DevOps Engineer

BiFinance; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

BiFinance, located in Vancouver, Canada, seeks a DevOps / Operations Engineer to oversee the daily operations, deployment, and capacity planning for our trading system hosted on AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS). The role focuses on ensuring high availability and stable services during peak trading times.

You will build CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab CI, implement robust monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and lead incident response, disaster recovery, and security activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related field.
• 1-2 years in DevOps/Operations/SRE or related role.
• Experience in Web3 or cryptocurrency exchanges with perpetual futures, spot trading, or tokenized stock products is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system administration and Shell scripting/automation.
• Familiarity with core AWS services (EC2, VPC, EKS, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, IAM).
• Experience with Redis, Kafka/RocketMQ, and Nginx; MySQL/Aurora performance tuning.
• Experience building/maintaining monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana; able to troubleshoot incidents.
• Basic knowledge of network security including DDoS protection and incident analysis.
• Backend development in Java/Go/Python is a plus.
• Ability to work under pressure and support 24/7 operations for a crypto exchange.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily operations, deployment, and capacity planning of servers and cloud infra for the trading system (AWS EC2, EKS, RDS, etc.).
• Build, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab CI.
• Build and maintain monitoring/alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana; lead incident reviews and root-cause analysis.
• Perform performance tuning, disaster recovery, backup, and stability management for MySQL/Aurora and Redis; manage Kafka/RocketMQ and Nginx.
• Handle system security operations including basic network security, intrusion detection, DDoS protection, and certificate management.

Skills

CI/CD

AWS

Linux administration

Shell scripting

Monitoring

Incident response

DB performance tuning

Redis

Kafka/RocketMQ

Nginx

Security basics

Java

Go

Python

Web3/Crypto familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Prometheus

Grafana

Kafka/RocketMQ

Nginx

MySQL/Aurora

Redis

MongoDB

Job description

DevOps / Operations Engineer - Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the daily operations, deployment, and capacity planning of servers and cloud infrastructure related to the trading system, including AWS EC2, EKS, RDS, etc., ensuring high availability and stable operation of core trading services.
• Build, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI to improve the development team's delivery efficiency and release quality.
• Build and maintain monitoring and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing, and other tools. Establish proactive incident detection mechanisms and lead incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews for production issues.
• Perform performance tuning, disaster recovery, backup, and stability management for databases such as MySQL/Aurora and Redis, as well as middleware such as Kafka/RocketMQ. Ensure the system can effectively handle high read/write loads, particularly during peak trading periods.
• Handle system security-related operations, including basic network security protection, intrusion detection, DDoS protection, certificate and key management, and support security audits and risk assessments.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or a related field, with 1-2 years of experience in DevOps, Operations, SRE, or a related role.
• 1-2 years of recent experience working in an Operations/DevOps role within a software development company. Experience in Web3 or cryptocurrency exchanges is highly preferred, particularly with perpetual futures, spot trading, or tokenized stock products.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system administration and Shell scripting/automation. Familiarity with core AWS services, including EC2, VPC, EKS, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.
• Experience operating and maintaining mainstream middleware such as Redis, Kafka/RocketMQ, and Nginx. Experience with database performance tuning, particularly MySQL/Aurora, is required. Knowledge of MongoDB or other NoSQL databases is a plus.
• Experience building and maintaining monitoring systems using Prometheus and Grafana. Able to independently troubleshoot production incidents and handle emergency responses.
• Basic knowledge of network security, including intrusion detection, DDoS attack protection, and security incident analysis.
• Backend development experience is preferred. Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as Java, Go, or Python is a plus.
• Strong sense of responsibility, ability to work under pressure, and strong cross-functional communication skills. Able to adapt to the 24/7 operational support requirements of a cryptocurrency exchange.