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Job Location drjobs

London - UK

Monthly Salary drjobs

£ 75000 - 80000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Our Mission

At Ophelos we believe in a different way to deal with debt. One that puts empathy and understanding front and centre approaching our customers as individuals no matter what theyre going through.

For too long people in debt have borne the brunt of poor industry practices. Intimidating tactics timeconsuming customer service and a onesizefitsall approach that overlooks the reasons anyone can fall into debt in the first place. Meanwhile businesses suffer too. Poor customer experience translates to poor customer satisfaction high churn rates bad brand reputation and ultimately missed opportunities.

Thats why were taking a radically different approach. Pioneering an industryfirst AInative collections platform we build products that help individuals clear their debts in a way that suits them whilst providing businesses with an improved customer experience and gamechanging insights into their customer base.

Since our launch in 2021 weve worked with some of the UKs leading companies including Octopus Scottish Power and Philips helping millions of people move toward a more stable debtfree future. In 2023 we were acquired by Intrum Europes biggest credit management service and have begun the next phase in our growth expansion into 17 European markets over the next two years.

The Role Platform Engineer

As a Platform Engineer at Ophelos youll craft and maintain the technology backbone that drives our mission to revolutionise debt management. Your expertise in development and operations (DevOps) will be key in building a platform that empowers financial health for consumers and businesses aligning with our vision of a financially educated and equal world.

  • 40 Collaborating with the tech team to streamline deployment process and improving our developer experience
  • 30 Developing and enhancing our DevOps practices ensuring our platforms reliability and scalability
  • 30 Proactive systems monitoring issue resolution and continuous improvement initiatives to optimise the platforms security and performance
  • Success will be measured by reduced deployment times systems stability (observing uptime and error rates) and positive feedback from the teams

Our tech stack:

Our infrastructure is primarily on containerised services using AWS EKS RDS ElastiCache and Kinesis serving up a Ruby on Rails application and orchestration our AI and data pipelines on Databricks

  • Build a sustainable platform with a focus on security and scalability
  • Own infrastructure and security projects ensuring our platform is running smoothly creating highly available and highly resilient systems
  • Lead our Security Infrastructure and Performance initiatives
  • Mentor less experienced members of the team as we grow

About you

We believe that no one is the finished article however some experience in the following is important for this role:

  • Must haves

    • Strong understanding of Kubernetes (K8s) and containerisation (Docker)
    • Good understanding of GitOps practices
    • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
    • Proficiency in implementing deployment pipelines (CI/CD GitHub Actions)
    • Familiarity with AWSbased infrastructure
    • Good understanding of networking/dns concepts (OSI layers)

    Nice to haves

    • Good understanding of a programming language (Ruby Python JavaScript Go)
    • Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Datadog)
    • Experience deploying monitoring and supporting cloud infrastructure for Ruby on Rails applications
    • Experience with Cloudflare

Here at Ophelos we are committed to pay transparency. Thats why we share the salary range with every job posting.

Salary Range

GBP

About Our Team

Ophelos launched in June of 2021 backed by investors such as AlbionVC Connect Ventures and Fly Ventures. In 2023 we were acquired by Intrum Europes biggest credit management service. Our growing team has team helped build some of the worlds most successful businesses including the likes of Monzo Google Oracle ASAPP IBM and more in addition to pioneering innovative products sitting at the intersection of enterprise financial technology artificial intelligence and academia working with institutions such as Oxford University the University of Amsterdam and the University of Hong Kong.

Our Values

Supporting customers and businesses to improve their financial health is a longterm mission. Our company values act as our north star steering our every move as an organisation and are the backbone of our unique company culture. Our values and culture allow us to stay true to our larger purpose even as we continue to grow at a rapid pace.

Customers and Clients first We exist to help real people move through debt and to get clients paid back. This commitment drives how we design products deliver services and interact with customers and clients daily.

Dream big We have ambition and drive to succeed were not just raising the bar were confidently asserting ourselves as the benchmark.

Get it done Were decisive and embrace a sense of urgency; we dont let opportunities get away from us. Wed rather act quickly and take informed risks iterating and learning as we go.

Win as one We work as one team supporting each other and aiming for shared goals. At Ophelos the team isnt just individual departments its all of us together. We challenge and support each other because we care about everyones growth and success.

Ophelos is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all team members. We are building an environment where every Ophelos team member can thrive feel a sense of belonging and do the best work of their careers. We value diversity and recruit hire and promote individuals solely based on talent qualifications competence and merit. We evaluate candidates without regard to race colour religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or other protected characteristics as required by law and as a matter of our company values.

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Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software Inc. a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Controller to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Controllers behalf. Accordingly if you are located outside of the United States your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards under. You can obtain a copy of the standard contractual clauses by contacting us at

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