DevOps Engineer
Swish AnalyticsSalary not specified
Full Time
Senior (5 to 8 years)
$237,000 – $567,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
FintechIndustries
Requirements
- 5+ years infrastructure, platform, or DevOps engineering
- Production AWS (EC2, ECS/Fargate, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM)
- Infrastructure-as-code (Pulumi or Terraform - they use Pulumi/TypeScript)
- CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar)
- Containers (Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes)
- Monitoring tools (Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch, or similar)
- Strong coding skills in Ruby, Python, Go, TypeScript, or similar
- Track record building platforms that teams actually adopted
Responsibilities
- Design self-service infrastructure using AWS (ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda, IAM) and Pulumi/TypeScript
- Create automation that eliminates manual work
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe deployments
- Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability systems
- Build documentation and runbooks that empower teams to self-serve
- Work with product teams to understand friction points
- Balance fintech compliance requirements with developer experience
- Participate in incident response and postmortems
- Optimize system performance, scalability, and cost
- Implement security controls that satisfy regulatory requirements
- Treat platform as product: gather feedback, measure adoption, drive improvements
- Partner with engineers and stakeholders to set technical strategy
- Explain technical decisions clearly to non-technical audiences
Skills
Key technologies and capabilities for this role
Questions & Answers
Common questions about this position
What is the salary range for the Platform Engineer position?
The salary range is $237K - $567K.
Is this a remote role or does it require office work?
This information is not specified in the job description.
What skills are required for this Platform Engineer role?
Required skills include 5+ years in infrastructure/platform/DevOps engineering, production AWS experience (EC2, ECS/Fargate, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM), infrastructure-as-code with Pulumi/TypeScript, CI/CD pipelines, containers (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes), monitoring tools, and strong coding in Ruby, Python, Go, or TypeScript.
What is the company culture like at Kikoff?
Kikoff is a profitable, high-growth FinTech unicorn with a mission to provide affordable financial tools using innovative technology and AI, focusing on building scalable infrastructure and treating the platform as a product with engineer feedback.
What makes a strong candidate for this Platform Engineer role?
Strong candidates have 5+ years of infrastructure experience, production AWS expertise, IaC with Pulumi/TypeScript, and a track record of building adopted platforms; bonus for fintech experience, security automation, or 0→1 infrastructure building.
Kikoff
Credit building services for individuals
About Kikoff
Kikoff helps individuals, especially those with low or no credit, build a positive payment history and improve their credit scores. Its services are user-friendly and do not require credit checks, making them accessible to a wide range of clients. Kikoff offers tools for credit management, including easy disputing, rent reporting, and credit monitoring reports, along with an optional Autopay feature. The company's goal is to empower users to take control of their credit journey and achieve significant improvements in their credit scores.
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$41.3MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
51-200Employees
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Stock Options
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Risks
Increased competition from new fintech startups could dilute market share.
Regulatory scrutiny may lead to increased compliance costs for Kikoff.
Economic downturns could decrease consumer spending, impacting revenue.
Differentiation
Kikoff offers credit building without credit checks, making it accessible to many.
The platform provides easy disputing and rent reporting to enhance credit scores.
Kikoff's Autopay feature ensures clients never miss a due date.
Upsides
Kikoff recognized as a top credit builder app in 2024.
AI-driven tools can enhance user experience with personalized strategies.
Partnerships with educational platforms can attract younger demographics.
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