Senior DevOps Engineer (FinTech)

TL;DR

Senior DevOps Engineer (FinTech): Leading the development of a Global Deployment Platform, building tools and technologies to deploy, monitor, and operate trading software with an accent on automating delivery, management, and monitoring of trading systems. Focus on collaborating with SRE, infrastructure, and development teams to ensure efficient and continual software feature delivery globally.

Location: Hybrid, based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Company

hirify.global is a global FinTech firm providing products and services that power high-performance multi-asset trading and automate front-office operations for investment banks and brokers.

What you will do

• Lead the development of the Global Deployment Platform.
• Build tools and technologies for deploying, monitoring, and operating trading software.
• Collaborate with SRE teams to automate delivery, management, and monitoring of trading systems.
• Work with infrastructure and networking teams to automate new system delivery.
• Support development and QA teams in building, testing, and deployment pipelines.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
• Write high-quality documentation.
• Participate in on-call rotations for production support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM subject.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps roles, or a mix of software engineering and DevOps roles.
• Experience deploying containerised platforms using Docker Swarm or Kubernetes.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in technologies such as Jenkins, Circle CI, Team City, or Bamboo.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash.
• Familiarity with source control systems (e.g., GitLab, Bitbucket, Gerrit).
• High level of English proficiency.
• Excellent teamwork skills, with experience coaching more junior team members.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of financial markets and/or financial technologies.
• Background as a backend software engineer, with 3+ years’ experience in either Java or C++.
• Proficiency in Gradle and Groovy.
• Experience working with Cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Familiarity with infrastructure provisioning tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience working with and implementing monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Data Dog, PagerDuty).
• Familiarity with security best practices and tools in this space.
• Experience as a team lead or leading a group of engineers on a project.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, engaging, and inclusive environment with focus on empowering associates.
• Hybrid flexible work model.
• Opportunities for career development and mentorship.

Hiring process

• Application review may include AI-based tools; all employment decisions include human review.
• Honesty and transparency are critical; falsification of information will result in disqualification.