-
View all jobs
WHY PAYNOVATE ?
Paynovate is a Belgium-based fintech with more than 80 employees. As a growing e-money institution, we are bringing payment solutions to the next level. We value ownership, leadership, and the ability to follow through in a context where impact is real and visible.
CONTEXT
We are in the middle of a major infrastructure evolution, moving from a traditional bare-metal environment to a modern and scalable AWS setup. The migration has started and key foundations are already in place.
We are looking for a hands-on technical leader to take this transformation further. This role sits at the core of one of our most strategic initiatives and combines deep technical involvement with technical leadership in a regulated fintech environment.
The infrastructure team currently consists of two engineers with 3 to 5 years of experience. As part of the team's growth, we are strengthening the infrastructure function by recruiting both a Lead System Engineer and an additional System Engineer.
What You'll Do
Paynovate is a Belgium-based fintech with more than 80 employees. As a growing e-money institution, we are bringing payment solutions to the next level. We value ownership, leadership, and the ability to follow through in a context where impact is real and visible.
CONTEXT
We are in the middle of a major infrastructure evolution, moving from a traditional bare-metal environment to a modern and scalable AWS setup. The migration has started and key foundations are already in place.
We are looking for a hands-on technical leader to take this transformation further. This role sits at the core of one of our most strategic initiatives and combines deep technical involvement with technical leadership in a regulated fintech environment.
The infrastructure team currently consists of two engineers with 3 to 5 years of experience. As part of the team's growth, we are strengthening the infrastructure function by recruiting both a Lead System Engineer and an additional System Engineer.
What You'll Do
- Lead the AWS migration by designing, planning, and executing the move from on-premise and data center systems to AWS
- Maintain and operate legacy systems until their migration to the cloud
- Act as a hands-on engineer: architect, build, troubleshoot, and resolve complex infrastructure issues
- Modernize the infrastructure stack using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), Docker, AWS services, and MySQL
- Ensure infrastructure implementations comply with PCI-DSS and National Bank of Belgium requirements
- Manage MySQL databases, including backup, recovery, security, performance tuning, and optimization
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the growth of the infrastructure team
- Collaborate closely with developers to design scalable, reliable, and secure systems, and communicate technical topics clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- Troubleshoot software development infrastructure issues (build, deployment, test failures)
- Help prioritize and follow up on infrastructure-related projects and coordinate with third-party providers
- Participate in an on-call rotation (shared 24/7 support, approximately 1–2 times per month)
- Maintain clear and structured technical documentation
- At least 10 years of experience in systems engineering
- Strong AWS experience (at scale).
- Solid expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
- Strong Linux and Docker skills.
- Proficiency in Bash scripting.
- Good understanding of networking
- Experience with both on-premise and cloud infrastructure.
- MySQL database administration (performance, backup and restore)
- Basic knowledge of HSMs.
- Experience operating 24/7 production systems.
- Demonstrated technical leadership skills, with the ability to coach and guide others
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to communicate effiectively with both tech and non-technical audiences
- Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proactive, organized, communicative and team-oriented mlindset
- A key technical role in a profitable and fast-growing fintech environment
- Direct and tangible impact on a strategic infrastructure transformation
- A collaborative team environment with room for growth and development
- A modern working environment with a structured hybrid work policy
- A competitive salary package including 32 days of holiday, mobility budget, meal vouchers, health and group insurance, phone, and homeworking allowance
Key Skills
Ranked by relevance
aws
infrastructure as code
terraform
docker
ansible
mysql
linux
cloud
bash
dss
Related Jobs
3 roles aligned with this opportunity
View Job Details
Related
DevOps Engineer (all genders)
2026-05-29
Full-time
Associate
Germany
IT Services
Information Technology
View Job Details
Related
Senior software engineer (Node.js/TypeScript)
2026-06-09
Full-time
Not Applicable
United Kingdom
Financial Services
Engineering
View Job Details
Related
Mobile Engineer (iOS)
2026-05-26
Full-time
Not Applicable
United States
Financial Services
Engineering
Login to Apply
- Posted
- Feb 19, 2026
- Type
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid-Senior
- Location
- Brussels
- Company
- Paynovate
Industries
Financial Services
Categories
Information Technology
Related Jobs
3 roles aligned with this opportunity
View Job Details
Related
DevOps Engineer (all genders)
2026-05-29
Full-time
Associate
Germany
IT Services
Information Technology
View Job Details
Related
Senior software engineer (Node.js/TypeScript)
2026-06-09
Full-time
Not Applicable
United Kingdom
Financial Services
Engineering
View Job Details
Related
Mobile Engineer (iOS)
2026-05-26
Full-time
Not Applicable
United States
Financial Services
Engineering