Senior DevOps Engineer

Overview

Senior DevOps Engineer role at Lean Technologies. Lean is a fast-growing fintech company building the financial data infrastructure for the MENA region. Operating in a highly regulated, security-sensitive environment, we serve mission-critical financial services that demand robust SLAs, tight security controls, and scalable, high-performance systems. As a Senior DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer, you will work at the intersection of DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and SRE. You’ll own the architecture, automation, reliability, and observability of our hybrid cloud infrastructure across multiple regions and environments. You’ll troubleshoot complex problems across the stack—from networking and Linux internals to Kubernetes and cloud-native applications, ensuring the platform remains secure, fast, and reliable. We are looking for candidates who align with our mission to enable secure, real-time banking experiences in the MENA region. What You’ll Do

Architect, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters across hybrid cloud environments (GCP, OCI, and on-prem). Design and automate secure, scalable CI / CD pipelines for microservices and backend systems using GitHub Actions / Jenkins. Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across multi-region, multi-environment setups using Terraform / Ansible and GitOps practices. Build and operate monitoring, observability, and alerting stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK). Proactively identify and address reliability, latency, and availability issues to meet strict SLA objectives. Participate in and lead on-call rotations and incident response, conducting detailed postmortems and RCA reports. Automate infrastructure lifecycle tasks : provisioning, scaling, configuration management, and patching. Champion security, compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001), and infrastructure reliability best practices. Collaborate with engineering teams to improve internal platforms, tooling, and developer productivity. Must-Have Technical Skills

6+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps and / or Site Reliability Engineering roles. Deep understanding of Linux systems administration and internals. Networking fundamentals (TCP / IP, DNS, VPNs, routing, firewall policies). Kubernetes / Helm / Containers (setup and day-2 operations / troubleshooting). Terraform for infrastructure automation. Scripting and automation with bash / shell and at least one language : Python or Go. Cloud expertise with OCI or GCP, ideally both. CI / CD tools : GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins. Docker and container lifecycle management. Logging and tracing (e.g., ELK stack, OpenTelemetry). Operational experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis. Security hardening and cloud compliance frameworks (CIS level 1, etc.). Performance tuning and troubleshooting in distributed environments. Desired Qualifications

Experience in fintech or high-compliance regulated industries. Familiarity with multi-cloud and hybrid architectures. Exposure to Cloudflare or other edge / network security platforms. Strong documentation habits and experience contributing to runbooks. Passion for resilient system design and cross-functional infrastructure challenges. Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd). Notes

NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people who believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, please still apply. Why Join Us

Lean is the first regulated open banking and open finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Since 2019 we’ve been on a mission to become the pre-eminent A2A payments company in the Middle East, enabling clients to connect to their users’ bank accounts to initiate real-time payments and retrieve account information. Our products have garnered trust from leading companies in the region (e.g., Etisalat Group, Careem, Binance, Tabby, Tamara, Tawuniya). Lean has processed billions of dollars, and our products are connected with hundreds of thousands of accounts across the region. We’ve announced a Series B funding round to support our growth. We are committed to driving the next generation of financial innovation by making financial data and payments more accessible and transparent for businesses and consumers. We’re always looking for talented, driven, and entrepreneurial candidates to join us in our mission. If you’re motivated by solving hard problems and leaving a lasting impact, Lean is for you. Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may involve transferring your data to team members in Lean office locations worldwide. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data. Seniority level

Mid-Senior level Employment type

Full-time Job function

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