DevOps Engineer (mid-senior)

**Fence** DevOps Engineer (mid-senior); EUR 40-60k + up to 30% bonus + stock options; Europe preferred, Madrid most preferred, hybrid preferred

**About Company** We are a team of business-driven builders with prior experience in building tech (on-chain and off-chain), on a mission to construct internet-native debt capital markets. To put it in simple terms, we are making debt global, efficient, and programmable. As the first step towards our vision, we are developing a debt facility management platform that automates asset-backed debt facility operations. Our product is already live with clients such as Payflow’s €20 million debt facility with BBVA, as well as other fintech platforms in the BNPL, trade finance, real estate, ISAs, and consumer loan segments. From a tech perspective, we digitise credit agreements, integrate dynamic data sources, and design pioneering Automated Bank Accounts. We leverage blockchain smart contracts in our backend to automate capital and asset flows according to legal documentation. Our unique approach provides the benefits of smart contracts while avoiding blockchain complexity. So far, we’ve slashed operational costs by 80% and reduced cost of debt by up to 30%. Learn more about our product here. But we're not just building software; we're crafting the toolkit for the future of debt. Top-tier capital providers and asset originators’ eyes are on us as they await for the next leap forward. With our smart contract infrastructure, we're making complex legal compliance not just simple, but automatic—combining the reliability of traditional contracts with the agility of blockchain technology, without the complexity. Backed by some of Europe's premier VCs and business angels, we have the resources and the runway to bring our bold vision to life. Now, we need you—brilliant minds ready to challenge the status quo and build something truly transformative.

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**About the Role** Fence Finance is seeking a mid-senior DevOps Engineer to implement several improvements across our deployment pipelines, infrastructure, observability, and developer experience. You will own the infrastructure roadmap, lead incident response, and be hands-on modernizing our systems—reducing operational friction while enabling the engineering team to ship quickly and safely.

**Responsibilities** - Modernize CI/CD & Deployment Workflows - Improve CI/CD to streamline build, test, and deploy processes. - Remove cross-service deployment dependencies and improve build efficiency. - Support for testing in isolated environments. - Implement deployment strategies such as blue/green or canary releases where appropriate. - Build a Comprehensive Observability Stack - Configure a unified monitoring, logging, and tracing system. - Operationalize alerting practices aligned with engineering needs. - Introduce standardized dashboards and improve incident response workflows. - Strengthen Operational Practices - Implement reliable rollback mechanisms for all services. - Ensure proper backup, restore, and general disaster-recovery procedures. - Improve auditability, reproducibility, and visibility in deployment operations. - Refine runbooks and operational processes. - Improve Reliability and Resilience - Review and enhance infrastructure redundancy, replication, and fault tolerance. - Follow clear reliability practices to support scaling and growth. - Overhaul Infrastructure-as-Code & Cloud Architecture - Continue the assessment of current IaC usage - Bring manual infrastructure into code to reduce drift and increase consistency. - Improve cross-account governance and cloud resource organization. - Enhance Security & Governance - Implement secure container build processes and vulnerability scanning. - Strengthen IAM practices, certificate management, and secrets handling. - Follow foundational security baselines and ensure compliance with best practices. - Improve Developer Experience - Configure centralized configuration and secrets management. - Reduce reliance on local scripts and manual .env coordination. - Build tools and workflows that simplify development and testing.

**Required Skills** A. Experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Platform Engineering. B. Strong AWS expertise across compute, networking, IAM, and monitoring services. C. Proficiency with Docker and modern container workflows.Deep familiarity with IaC tools (CDK, Terraform, or similar). D. Experience building or integrating observability systems. Comfort with automating infrastructure and operational processes. E. Strong scripting ability (e.g., Bash, Python, Node.js). F. Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions preferred).

**Bonus Skills** - High ownership mindset and ability to work autonomously. - Strong communication and collaboration with engineering teams. - Pragmatic approach to trade-offs and technical decision-making

**Example candidate** - [Luis Lomba Martinez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-lomba-martinez/)

**Logistical Info** - **Location: **Europe preferred, Madrid most preferred, hybrid preferred - **Compensation: **EUR 40-60k (flexible for right candidates) + up to 30% bonus + stock options - Number of openings: 1

**Interview Process** 1. 30-45 mins: 2x Culture & Fit interview with 1 engineer each (2 engineers in total) 2. Take home exercise (2-4 hours max) 3. 2x Tech interview with 2 engineers each (4 engineers in total)