Senior DevOps & Back-end Engineer

Russell Tobin; United States; Remote; GBP 71,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible rates

High ownership role

Technical impact opportunities

Fully remote work

Job summary

A world-leading strategy and finance organization is looking for a Senior DevOps & Back-end Engineer. This fully remote role balances DevOps leadership and backend development, requiring expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and Scala/Python. Candidates will design cloud infrastructure and manage CI/CD pipelines, contributing to high-impact projects. The role offers competitive rates in a fast-paced environment that values autonomy and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
• Solid experience with Docker and Linux-based systems.
• Experience managing PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Kafka.
• CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions preferred).
• Strong understanding of monitoring and logging.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS-based cloud infrastructure.
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters for microservice orchestration.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps practices.
• Contribute to backend development using Scala and Python.
• Ensure reliability, DR and performance with monitoring and logging.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux systems

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Kafka

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Scala

Python

Python

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Tools

EKS

Job description

Senior DevOps & Back-end Engineer – Strategy & Corporate Finance

Contract Length - 12 months (with potential extension)

Rate - Flexible – Dependent on Experience (DOE)

About the Role

We are working with a world-leading strategy and corporate finance organisation that builds advanced financial intelligence and analytics platforms used by senior decision-makers globally.

You will join a high-impact engineering and analytics team responsible for designing, scaling, and operating cloud-native systems that process large volumes of complex data. The environment is fast-paced, technically strong, and encourages ownership, autonomy, and engineering excellence.

This role offers a strong balance of DevOps leadership (≈80%) combined with hands-on backend development (≈20%).

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS-based cloud infrastructure supporting data-intensive platforms
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters (EKS preferred) for microservice orchestration
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps best practices
• Configure, manage, and optimize databases and messaging systems including: MongoDB Kafka
• Ensure high standards around: System reliability and performance Disaster recovery and resilience
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure platform stability
• Contribute to backend development using Scala (preferred) and Python
• Build and maintain APIs, microservices, and data processing pipelines
• Work closely with other engineers to ensure clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Support product, analytics, and business teams by delivering scalable technical solutions

Required Skills & Experience

DevOps & Infrastructure

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes
• Solid experience with Docker and Linux-based systems
• Experience managing PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Kafka
• CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions preferred)
• Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and system observability

Development

• Experience developing and debugging Scala/JVM-based applications and Python services
• Good understanding of: RESTful APIs, Microservices architecture, Data-intensive backend systems

Why Apply

• Work with a globally recognised strategy & finance organisation
• High ownership role with real technical impact
• Strong mix of DevOps leadership and backend engineering
• Fully remote contract with competitive rates