DevOps Engineer – Payments Platform

About PayPlus

PayPlus is a leading Israeli fintech company specializing in payment processing and digital commerce infrastructure. We power thousands of businesses across Israel and Europe through our advanced payment platform and Wittix, our licensed EMI subsidiary in Lithuania. Our technology spans POS systems, subscription management, loyalty programs, payment orchestration, and omnichannel commerce solutions.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You will own our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and environment automation, working closely with development teams to ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our payment platform as we expand across Israeli and European markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) for our payment processing platform
• Manage and scale Kubernetes clusters across Production, Staging, and Development environments
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins)
• Implement comprehensive monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)
• Manage MongoDB clusters including performance optimization, backups, and replication
• Ensure security compliance with PCI-DSS standards and financial regulations (EMI, PSD2)
• Maintain microservices architecture — Service Mesh, API Gateway, Load Balancing
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform / Pulumi (Infrastructure as Code)
• Support React, Node.js, and Android (POS systems) development teams with deployment workflows
• Manage multi-region environments to support operations in Israel and Europe
• Handle production incidents and build DR and High Availability processes
• Collaborate on capacity planning and cost optimization across cloud services

Requirements

Must Have:

• 3+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer / SRE / Platform Engineer
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud services — AWS (preferred) or GCP/Azure
• Production experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS) and Docker
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code — Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi
• Working knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB — strong advantage) and SQL
• Deep understanding of networking — VPC, DNS, Load Balancers, CDN, VPN
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Datadog)
• Strong Linux administration and Bash scripting skills
• Self-driven, proactive, with excellent communication skills

Nice to Have:

• Experience in fintech or payments industry (PCI-DSS, PSD2, EMI compliance)
• Experience with microservices architecture and Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
• Familiarity with Node.js, React, and TypeScript ecosystems
• Experience with POS systems and Android deployment pipelines
• Experience with message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Python scripting for automation and tooling
• Relevant certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, CKA, etc.)

What We Offer:

• Lead DevOps for a fast-growing fintech company processing real payments at scale
• Work with cutting-edge technologies and complex engineering challenges
• Exposure to payment processing, financial regulation, and cross-border commerce
• Professional, dynamic, and close-knit engineering team
• Competitive compensation package including equity options