Team8 Fintech Stealth Startup- DevOps Engineer (Core Team)

Description:

We provides a holistic solution for modernizing legacy banking IT systems. We serve banks operating complex, decades-old environments built from a mix of COTS platforms and proprietary code, spread across on-prem, cloud, and SaaS infrastructure. In an industry increasingly constrained by knowledge loss and scarce talent, we creates a "shared source of truth" by deeply analyzing code, configurations, and data flows to map end-to-end business processes.

By connecting product managers, architects, and developers through a single, accurate system understanding, we enable banks to execute critical initiatives—like infrastructure modernization and system optimization—faster and with far less risk than traditional cycles allow.

The Role

As a DevOps Engineer, you will build the engine that powers this modernization. Our platform must be as flexible as the environments we analyze. You will be responsible for architecting a deployment strategy that allows us to run anywhere our customers are: from modern public clouds to highly regulated, air-gapped on-premise banking data centers.

We are looking for an engineer with an early-stage mindset—someone who enjoys moving from "zero to one," prefers building robust systems over manual patching, and is comfortable working directly with client infrastructure teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Build High-Velocity CI/CD: Design and maintain pipelines that support rapid release cycles while maintaining the high security and stability standards required by the financial sector.
• Universal Containerization & Portability: Containerize our application stack to ensure it can be deployed seamlessly across any environment—be it a standard Cloud VPC or a legacy on-prem data center.
• Master On-Prem Deployment: Develop strategies for shipping and updating software in disconnected or highly restricted on-premise environments, including "sneakernet" updates and local registry management.
• Standardize the Web Stack: Optimize our standard web app stack (Frontend, Backend, and Database) for scale, portability, and observability.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Manage all infrastructure through code (Terraform, etc.) to ensure environments are reproducible and auditable across various cloud

Your Stack & Skills

• Containerization - Mastery of Docker and Kubernetes (K8s); experience with orchestration in restricted/on-prem environments.
• CI/CD - Experience building automated pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) for rapid deployment.
• On Prem & Networking - Hands-on experience with on-premise hardware, VPC networking, firewall configuration, and VPNs.
• Web Infrastructure - Experience supporting modern web stacks (e.g., Python, Node.js, Next.js, MongoDB)
• Mindset - Early-stage grit and the ability to diagnose complex system integrations where documentation is missing.

Travel & Engagement

• Requirement: This role requires the ability to travel (up to 25%) to client sites (primarily major banking hubs).
• Scope: You will work alongside client IT teams to facilitate on-premise installations, perform site reliability audits, and ensure our platform integrates deeply with their existing legacy systems.

Why Join us?

• Solve the Hard Problems: You’ll be working on the vital plumbing of the global financial system, making it safer and more efficient.
• True Ownership: You will define our DevOps culture and tooling from the ground up.
• High Impact: Directly enable banks to move away from risky assumptions toward clear visibility and concrete guidance.

Ready to modernize the world's most critical systems?

We value intellectual honesty, a bias for action, and a passion for system architecture.