Senior DevOps Engineer

About the Company and Role

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to take full ownership of scaling, automating, and optimizing infrastructure for a high-load production environment. You will work side by side with the CTO and engineering teams to design, implement, and maintain infrastructure from the ground up, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance for a global trading platform.

Our client is a fast-growing international fintech and proprietary trading company, building a next-generation trading platform with a global user base. Operating in a fast-paced, zero-bureaucracy environment, the company integrates with multiple trading systems (REST/WebSockets APIs) and processes real-time financial data.

Tech Stack: AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL/ClickHouse, Redis, Kafka, Linux.

Location:

• Dubai, UAE full-time office role.
• Remote work is possible with B2B contract.

We are offering:

• Competitive compensation up to $8,000/month (gross, negotiable);
• Work in a strong international tech team with real ownership of solutions;
• Zero bureaucracy, startup pace & mindset;
• Opportunity to build scalable architecture for a global fintech product from scratch.

Interview Process:

• HR Screening (30-40 minutes);
• Technical Interview;
• Assignment;
• Culture Fit Interview with Head of People;
• Job Offer.

What kind of qualifications we are looking for:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps/Infrastructure Engineering;
• Deep knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, ElastiCache, EKS, CloudWatch);
• Strong experience with Terraform (IaC);
• Solid background with Kubernetes, Docker, and microservice deployments;
• Proven track record in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines;
• Experience with high-load systems, performance optimization, and large datasets (>500M rows);
• Proficiency in Redis, PostgreSQL, or ClickHouse;
• Experience with message brokers like Kafka;
• Strong Linux skills; experience with Windows VMs is a plus;
• English at B2/C1 level for daily international communication.

Nice to have Requirements:

1. Previous experience in fintech, trading, or other real-time data environments;
2. Experience setting up observability stacks (logging, monitoring, alerts) from scratch;
3. Hands-on work with hybrid Linux/Windows infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Automate and scale infrastructure for a high-load trading platform;
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for multiple development teams;
• Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform and AWS services;
• Containerize applications and manage orchestration via Kubernetes (EKS);
• Set up and maintain observability tools: logging, monitoring, and alerts;
• Collaborate closely with backend and frontend developers to streamline deployment; workflows;
• Optimize the performance and scalability of services working with large datasets and streaming data (Kafka).

If you're ready to take on this challenge and shape the future of a global trading platform, send your CV via Telegram: @ekaterinafilimonova_hr