Kredete is a financial technology platform that helps African immigrants in the diaspora build credit through instant international money transfers to 22+ countries, with low fees. We also offer businesses an API-based infrastructure for secure and low-cost cross-border payments to many African countries.
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to architect, build, and maintain the robust and scalable infrastructure that powers our platform.
In this pivotal role, you will bridge the gap between development and operations, automating processes, optimizing our CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of our systems at scale.
What You Will Do
Design & Build Infrastructure: Architect, implement, and manage our cloud infrastructure (AWS & GCP) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
Master CI/CD Pipelines: Own, optimize, and secure the end-to-end CI/CD pipeline to enable rapid, reliable, and automated software deployments.
Containerize & Orchestrate: Design and maintain containerized environments using Docker and orchestrate them with Kubernetes for scalable and efficient application deployment.
Monitor & Optimize Performance: Implement and manage comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) to ensure system health and proactively resolve issues.
Ensure Security & Compliance: Embed security best practices into the development lifecycle (DevSecOps), managing secrets, performing vulnerability scans, and ensuring infrastructure compliance.
Collaborate & Automate: Work closely with development teams to foster a DevOps culture, identify bottlenecks, and automate everything from infrastructure provisioning to operational workflows.
Drive Reliability: Practice incident management and lead post-mortem analyses to create a culture of continuous improvement and system resilience.
Requirements
Who You Are:
You hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
You have 5-7 years of proven experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar role.
You possess deep, hands-on expertise with:
Cloud Platforms: Advanced knowledge of AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC) and GCP (Experience with Azure / Azure DevOps will be a plus).
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Mastery of Terraform or CloudFormation.
CI/CD Tools: Expert-level experience in designing and managing pipelines with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD (Experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps will be a plus).
Containerization & Orchestration: Strong proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes, including cluster management and service deployment.
Scripting & Automation: Fluency in Shell scripting and at least one language like Python or Go.
Monitoring & Logging: Proven experience with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or the ELK Stack.
Experience with Helm charts and the development/management of GitHub applications.
You have a solid understanding of networking, security principles, and Linux system administration.
You are an excellent problem-solver with a systematic approach to troubleshooting complex distributed systems.
You have strong communication skills and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Nice To Have:
Relevant professional certifications such as AWS & GCP Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, CKAD (Kubernetes), or HashiCorp Terraform Associate.
Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
Knowledge of database administration and performance tuning for PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.
Experience in a microservices architecture and managing service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
Background in a software development role, providing a strong understanding of the SDLC.
