Lead DevOps Engineer

First Circle is one of the fastest growing fintechs in South-East Asia, providing financial services to under-served SMEs. We have already transformed access to credit for thousands of small businesses in the Philippines,

Last year we raised Series B, led by the IFC (the World Bank's investment arm) and we are now building a full-stack Neobank that will include multi-currency bank accounts, payments, FX, corporate credit cards, payroll.

We are hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer to join our growing fintech company as we continue to expand our operations. This role is pivotal in shaping our cloud strategy, security, and scalability, ensuring our systems remain robust and reliable.

With your expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, and DevOps practices, you will be responsible for leading the development and maintenance of our cloud environment across multiple providers. Your focus on security and compliance will be essential as we navigate the complex regulatory landscape of financial services.

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing fintech company and make a significant impact on our technology strategy. If you are passionate about cloud infrastructure, security, and innovation, and have a strong desire to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities

• Adopt a Security First approach in everything you do; take ownership of Cloud Security
• Build, maintain and own the Cloud deployments for the company (Azure; Digital Ocean)
• Architect our Cloud and Network infrastructure, maintaining a good balance between current needs and future scaling requirements
• Maintain and build developer tooling and CI/CD pipelines
• Oversee and optimise our Cloud and Tooling spend, to ensure our funds are efficiently allocated and to maximise developer productivity
• Support the engineering team with deploying and maintaining our live workloads
• Collaborate with the IT and security team to manage requirements for the engineering team
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders on all matters related to Cloud create a smooth experience for all stakeholders
• Build and maintain monitoring solution for our deployed services across the stack
• Be the company’s domain expert for everything Cloud, automation and DevOps best practices

• Extensive knowledge of Cloud provider (Azure preferred, AWS and GCP accepted)
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code tooling (Terraform)
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions preferred)
• Good knowledge of monitoring and alerting solutions (Sentry, Datadog)
• Good understanding of containerisation technologies and serverless platforms (Docker, Azure Container Apps)
• Good understanding of Linux
• Excellent knowledge of security best practices, with a focus on Cloud and Networking
• Proactive and flexible mindset- achieve objectives independently whilst adjusting priorities according to need
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across departments

Preferred Qualifications

• Good knowledge of 1-2 coding languages (Ruby, Kotlin, Javascript, Python)
• Exposure to Data Engineering (Airflow, Snowflake..) and database management
• Experience working in regulated environments, particularly financial institutions
• Experience in incident management and setting
• Passion for DevEx and building efficient tooling for Developers. Experience with measuring and reporting DORA metrics is a plus
• Background in Software Development

• Salary dependent on experience level. We pay top of market rates, and when we find the right person, we will pay them competitively.
• Hybrid work set-up with remote work optional
• Health insurance plans, MacBooks, and more