Senior Devops Engineer

About Grain

Grain is a pioneering fintech startup based in the heart of Tel Aviv. We offer embedded cross-currency solutions tailored for software platforms and marketplaces. Grain was founded by seasoned entrepreneurs, formerly of financial institutions such as Barclays, Deutsche Bank, as well as other renowned fintech startups. Grain is backed by leading venture capital firms and prominent financial institutions.

At Grain, we offer an opportunity to shape the fintech landscape and be part of a community committed to excellence and innovation.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Devops Engineer to lead and shape the Devops domain at Grain. In this role, you’ll take full ownership of our infrastructure - designing, implementing, and evolving scalable, secure, and automated systems that power our fintech platform.

As the only Devops engineer in the R&D team, you will drive our cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring systems, and deployment processes from the ground up. You’ll play a crucial role in ensuring our engineering teams can deliver quickly, safely, and with confidence.

This is a hands-on, high-impact position for someone who thrives in autonomy, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and wants to build the foundation of DevOps culture in a fast-growing fintech startup.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reliable and scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, safe deployments.
• Implement automation to improve developer velocity and reduce operational overhead.
• Establish best practices for infrastructure-as-code, observability, and security.
• Collaborate with R&D and data teams to enable scalable data and compute workflows.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies to enhance system performance and reliability.
• Serve as the go-to expert for DevOps practices and mentor team members on automation and infrastructure topics.
• Partner closely with engineering leadership to shape the long-term DevOps roadmap.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a Devops, Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineer.
• Proven hands-on experience with AWS and Terraform (IaC).
• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, or EKS/Kubernetes).
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar).
• Proficiency in Python and/or Bash scripting for automation and tooling.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Coralogix, Datadog, or cloudwatch.
• Experience managing production systems with high availability and security requirements.
• Exposure to AI/ML or data workflows in production environments is an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally.
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset — comfortable working independently in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.