Embedded DevOps Engineer III

Candescent (Digital First Holdings LLC); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Candescent (Digital First Holdings LLC) seeks an Embedded DevOps Engineer III to enable production-readiness of services in GCP. You will work closely with product teams to deploy, monitor, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, implement IaC for scalable services, and respond to incidents to uphold reliability.

In this role, you will influence workload architecture with SRE/ROC, automate repetitive tasks, and drive operational improvements across reliability, scaling, and cost efficiency in a dynamic

Qualifications

• B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience in fintech/domain is a plus.
• Strong ownership and clear communication while embedded with product teams.

Responsibilities

• Work embedded with product teams to enable safe and repeatable deployments from DEV to PROD, including application releases and infrastructure changes.
• Build, improve, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitOps principles and ensure teams follow standard guardrails.
• Develop and maintain IaC to deploy services (containers/VMs, secrets, load balancers, certs) using reusable platform components.
• Act as first responder for production incidents; drive issues to closure with SRE/ROC and development teams.
• Automate repetitive tasks and contribute to self‑service frameworks for developers.

Skills

GCP in production

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Education

B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

GitHub Actions

Terraform

NGINX

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Dynatrace

ArgoCD

Job description

Candescent is a forward-thinking technology company transforming how financial institutions deliver Intelligent Banking experiences. We unite digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions that power and connect digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions—creating seamless engagement across digital, remote, and in-person channels.Our Experience-Led, Intelligence-Driven approach combines human-centered design with data, automation, and cloud-based innovation. Built on an API-first architecture, our extensible ecosystem enables institutions to adapt quickly, integrate easily, and unlock new opportunities for growth—turning every customer interaction into a moment of clarity, confidence, and connection.Position: Embedded Dev Ops Engineer IIIExperience: 6-9 YearsLocation: Bangalore (Ecospace)Job Description:Role SummaryAs an Embedded DevOps Engineer, you will work closely with a product development team and act as the key enabler for getting services production‑ready in GCP. This role is the “engine” that helps product teams onboard to our cloud, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and operational readiness practices, ensuring services can be deployed, supported, and run reliably in production.Key ResponsibilitiesWork embedded with product teams to enable safe and repeatable deployments from DEV to PROD, including application releases and infrastructure changes.Build, improve, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitOps principles and ensure teams follow standard guardrails.Develop and maintain application‑specific Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to deploy services (containers/VMs, secrets, load balancers, certs) using reusable platform components.Act as first responder for production incidents for the applications you support; drive operational concerns to closure in partnership with SRE/ROC and development teams.Improve operational efficiency by automating repetitive tasks and contributing to self‑service frameworks for developers.Identify gaps and drive improvements across reliability, scaling, automation, and cost optimisation for your product area.Partner with architects/platform teams to review architectures and ensure solutions meet cloud readiness / operational standards.Education / Background (Expectation)B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer ScienceProduct company experience preferred; fintech/domain experience preferredMust‑Have Skills (Non‑Negotiable)High ownership, clear communicator, comfortable working embedded with product teams.GCP (3+ years) in production environments.Strong Kubernetes / GKE experience (running & supporting production workloads).Docker + container build/release patterns (hands-on).CI/CD with GitHub Actions (build + deploy + troubleshooting).Terraform (IaC) for infra delivery.NGINX + Helm (Ingress basics, chart usage/standardisation).Solid cloud networking (VPCs, firewall rules, ingress/egress).Good‑to‑Have SkillsCloudflare exposureObservability tools: Prometheus / Grafana / Dynatrace (or similar)ArgoCD / GitOps tooling experienceScripting (Python)Java / Spring Boot support experienceExposure to AI tools / AI agents to improve site reliabilityStatement to Third Party AgenciesTo ALL recruitment agencies: Candescent only accepts resumes from agencies on the preferred supplier list. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Candescent employees, or any Candescent facility. Candescent is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.