Senior/ Principal DevOps Engineer

Eden Scott; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth global fintech is inviting applications for a Senior or Principal DevOps Engineer to lead CI/CD pipeline development and automation. The ideal candidate should have extensive DevOps experience, especially with tools like Terraform and Ansible, and the capability to thrive in both on-prem and cloud environments. This role offers autonomy and the chance to work on significant projects that make a real impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years (Senior) / 8+ years (Principal) in DevOps.
• Proven use of CI/CD tooling in production.
• Experience in hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines.
• Standardize and evolve a DevOps toolchain.
• Drive automation and embed security in deployments.

Skills

DevOps experience

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

CI/CD tooling

Strong communication skills

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Artifactory

Job description

Join a High-Growth Global Fintech as a Senior or Principal DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote | Type: Full-time | Level: Senior / Principal

Are you ready to shape the DevOps culture at a company where your voice matters, your skills are valued, and your work has visible impact?

We are working with a high-growth global fintech, renowned for delivering world-class payments-related software and technology. As they expand their merchant-first ecosystem, they're looking for experienced, curious, and accountable engineers to scale DevOps with clarity, precision, and purpose.

We're hiring Senior and Principal DevOps Engineers to lead from the front-designing, building, and owning the next generation of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment tooling that power complex hybrid infrastructure across both on-prem and multi-cloud platforms.

Why Join?

Autonomy with purpose - This fintech is outcome-driven, not process-bound. You'll have real ownership and the freedom to innovate within small, empowered teams.

Grow your craft - Explore new tools and techniques, learn from seasoned engineers, and mentor others along the way.

Solve real-world problems - You won't be buried in buzzwords. You'll be building critical systems and tools to deliver value in a demanding enterprise-grade environment.

What You'll Do:

• Architect and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines with IaC at their core
• Standardize and evolve a DevOps toolchain (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, Artifactory, Docker, etc.)
• Drive automation, eliminate manual steps, and embed security and quality into every deployment
• Provide hands-on technical leadership (especially at the Principal level)-mentoring, whiteboarding, and influencing cross-functional delivery
• Shape DevOps practices in a hybrid environment (on-prem + cloud) with real-world constraints and enterprise complexity
• Troubleshoot systems across application and platform layers and ensure secure, reliable release pipelines

What We're Looking For:

This team isn't hiring job titles-they're looking for real-world, deep DevOps experience:

6+ years (Senior) / 8+ years (Principal) in DevOps, with a strong grasp of the full delivery lifecycle

Proven use of Terraform, Ansible, Docker, and CI/CD tooling in production-beyond tutorials and basic scripts

Experience in hybrid environments (not just cloud-native)-you've automated for both on-prem and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Track record of owning delivery, not just executing tickets-especially critical at the Principal level

Strong communication skills-you can diagram systems, explain decisions, and collaborate across technical and non-technical teams

You think like a systems engineer-structured, thoughtful, and always pushing for better ways to build and ship software

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Experience with configuration and orchestration tools (Packer, Chef, Puppet, Rundeck)
• Hands-on knowledge of monitoring stacks (Elastic, Splunk)
• Familiarity with networking, security, and release governance in enterprise environments

This is your chance to bring your depth, curiosity, and leadership to a company building at scale-with real systems, real problems, and real influence.