Graduate DevOps Engineer

Acre Software; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A Fintech startup in London is seeking a Graduate DevOps Engineer to ensure the platform is always available and secure. The position involves collaborating with engineering teams to improve CI pipelines and enhance system performance and security. Candidates should be passionate about software engineering and have a curiosity for new technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. Benefits include equity opportunities, generous leave, and private healthcare.

Benefits

Monthly team social events

One week of free accommodation for relocating

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Opportunity to earn equity

Company laptop

Private healthcare

Pension contribution matched

Cycle to work scheme

Vibrant office snacks and drinks

Qualifications

• No task should be done twice.
• Willingness to collaborate with frontend and backend teams.
• Ability to adapt quickly to different tasks.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementing and testing non-functional aspects of the platform.
• Ensuring CI pipelines are smooth and efficient.
• Monitoring and logging for security and performance management.

Skills

Passionate about software engineering

Curious about new technologies

Awareness of Docker, Kubernetes & Terraform

Understanding of information security principles

Knowledge of CI

Programming/scripting language knowledge

Job description

Acre is rebuilding the UK’s £1.4 trillion mortgage market from the ground up, with a completely new, end-to-end management system for mortgages.

Our platform cuts out the unnecessary admin, pain and friction from buying a home. We're covering the entire journey, from figuring out what you can borrow, to getting your keys. We're guided both by the voice of real home buyers and by our close relationships with brokers, lenders and insurers.

Over the past year, mortgage submissions through our platform have grown by 200%, a clear sign that we're helping mortgage businesses scale faster and smarter. As we continue to grow, we're looking for ambitious people to join us in transforming the industry and shaping the future of home buying.

The role:

We are looking for a Graduate DevOps Engineer that wants to help ensure our platform for homebuying is always available and secure. Your role will be to work closely with the broader team to help ensure our CI pipelines are smooth, efficient, and ensure quality; our production environment is performant, stable and secure; and we have an exceptional degree of insight and transparency into our operational environment.

Your approach to the role should be that no task is done twice.

What you’ll be doing:

As a key member of the engineering team you will be responsible for the implementation and testing of non-functional aspects of our platform such as security, performance and scaling that delivers our product to users, keeps it secure and helps us understand its performance in the real world.

You will be involved in our full software development life cycle; you will be expected to quickly switch between tasks and work with the frontend and backend engineering teams to ensure they are able to efficiently deliver software while meeting our software quality and security benchmarks.

Who you will be:

• Passionate about software engineering and about delivering a quality product.
• Curious about new and evolving technologies. Enjoys tinkering with systems and networks.
• Have an awareness of technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes & Terraform.
• Have an awareness of information security principles, particular with respect to environment hardening.
• Have an understanding of implementing monitoring and logging for security, operational and application performance management.
• Have an understanding of CI.
• Preferably have knowledge of at least one programming/scripting language.

What we offer:

• A chance to make an impact within a high growth Fintech start-up
• Monthly team social events, from trips to Brighton to Picnics in the park
• One week of free accommodation for those relocating
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to earn equity through our EMI option scheme
• Company laptop and supporting tech
• Private healthcare and a cash plan
• Pension contribution matched by Acre up to 4%
• Cycle to work scheme
• Breakfast, snacks and drinks provided in our vibrant Shoreditch office

We’re looking for people that will get stuck in and make a difference. We have a great collaborative, entrepreneurial team that are passionate about what they do. If you want to join a team that is tackling a big problem space, then we’d love to hear from you.

We’re eager to receive applications from all backgrounds, including from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.