering connections, and private links to partners/banks
• Manage DNS, firewalls, WAF, and CDN configurations
• Implement and maintain security hardening, encryption (at rest & in transit), and access controls in compliance with fintech security regulations
• Conduct regular security audits and penetration test coordination
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for backend services, APIs, and mobile applications (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent
• Automate testing, deployment, rollback, and scaling processes
• Implement blue/green and canary deployment strategies
• Implement end-to-end observability (metrics, logs, tracing) using tools like Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog, or New Relic
• Maintain real-time alerting and escalation systems for uptime and performance monitoring
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortem reporting
• Build dashboards for system health, transaction processing latency, and error rates
• Design and maintain disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) strategies
• Manage automated backups, replication, and tested restoration processes
• Ensure systems meet industry compliance requirements (ISO 27001, GDPR, etc.)
• Work closely with frontend, backend, mobile, and QA teams to ensure smooth deployments
• Be the go-to owner for infrastructure-related decisions and escalations

Your Toolkit for the Role

• 4+ years of DevOps/SRE experience, preferably in fintech or other high-availability systems
• Expert-level knowledge of AWS (or GCP/Digital Ocean with strong AWS cross-over experience)
• Strong skills in Linux system administration
• Expertise with Terraform or equivalent IaC tools
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration
• Proficient in CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.)
• Strong networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, routing, load balancing)
• Deep understanding of monitoring/alerting tools and logging stacks
• Proven track record in designing secure, compliant systems for financial data
• Strong scripting/programming skills in Bash, Python, or Go
• Bilingual (French & English) is a plus with a major focus on English
• Experience with PCI DSS and other fintech compliance frameworks
• Knowledge of message queues and streaming platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS/SNS)
• Experience with multi-region, active-active cloud architectures
• Exposure to cross-border payment systems or financial transaction processing

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Who We Are

We are a Fintech company on a mission to accelerate the digitization of the financial industry in Africa and empower the unbanked. Our vision is to be the #1 fintech company in every market where we operate in Africa, as we strive to empower the unbanked and drive a new era of a cashless Africa. We enable remittances to be transferred instantly into mobile wallets and bank accounts. Some of our strategic partners include remittance companies (e.g., MoneyGram, Ria, etc.), mobile wallet operators (Orange, MTN, etc.), and banks (UBA, Ecobank, etc.)

Cauridorian Culture

P H I L E /fil/

People • Honesty • Innovation • Learning • Excellence

Inspired by the Greek term that signifies a deep affinity or love for something, PHILE reflects who we are and how we work. It represents our passion, dedication, and commitment to our mission and values. These principles guide us every day - encouraging us to care about people, uphold integrity, embrace innovation, learn continuously, and pursue excellence in everything we do.

HOW TO APPLY:

If you are looking to make an impact and play a part in making Africa a cashless continent, please apply for the job offer or, send your CV to [email protected] and we will be in touch. Don’t worry if you don’t tick every box! If you’re interested in this role but don’t have all the listed qualifications, we’d still love to hear from you. We’re always open to different backgrounds and skill sets—great talent can come in many forms!