Senior DevOps & Back-end

Title: Senior DevOps & Back-end Engineer – Strategy & Corporate Finance Duration: 12 months Location: Remote Job Spec: Who You’ll Work With: You’ll join clients Strategic Growth Hunter team, a high-impact engineering and analytics squad that designs and scales cloud-native solutions powering our financial intelligence platforms. We work with cutting-edge tools to automate infrastructure, manage scalable deployments, and ensure robust performance under heavy data loads. Our environment encourages autonomy and technical excellence — whether in AWS architecture, container orchestration, or backend services built in Scala and Python. Join us to help redefine how organizations create value, combining deep analytics, DevOps automation, and scalable architecture to drive impact across Strategy & Corporate Finance. What You’ll Do: As a Senior DevOps & Back-end Engineer, you’ll be responsible for building, automating, and maintaining reliable, scalable cloud environments while contributing to backend development where needed. Your key responsibilities will include: DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure (≈80%) ∙ Design, build, and maintain AWS-based infrastructure supporting high-performance analytics platforms. ∙ Use Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ensuring reproducibility and scalability of deployments. ∙ Implement, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration and microservice scaling. ∙ Automate CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and alerting using industry best practices. ∙ Configure and manage databases — PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Kafka — ensuring reliability, replication, and performance. ∙ Champion cloud security, cost optimization, and disaster recovery best practices. Software Development (≈20%) ∙ Contribute to backend service development, primarily using Scala and Python. ∙ Develop and maintain APIs, microservices, and data processing pipelines integrated with the DevOps stack. ∙ Collaborate with other engineers to ensure code quality, maintainability, and smooth integration with CI/CD systems. ∙ Support cross-functional teams (product, analytics, design) by implementing scalable and efficient solutions. Qualifications Required DevOps Skills ∙ Strong DevOps expertise in AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS preferred). ∙ Experience in managing databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL), and queues (Kafka). ∙ Proficiency in CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions is a preference.). ∙ Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker), Linux-based containers and infrastructure automation. ∙ Solid understanding of monitoring and logging frameworks. Required Development Skills ∙ Experience in development and debugging of JVM-based applications (Scala preferred) and Python applications. ∙ Familiarity with RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and data-intensive backend systems. General ∙ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. ∙ Eager to learn new technologies. ∙ Effective communicator with both technical and non-technical audiences. ∙ Comfortable in Agile, high-paced, collaborative environments. ∙ Fluent in English (written and spoken). Why Join Us This role offers the best of both worlds — deep DevOps ownership combined with hands-on backend engineering. You’ll shape how our systems scale, perform, and evolve, while contributing to the development of data-driven applications that inform strategic decisions for