About the Company :
SmartCore is a fintech holding building infrastructure for the next generation of payments. Our solutions cover the entire financial operations cycle — from core banking and processing to cards, wallets, and anti-fraud systems.
Our core area is card acquiring , ensuring high-speed and secure payment processing. Over the past five years, we have built a reliable infrastructure across the EU and CIS , launched our own payment solutions , and continue to grow actively.
We are now looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our team.
The team includes : CTO, CEO, backend and frontend developers, ML specialist, data analyst, QA, and project manager.
Our ideal candidate has the following skills :
Must-have skills :
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) :
- Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
- Ability to write, test, and maintain Terraform modules.
- Understanding of CI / CD approaches for infrastructure management.
Monitoring and Logging :
Knowledge of AWS CloudWatch (alerts, dashboards, metrics, logs).Experience integrating with external tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).Setting up service performance monitoring, including tracing (AWS X-Ray or equivalents).Optimization and Performance :
Ability to analyze and optimize cloud costs (AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, Trusted Advisor).Experience with Auto Scaling (ECS, EKS, EC2).Experience configuring Spot and Reserved Instances for cost optimization.Networking :
Experience with NAT Gateway, Internet Gateway, VPC Peering, and PrivateLink.Experience configuring and optimizing API Gateway and Application Load Balancer (ALB / ELB).Containerization and Orchestration :
Experience with Docker.Strong understanding of EKS / ECS (including Fargate).Skills in setting up network policies and security in Kubernetes.CI / CD :
Knowledge of AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy.Experience with alternatives (Jenkins, GitLab CI / CD, GitHub Actions).Ability to build end-to-end pipelines for deploying backend and frontend applications.Databases :
Experience with RDS (Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and DynamoDB.Setup of read replicas, multi-AZ deployments, and backup (snapshot-based recovery).Automation and Scripting :
Experience with Python, Bash, or other scripting languages.Ability to automate routine tasks (e.g., via AWS Lambda or Step Functions).Security :
Deep understanding of IAM (users, roles, policies).Experience configuring KMS (data encryption for S3, RDS).Skills in configuring AWS WAF and Shield for web application protection.Configuration Management :
Experience with Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or similar tools.Knowledge of AWS Systems Manager (Session Manager, Parameter Store, Run Command).Soft Skills :
Incident Management :
Ability to troubleshoot production issues and conduct post-mortems.Root cause analysis skills.Team Collaboration :
Experience mentoring junior engineers.Ability to collaborate with developers to optimize CI / CD pipelines.Architectural Thinking :
Ability to design fault-tolerant and scalable solutions.Understanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework best practices.Language :
Fluent in Russian (B2 or higher) — required for daily communication within the team.What we offer :
Opportunity to gain experience in a large holding with its own infrastructure;Support and assistance with relocation ( EU — Spain, Barcelona );Freedom in decision-making;Scrum-like project organization;Full-time , flexible schedule, remote work;Chance to be part of a project from its early stages ;Lots of architecture design and new development.Feel free to apply directly via LinkedIn or by sending your CV to stanislav.pavlov(@)smartcore.pro — if you’re ready for serious architectural challenges and want to build a product you can be proud of!
