Senior DevOps Engineer

Sunbit builds financial technology for real life. Our technology eases the stress of paying for life’s expenses by giving people more options on how and when they pay. Founded in 2016, Sunbit offers a next-generation, no-fee credit card that can be managed through a powerful mobile app, as well as a point-of-sale payment option available at more than 25,000 service locations, including auto dealership service centers, optical practices, dentist offices, veterinary clinics, and specialty healthcare services.

Sunbit was included on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. The financial technology company has also been named a Most Loved Workplace®, Best Point of Sale Company, and a Top Fintech Startup by CB Insights.

We use cutting-edge innovations in financial technology to bring leading data and features that instantly allow individuals to be qualified, making purchases at the point of sale fast, fair, and easy for consumers from all walks of life. We create value focused on our core values; we work tirelessly to ensure that Sunbit becomes available to everyone, everywhere

About The Role:

Sunbit is looking for an independent Senior DevOps Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You will join our centralized DevOps team, serving as a pillar of reliability and innovation for the entire engineering organization.

This is a 50/50 "Build vs. Run" role. Splitting your time between building modern automation and improving our developer experience and operational excellence, ensuring our production environments are rock-solid, secure, and highly available while managing the live environment from server infrastructure all the way to the application.

Tasks you will take part in:

• Design and implement next-generation CI/CD automation flows to streamline the path from "Code" to "Production."
• Lead the evolution of our Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) to make our systems more modular and self-service for developers.
• Collaborate with backend teams to architect scalable microservices and optimize datastore performance (RDS, MongoDB).
• Embrace AI-powered development tools (Cursor, Claude Code) to automate toil and accelerate infrastructure delivery.
• Full ownership of our AWS accounts and multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
• Manage and fine-tune live production environments, ensuring 99.9% uptime for our mission-critical fintech services.
• Drive our Observability strategy (Datadog/Grafana) to proactively catch issues before they impact our customers.
• Participate in a weekly on-call rotation, serving as the first line of defense for platform reliability.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience managing high-scale production systems.
• Mastery of AWS: Deep knowledge of AWS services, security best practices, and account management.
• Orchestration & Containers: Expert-level experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and Docker.
• Automation-First Mindset: Proficiency in Terraform and at least one high-level language (Python, Go, or Bash).
• Database Ops: Solid understanding of the DevOps aspects of MySQL/RDS and MongoDB (scaling, backups, performance tuning).
• SRE Discipline: Strong experience with monitoring and logging stacks like Datadog, Grafana, or Prometheus.
• Team Player: Strong communication skills and a "can-do" attitude—you enjoy solving problems as part of a collaborative squad.

Advantages:

• Security Knowledge: Experience with FW, WAF, IPS/IDS, and SELinux.
• Data Infrastructure: Familiarity with Data tools like Kafka, Spark, Snowflake or Data Lakes.
• Multi-Cloud: Familiarity with hybrid or multi-cloud architectures.

Recruitment Fraud Disclaimer:

We’ve been made aware of fraudsters impersonating Sunbit employees during the hiring process. Please note that all official communication will come from an @sunbit.com email address, through our applicant tracking platform @sunbit.comeet-notifications.com or directly via LinkedIn. We will never ask for your age, Social Security number, bank account details, payment of any kind, or other unrelated personal information during the application process. Our hiring process always includes interviews, either by phone, zoom, or in person, before any offer is made. If something feels suspicious, please contact us at HR to confirm. We ask that you contact HR only about potential instances of fraud. HR does not reach our recruiting team directly. Your application directly through the posting is the best way to ensure that your candidacy is reviewed by our team. Due to the volume of applications, we will not respond to nor forward emails about your candidacy that are sent to HR directly, and your email about your application will be deleted from our systems.