Senior Devops Engineer

At Beyond Finance, we've made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care, a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user-centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we've helped over 300,000 clients on their path to a brighter future.

While we're proud of what we've already accomplished, we're searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you're looking to join a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who specializes in AWS to develop, maintain, and support our growing infrastructure and application development. As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will provide strategic, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to increase efficiency, reliability, and integration of our services and operations. You will work in a semi-autonomous environment where fast prototyping of emerging technologies to solve industry-related problems is the rule.

We're a Chicago-based company looking for candidates willing to come into our downtown office 2-3 days a week. Enjoy in-person team collaboration, mentorship, and catered lunches - not to mention a free fitness center and relaxation lounge!

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain our entire AWS technology stack, from ECS to ELBs and databases to launch and support our internal applications in partnership with our AWS Architect

• Work closely with our internal engineering teams to automate manual processes and support our continuous integration and continuous delivery code pipelines

• Build and maintain tools, solutions, and microservices associated with deployment and our operations platform, ensuring we meet our customer service standards and reduce errors

• Actively troubleshoot any issues that arise during testing and production, catch and solve issues before launch

• Test our system integrity and continuously make improvements to our infrastructure

• Update our processes and design new processes as needed

• Deploy product updates as required while implementing integrations when they arise

• Automate our operational processes as needed, with accuracy and in compliance with our security requirements

What We Look For

• Bachelor's Degree or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering or a relevant field preferred.

• 3+ years of experience in a DevOps Engineer role (or similar role)

• Experience in software development and infrastructure development is a plus

• Strong experience AWS technologies including, but not limited to, Lambda, ECS, EKS.

• Strong experience with database technologies such as PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, NoSQL, ElasticSearch, Redis, Cassandra, and/or Mongo

• Knowledge of scripting languages such as JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Powershell and Bash

• Experience with open-source technologies and cloud services

• Experience in working with Selenium or equivalent for automation and configuration

• Strong communication skills and ability to explain protocol and processes with team and management

• Stellar troubleshooting skills with the ability to spot issues before they become problems

• Current with industry trend and best practices, ability to identify the ones we should implement

• Strong time and project management skills, with the capability to prioritize and multitask as needed

Why Join Us?

While you make a difference for others, we'll work to make a difference for you, providing an uplifting, collaborative work environment and benefits that reflect your value to us. For eligible full-time employees, we offer:

• Considerable employer contributions for health, dental, and vision programs

• Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave

• 401(k) matching program

• Merit advancement opportunities

• Career development & training

And finally, our team spirit and culture! We cultivate an environment of community, connection, and belonging across our entire organization.

Beyond Finance does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job positions. No fee will be paid to their parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Beyond Finance employees or the Beyond Finance HR team. No placement fee will be paid to any third party unless such a request has been made by the Beyond HR team.