Remote Lead Platform Engineer

Description:

• Finally is a rapidly growing fintech company focused on providing a financial automation platform for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
• The company integrates various financial services including Credit & Banking, Billing & Invoicing, Bookkeeping, and Taxes, utilizing advanced artificial intelligence.
• Finally has raised $200 million in 2024 to support its growth and innovation efforts.
• The company serves as the official corporate card and spend management platform for notable sports franchises such as the Florida Panthers, Miami Heat, and Chicago Bulls.
• The Lead Platform Engineer will take ownership of the AWS cloud infrastructure and promote DevOps best practices.
• Responsibilities include designing, building, automating, and maintaining critical platform services to ensure high availability, performance, and security.
• The role requires expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD (Argocd), monitoring (Datadog), and code quality (Sonarqube).

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5-7+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Platform Engineering roles, with significant hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code, particularly with Terraform, is required.
• Experience in designing, building, and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Argocd, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI is necessary.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes is a plus) is expected.
• Expertise with monitoring and observability tools, preferably Datadog, is essential.
• Experience with code quality tools like Sonarqube is required.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash is necessary.
• A deep understanding of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Route 53, etc.) and cloud architecture best practices is required.
• Candidates should have a solid understanding of networking, security principles, and best practices in a cloud environment.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills are essential.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working effectively with development teams, are required.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is necessary.

Benefits:

• The position offers health insurance to employees.
• Dental insurance is also provided.
• Employees can participate in an employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off is included as part of the benefits.
• The company offers paid training opportunities.
• Vision insurance is available for employees.