Devops Engineer

Rain is a venture-backed fintech with a mission to enable billions of people to reach financial freedom. Our first product gives employees instant access to their earned wages, enabling people to start their journey to financial success. Rain is the fastest-growing startup in the category and was incubated with QED Capital, a top fintech venture fund. 

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our innovative and fast-paced team. This role offers the opportunity to design, deploy, and manage scalable, cloud-native infrastructure to support modern applications. As a DevOps Engineer, you will work with cutting-edge tools and technologies, ensuring seamless integration and deployment for our microservices architecture.

If you thrive in environments focused on automation, scalability, and observability, this is the perfect role for you!

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Automation:
  • Design and implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform and Terragrunt.
  • Automate provisioning and deployment of AWS resources to ensure high availability and scalability.
• Microservices Deployment:
  • Build and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes with Helm for package management.
  • Support and enhance microservices developed in Go (Golang).
• CI/CD Pipelines:
  • Develop and maintain robust pipelines in GitLab CI/CD to enable seamless build, test, and deployment workflows.
  • Optimize pipelines for performance, reliability, and security.
• Monitoring and Observability:
  • Set up and maintain observability stacks using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog.
  • Monitor system health and performance, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
• Collaboration and Support:
  • Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure efficient application lifecycle management.
  • Document processes, workflows, and playbooks for effective knowledge sharing.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience with Kubernetes in production environments, including deploying and scaling applications.
• Strong expertise in Terraform and Terragrunt for IaC.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD for building and managing pipelines.
• Proficiency in developing and deploying microservices, especially with Go (Golang).
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Helm) and secure application deployment practices.
• Public Cloud provider certifications in AWS & or Kubernetes

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with SRE practices and incident management workflows.
• Familiarity with multi-environment infrastructure setups and best practices.
• Knowledge of database systems like PostgreSQL.
• Experience with load balancing and auto-scaling in cloud-native environments.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Rain is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sex (including pregnancy), protected veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any unlawful criterion existing under applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].