Job description
About Tala
Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief’s The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our mission.
By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.
Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!
The Role
We are on the lookout for a Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help us design, implement, and maintain innovative infrastructure and applications in AWS public cloud environments. With a DevOps mindset and adherence to best practices, you will apply your world-class expertise in cloud-native infrastructure and automation to create powerful solutions for seamless deployment, monitoring, and automated remediation.
What You’ll Do
- Automate infrastructure & platform services in Public Clouds AWS using IaC tools such as Terraform
- Design and manage Continuous deployment using Kubernetes, ArgoCD and Jenkins
- Monitor applications and services within the environments & be part of the on-call rotation to resolve issues and implement strategies to prevent future occurrences
- Configure and manage observability tools such as Instana, SumoLogic, Datadog for application performance monitoring, alert integration with Slack and PagerDuty
- Learn about technologies outside of your realm of expertise that help drive innovation and robust solutions
- Work collaboratively with engineering to develop/deploy our systems
- Work with global team and participate in on-call support.
What You’ll Need
- 5-7 years of total experience in DevOps and infrastructure automation
- 4+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure automation preferably in AWS.
- Experience and understanding in modern microservices-based cloud architecture
- Prior experience working closely with Product, Engineering, and SecOps on shift-left strategies, CI/CD tools and solutions needed
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production
- Experience with Continuous Deployment tools such as Jenkins or ArgoCD
- Experience with Logging and Monitoring tools such as Sumo, Splunk, Datadog etc
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to document and explain technical details and concepts clearly and concisely
- Flexibility to pitch in where needed across program and team
- Strong influence and teamwork skills; sound problem resolution, judgment, negotiating, and decision-making skills
- Experience working effectively with global teams in multiple time zones
- B.S. Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of professional development training and experience
Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
