DevOps Engineer - Systematic Commodities Hedge Fund

Moreton Capital Partners; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Moreton Capital Partners in Mexico City is seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer to join a small, fast-moving engineering team. You will own cloud infrastructure, automation, deployment, monitoring, and production reliability across AWS and data-tools.

Our stack includes AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, Datadog, Airflow, and Python. You will build and optimize CI/CD workflows, troubleshoot production issues, and improve infrastructure security and performance.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux and AWS fundamentals with production experience.
• Terraform/IaC experience for managing cloud infrastructure.
• Python scripting to automate operations and tooling.
• Docker-based development and production environments.
• CI/CD and GitHub Actions understanding and experience.
• Networking basics for system design and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL and Redis for data storage and caching.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS, including ECS, EC2, S3, VPC, CloudFront, WAF, and ALB.
• Manage infrastructure using Terraform and IaC practices.
• Support Docker-based production and development environments.
• Help improve infrastructure reliability, security, and performance.
• Build and maintain CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions.
• Use Python and shell scripting to automate operational tasks.
• Support deployment processes and troubleshoot infra issues.
• Improve engineering workflows and reduce manual processes.
• Monitor applications and infrastructure using Datadog.

Skills

Strong Linux skills

Strong AWS fundamentals

CI/CD and GitHub Actions

Python scripting

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Terraform

Docker

GitHub Actions

Aurora PostgreSQL

Redis

Datadog

Airflow

Python

Job description

DevOps / Cloud Engineer – Systematic Commodities Hedge Fund

Moreton Capital Partners (MCP) is a CFTC regulated systematic, technology-first investment manager trading across commodities, alternative markets, and emerging data-rich asset classes. We combine quantitative modelling, agentic AI, and deep domain expertise to build strategies with durable, uncorrelated alpha.

Technology is central to how we operate. We are building and scaling infrastructure supporting trading, research, data, and internal systems, and are hiring a DevOps Engineer to help support and improve it.

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-onDevOps Engineerto work closely with the engineering team across cloud infrastructure, automation, deployment, monitoring, and production reliability.

Our stack includes AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker, Aurora/PostgreSQL, Redis, Datadog, Airflow, and Python.

The role is ideal for someone with strong Linux and AWS fundamentals who enjoys troubleshooting systems, automating repetitive work, and improving how infrastructure is built and operated.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Build and maintain infrastructure across AWS, including ECS, EC2, S3, VPC, CloudFront, WAF, and ALB
• Manage infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Support Docker-based production and development environments
• Help improve infrastructure reliability, security, and performance

Automation & Deployment

• Build and maintain CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions
• Use Python and shell scripting to automate operational and infrastructure tasks
• Support deployment processes and troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues
• Help improve engineering workflows and reduce manual processes

Monitoring & Data Infrastructure

• Monitor applications and infrastructure using Datadog
• Support Aurora/PostgreSQL, Redis, and Airflow environments
• Help improve logging, monitoring, alerting, and production visibility
• Investigate infrastructure and application issues across Linux, networking, databases, and AWS

• Strong knowledge of AWS

• Strong Linux skills
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Strong Python scripting skills
• Experience with Docker
• Understanding of CI/CD and GitHub Actions
• Good networking fundamentals
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL and Redis
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certification
• Experience with ECS, EC2, CloudFront, WAF, and ALB
• Familiarity with Datadog and Apache Airflow
• Experience using AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar tools in an engineering workflow
• Claude / Anthropic training or certification
• Interest in financial markets, trading systems, or fintech

Who Thrives Here

The best candidates are curious, resourceful, technically strong, and comfortable taking ownership.

They enjoy understanding why systems fail, automating repetitive work, learning quickly, and working across different parts of the infrastructure stack.

This role is particularly well suited to someone who wants broad exposure to cloud infrastructure and production systems within a small, fast-moving engineering team.