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Summary:
- Branch delivers world-class financial services to the mobile generation, with offices in the United States, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and India.
- The company is mission-driven, focused on using data science to reduce the cost of financial services in emerging markets.
- Branch has received more than $100M in funding and values diversity and inclusivity within the workforce.
- The company is seeking a DevOps Engineer to oversee the design, deployment, and optimization of AWS-based infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using best practices and modern tools, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Manage and optimize containerized applications using Kubernetes to maintain high availability and performance.
- Build, monitor, and enhance CI/CD pipelines to streamline development workflows and accelerate deployments.
- Continuously monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement optimizations to minimize downtime and improve efficiency.
- Implement security best practices, including IAM configurations, VPC design, and automated compliance checks, to safeguard infrastructure.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide infrastructure support and promote DevOps best practices across the organization.
- Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering their professional growth and ensuring knowledge-sharing across the team.
- Create and maintain detailed documentation for infrastructure architecture, deployment processes, and operational procedures.
Requirements:
- A minimum of 4 years of experience in DevOps or a similar role, with a strong background in cloud infrastructure and automation.
- Extensive experience working with AWS, including services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda and ECS.
- Proficiency in using Terraform for infrastructure as code, with a deep understanding of best practices for managing cloud resources.
- Expertise in managing Kubernetes clusters, including deployment, scaling, and maintenance of containerized applications.
- Strong programming and scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash, or similar, to automate tasks and workflows.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline to streamline deployments.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, or AWS CloudWatch to ensure system reliability.
- Strong understanding of security principles, including IAM policies, secrets management, and compliance enforcement.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- A passion for mentoring and supporting junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Benefits:
- Work in a mission-driven, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment.
- Competitive salary and equity package.
- A collaborative and flat company culture.
- Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan).
- 28 days of annual leave, 30 days of sick leave, and 7 days of bereavement leave.
- Fully paid parental leave – 6 months maternity leave and 3 months paternity leave.
- Annual professional development budget.
- Pension benefit.
- Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one-time home office set-up budget.
- Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now).
- Flexible working hours.
- Opportunity to work and interact with a global team.
