Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes & Automation

Centrapay; New Zealand; Hybrid; NZD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks annual leave

MacBook Pro

Flexible working

Job summary

Centrapay, a New Zealand fintech, is building out its payments platform and Payap app to enable seamless money movement and rewards. You will own end-to-end features across backend, frontend, and infrastructure, shipping code with autonomy and a focus on reliability.

Expect fast iteration, production deployments, and a culture of ownership while solving real payment challenges. You'll work across stacks including Node.js backend, Vue frontend, and cloud infrastructure on AWS, Kubernetes, and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years shipping real code to users.
• Strong written communication for async collaboration.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and define practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to stress-testing and resilience tooling to handle traffic spikes.
• Roll out an AI Harness to improve development, reviews, and debugging workflows.
• Implement disaster recovery with regional failover and continuity of service.

Skills

Shipping real code

Clear writing

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Honeycomb

OpenTelemetry

Node.js

DynamoDB

Redis

Vitest

Vue.js

Tailwind CSS

Astro

Testing Library

Playwright

Claude Code

Cursor

Github Copilot

Figma

Job description

Centrapay, a New Zealand fintech, is building out its payments platform and Payap app to enable seamless money movement and rewards. You will own end-to-end features across backend, frontend, and infrastructure, shipping code with autonomy and a focus on reliability.

Expect fast iteration, production deployments, and a culture of ownership while solving real payment challenges. You'll work across stacks including Node.js backend, Vue frontend, and cloud infrastructure on AWS, Kubernetes, and