Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Fintech): Managing and optimizing infrastructure on GCP and GKE with an accent on automation, DevSecOps practices, and reliability engineering. Focus on building monitoring systems, implementing SLOs/SLIs, and driving cloud cost efficiency to support a high-growth financial platform.

Location: Remote, with optional hybrid work available in Miami or Mexico City.

Company

A hyper-growth Series B fintech startup building an AI-powered remittance ecosystem for Latin immigrants in the U.S.

What you will do

• Manage and optimize infrastructure on GCP and GKE.
• Automate provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Helm, and scripting languages.
• Build and maintain monitoring and alerting systems using OpenTelemetry.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response to ensure system reliability.
• Define and track SLOs/SLIs and error budgets.
• Contribute to FinOps and cloud cost optimization strategies.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a Platform Engineer.
• Strong hands-on experience with GCP and GKE.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes, Docker, and Linux.
• Solid programming skills in Go, Python, or Bash.
• Experience with Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions.
• Strong understanding of monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

Nice to have

• GCP certifications (Professional DevOps Engineer or Cloud Architect).
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
• Experience in FinOps, cloud security, or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with PagerDuty.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and initial stock options grant.
• Annual performance bonus.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans.
• Unlimited PTO and paid parental leave.
• Continuous learning opportunities in a dynamic, high-performance environment.