Senior DevOps Engineer
WFA Digital Insight
In today's fast-paced fintech landscape, demand for skilled DevOps engineers has skyrocketed, with companies like Alma driving innovation. As remote work continues to rise, Alma stands out with its commitment to sustainable commerce and fair trade. With over 24,000 merchants and 9 million consumers empowered, Alma is scaling rapidly across Europe. If you're a tech-savvy professional with a passion for DevOps, this role offers a unique chance to join a dynamic team and shape the future of fintech. Before applying, consider your experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration, as well as your ability to drive engineering standards forward.
Job Description
## About the Role As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Alma, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the company's fintech landscape. You'll work within the Developer Experience (DevX) squad, part of the Engineering's Platform Tribe, to build and maintain the foundational infrastructure, security layers, and core systems that empower Alma's entire product and engineering organization to scale reliably. Your mission will be to eliminate friction from a developer's machine all the way to production, ensuring fast feedback loops and secure deployments.
The DevX squad is dedicated to the daily lives of Alma's engineers, focusing on building, optimizing, and maintaining delivery systems, local development environments, and CI/CD automation. You'll operate in a highly dynamic, polyglot environment, driven by technical curiosity and a passion for exploring new tools and technologies to continuously elevate engineering standards.
The Platform Tribe, comprising the DevX squad and the Site Reliability Engineering quad, is responsible for maintaining the highest standards of quality and trust while pushing innovations at Alma's pace. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll be a technical referent, driving engineering standards forward and acting as a trusted partner for product engineering squads on delivery and infrastructure best practices.
## What You Will Do - Own and continuously optimize CI/CD pipelines and delivery workflows, ensuring fast feedback loops and secure deployments.
- Build and evolve the local developer experience, making it seamless for engineers to spin up, test, and debug services locally across a variety of languages and frameworks.
- Own and maintain part of Alma's cloud infrastructure and container orchestration platforms using Terraform and Kubernetes.
- Participate in identifying and solving infrastructure-related production issues and performance troubleshooting, upgrading platforms for long-term resilience.
- Act as a technical referent and drive engineering standards forward by sharing expertise and providing guidance.
- Encourage a culture of technical curiosity by frequently evaluating, benchmarking, and prototyping emerging technologies.
- Collaborate with product engineering squads to promote a culture of continuous learning across the organization.
- Develop and maintain documentation for DevOps processes and infrastructure.
- Strong fundamentals in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency in languages such as Python, TypeScript, or PHP.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub Actions.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Datadog and Postgres.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Knowledge of security best practices and compliance.
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies.
- Certification in DevOps or a related field.
- Experience with other cloud providers like AWS or Azure.
- Opportunity to work with a dynamic and rapidly growing company.
- Collaborative and supportive team environment.
- Professional development opportunities and training.
- Flexible working hours and remote work options.
- Access to cutting-edge technologies and tools.
- Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance.
- Comprehensive health insurance and wellness programs.
- Generous paid time off and vacation policy.
How to Stand Out
- Tip: Highlight your experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration in your resume and cover letter.
- To stand out, showcase your technical curiosity and passion for exploring new tools and technologies.
- Be prepared to discuss your approach to driving engineering standards forward and promoting a culture of continuous learning.
- Familiarize yourself with Alma's technology stack, including Python, TypeScript, and PHP, to demonstrate your versatility.
- When negotiating salary, consider the company's rapid growth and expansion across Europe, and be prepared to discuss your expectations.
- Red flag: Be cautious if the company is overly focused on short-term goals, compromising long-term resilience and security.
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