Principal DevOps Engineer

iO Associates; England; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing FinTech company is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead their cloud infrastructure efforts. This fully remote role involves designing AWS-based systems and mentoring a high-performing team. The ideal candidate will have extensive AWS experience and a passion for enabling faster deployments in a company focused on financial education. Competitive salary and benefits are included.

Benefits

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

10% Pension

Fully remote working

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing and running production environments in AWS.
• Confidently work with Lambda, CDK, Postgres, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Enjoy building tools and automating workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of AWS-based infrastructure.
• Oversee database operations and optimization for PostgreSQL.
• Drive best practices in automation, CI/CD, observability, and security.

Skills

AWS

Lambda

CDK

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

TypeScript

Job description

Title: Principal DevOps Engineer

Salary: Up to £100,000 plus bonus!

Location: Fully Remote!

Are you a Principal Engineer who's looking for your next challenge?

If so..

iO Associates is supporting a rapidly growing family-focused FinTech company on their search for a talented Principal DevOps Engineer. This business is on a mission to empower young people with financial confidence by making money management fun, educational, and secure for families around the world.

They're already trusted by hundreds of thousands of users and backed by a leading global financial institution. Now, they're scaling their platform and building out their engineering team to deliver a seamless, secure experience at scale.

The Role:

As Principal DevOps Engineer, you'll be the technical lead for all things DevOps and cloud infrastructure. You'll be shaping the future of a high-availability, cloud-native platform and mentoring a small but high-performing team.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Own the design and implementation of AWS-based infrastructure (including Lambda, CDK, and Serverless services)

• Oversee database operations and optimisation for PostgreSQL

• Drive best practices in automation, CI/CD, observability, and security

• Collaborate closely with developers working in TypeScript to streamline deployments and architecture

• Influence technology decisions and scaling strategies at a principal level

About You

We're looking for someone who:

• Has deep experience designing and running production environments in AWS

• Can confidently work with Lambda, CDK, Postgres, and CI/CD pipelines

• Enjoys building tools, automating workflows, and enabling teams to ship faster

• Is comfortable collaborating across engineering and product functions

• Wants to have a real impact at a company that's changing how families approach financial education

• Some experience with TypeScript & Node codebase would be preferrable but not essential.

Key benefits:

• Salary up to £100k
• Fully remote working
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• 10% Pension
• And more!

Our client has a 2 stage interview process and for the right candidate they will interview early next week!

If this role sounds like it would be of interest, then please apply to this advert with your latest CV and reach out to a. methula@ io associates.co.uk