DevOps Engineer

About Addi

We are a leading financial platform building the future of payments shopping and bankinga world where consumers and merchants can transact effortlessly grow together and where we create abundance and generate pride in them. Today we serve over 2 million customers and partner with more than 20000 merchants making Addi Colombias fastest-growing marketplace.

We provide banking solutions (deposits payments unsecured credit) and commerce services (e-commerce marketing) using state-of-the-art technology bridging the financial gap for millions and redefining how people experience financial freedom. As the countrys leading Buy Now Pay Later provider we have secured regulatory approval to operate as a bank unlocking even greater opportunities for our the past year we have also achieved profitability reinforcing the strength of our business model and our ability to scale sustainably.

Our mission has earned the trust of world-class investors including Andreessen Horowitz Architect Capital GIC Goldman Sachs Greycroft Monashees Notable Capital Quona Capital Union Square Ventures Victory Park Capital and more who back our vision for the future. With their support we are not just growingwe are transforming Latin Americas financial ecosystem and shaping the next generation to shop pay and bank in Colombia.

But what truly sets us apart is how we build. We are a conscious company driven by deep experience in scaling technology services and products and we live by our values every day.

About the Role

This is where you come in. Below youll find what this role is all aboutthe impact youll drive the challenges youll tackle and what it takes to thrive at Addi. If youre ready to be part of something big keep reading.

Whats the mission youll drive

To architect and lead the evolution of Addis engineering platform championing a culture of independent deployability and proactive reliability directly enabling rapid product deployment and guaranteeing availability security and scalability required to support our transformation into a leading financial platform in Latin America.

What you will do

• Architect and provide the tooling that allows product squads to deploy without cross-team synchronization. Transition 80% of core services to a self-service deployment model where deployment trains are replaced by independent asynchronous releases.

• Redesign the global networking architecture to move away from legacy monolithic ingress points toward a decoupled multi-layered security perimeter. Implement a Security-by-Design topology (e.g. Service Mesh or API Gateway isolation) that abstracts internal services from public entry points.

• Deliver a standardized Delivery-as-a-Product capability that enables complex traffic shifting strategies for all teams. Provide a unified interface for teams to manage Canary and Blue-Green deployments including automated health-check gates that trigger rollbacks without manual intervention.

• Build the telemetry Golden Signals pipeline and provide the libraries/tooling required for other teams to instrument their own services (OpenTelemetry). 100% of new services are Observability-Ready at launch with automated SLO dashboards and alerting enabled via the platform.

• Integrate AI-assisted development workflows into the platform (e.g. AI-driven IaC generation or LLM-based troubleshooting assistants for dev squads). 30% reduction in platform-related support tickets by providing AI-assisted self-service documentation and diagnostic tools.

What were looking for

• Proven Expertise in Cloud & Infrastructure Fundamentals

  • 3-5 years of full-time relevant experience as a DevOps Software Engineer Cloud Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer (SRE).

  • Demonstrated mastery in designing and operating highly available scalable and self-healing systems on the cloud aligning with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

  • Expert proficiency in Linux system administration and scripting (Bash Python) for large-scale automation and experience administering relational/non-relational database systems.

• Track Record of Success with IaC and CI/CD Optimization

  • Deep professional experience defining provisioning and managing 100% of cloud infrastructure using modern IaC tools like Terraform or AWS CDK.

  • Proven ability to implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines (e.g. using GitHub Actions or Jenkins) resulting in a quantifiable reduction in Mean Time to Deployment (MTTD) and Change Failure Rate (CFR).

  • Proven ability to design and deliver internal developer platforms that enable product squads to deploy independently via Service Mesh Feature Flags and Contract Testing frameworks.

  • Expert proficiency in implementing complex deployment patterns (Canary Blue/Green) at scale automating traffic shifting and health-check gates to ensure zero-downtime releases.

• Demonstrates Technical Ownership & SRE Mindset

  • Takes full responsibility for the reliability and performance of critical production systems treating infrastructure as a product.

  • Not only uses observability tools (Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry) but builds the Observability Pipeline that enables other teams to instrument their own services and define their own SLOs/SLIs.

  • Proactively identifies and eliminates toil by automating repetitive tasks measuring and reporting on efficiency gains.

  • Actively participates in on-call rotations writing clear runbooks and leading post-mortem analyses to prevent recurrence of incidents.

• Has Solid Expertise in IaC Mastery & Security-First Approach

  • Expertly defines provisions and manages 100% of cloud resources (AWS) using Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform AWS CDK).

  • Deep expertise in redesigning cloud networking topologies (e.g. Transit Gateways PrivateLink Service Mesh) to decouple entry points and enforce a Zero-Trust security mindset.

  • Proven track record of abstracting internal services from public ingress points reducing the blast radius of incidents through sophisticated routing and isolation strategies.

  • Contributes to architectural decisions (ADRs) by proposing scalable cost-efficient and security-hardened patterns for cloud resource consumption.

• Possesses Strong Systematic Problem Solving Skills

  • Applies a structured data-driven methodology to diagnose and resolve complex distributed system issues across the full stack.

  • Expertly leverages observability tools (logs metrics and traces) to identify root causes of failures moving beyond symptoms to implement long-term fixes.

  • Effectively manages the resolution process for high-severity incidents communicating clearly and concisely to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Proven Ability to Drive DevOps Culture & Collaboration

  • Fosters a culture of shared responsibility by actively collaborating with development teams to simplify deployment testing and monitoring workflows.

  • Early adopter and implementer of AI-assisted development tools (e.g. LLM-driven IaC generation automated log analysis) to accelerate the engineering feedback loop and reduce cognitive load.

  • Acts as a force multiplier by mentoring software engineers on cloud-native patterns networking security and self-service tools to improve overall engineering autonomy.

  • Communicates complex technical issues and proposed solutions effectively and concisely to both peers and leadership across distributed teams.

Why join us

• Work on a problem that truly matters We are redefining how people shop pay and bank in Colombia breaking down financial barriers and empowering millions. Your work will directly impact customers lives by creating more accessible seamless and fair financial services.

• Be part of something big from the ground up This is your chance to help shape a company influencing everything from our technology and strategy to our culture and values. You wont just be an employeeyoull be an owner

• Unparalleled growth opportunity The market were tackling is massive and were growing faster than almost any fintech lender at our stage. If youre looking for a high-impact role in a company thats scaling fast this is it.

• Join a world-class team Work alongside top-tier talent from around the world in an environment where excellence ownership and collaboration are at the core of everything we do. We care deeply about what we build and how we build itand we want you to be a part of it.

• Competitive compensation & meaningful ownership We believe in rewarding our talent. Youll receive a generous salary equity in the company and benefits that go beyond the basics to support your growth.

How the hiring process looks like

We believe in a fast transparent and engaging hiring experience that allows both you and us to determine if theres a great fit. Heres what our process looks like:

• Step 1: People Interview (30 min)
  A conversation with a recruiter or hiring manager to get to know you your experience and what youre looking for. Well also share more about Addi our culture and the role.

• Step 2: Initial Interview (60 min)
  A more in-depth conversation with our Head of Cybersecurity where we explore your skills experience and problem-solving approach. We want to understand how you think and work.

• Step 3: Deep Dive Interview (60 min)
  Youll meet future colleagues and cross-functional team members to get a feel for how we work together. Were looking for strong contributors and cultural fits so bring your questions too!

• Step 4: Case Study (3-5 Days)
  You may receive a real-world challenge or case study to complete. This is a chance to showcase your expertise and how you approach key problems relevant to the role.

• Step 5: Co-Founder Interview
  If theres a strong match youll have a final conversation with our Founder to align on expectations cultural fit and ensure mutual excitement. From there well move quickly to an offer and discuss next steps.

We value efficiency and respect for your time so we aim to complete the process as quickly as possible. Our goal is to make this experience insightful and exciting for you just as much as it is for us. Regardless of the outcome we are committed to always providing feedback ensuring that you walk away with valuable insights from your experience with us.

Required Experience:

IC