Lead, DevOps Engineer (50/50 hands-on)

LinuxRecruit; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic FinTech startup in London is seeking a second-in-command to the CTO, responsible for leading a DevOps team and optimizing cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in GCP, Kubernetes, and Docker, alongside a passion for innovation and strategic alignment. This permanent role offers a competitive salary of £100,000-120,000 per annum, providing a unique opportunity to significantly impact a fast-growing company.

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role, ideally managing DevOps practices.
• Proven track record of leading high-performing teams.
• Passion for staying ahead of industry trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of talented DevOps engineers.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost-efficiency.
• Drive the creation of advanced CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure operational excellence 24/7.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud Infrastructure Optimization

CI/CD Pipeline Development

Automation

Communication Skills

Tools

GCP

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Second-in-command to the CTO at a booming FinTech startup, this role offers an environment where you take ownership of a small, agile team, blending leadership and scalability with hands-on technical expertise and strategic problem-solving.

Your team will design, develop, and maintain everything infrastructure, automation, and DevOps-related, ensuring seamless integration across multiple platforms within Open Banking. Responsibilities include optimizing cloud infrastructure on GCP for performance, security, scalability, and cost-efficiency, as well as leading a team of talented DevOps engineers, driving the creation of advanced CI/CD pipelines, automating critical workflows, and setting a high standard for best practices.

Leveraging tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker, you’ll foster innovation while maintaining system stability and proactively addressing issues to guarantee 24/7 operational excellence. You’ll bring experience from a leadership role, ideally with a proven track record of managing DevOps practices and high-performing teams. Expertise with GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, and CI/CD systems such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions is essential.

Strong leadership abilities, excellent communication skills, and a passion for staying ahead of industry trends are key to aligning our DevOps strategy with organisational goals. If you’re eager to join an exciting journey, make a tangible impact at technical and strategic levels, and shape a start-up that’s already disrupting its industry, we’d love to connect!

Key Details:

• Permanent position
• £100,000-120,000 per annum
• Located in London

This software platform is on a mission to make data less of a headache and more of a superpower, offering a unique opportunity to make a real impact.