About the company
Our client is a fast-growing fintech organisation developing innovative digital financial services for a broad customer base. Its diverse, international team brings together colleagues from more than 50 countries, creating an inclusive environment where different perspectives are valued.
The organisation is driven by ambition, professionalism and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking. Employees are encouraged to take ownership, embrace change and contribute to meaningful transformation across the financial services industry. This is an opportunity to join a high-growth business where technology is central to the customer experience and where talented engineers can help shape both the future platform and the way teams work together.
What the job entails
As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will design and build robust, scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure for a major banking modernisation project. Working within a newly established organisation, you will help define development standards, operational processes and the engineering environment from the ground up.
Your responsibilities will include designing infrastructure that supports seamless patching and upgrades without downtime, building resilience against regional AWS failures, and partnering with security specialists to deliver secure platforms. You will also automate AWS deployments and create self-service mechanisms that enable development teams to provision resources quickly and reliably.
This role offers the opportunity to work on business-critical systems, collaborate with senior stakeholders and contribute to the delivery of next-generation financial services.
Key requirements
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS computing, networking, storage and analytics services.
At least five years’ experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure and platform systems.
Strong experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code.
Proven experience managing production infrastructure changes and releases for high-traffic, business-critical systems.
Experience managing AWS organisations, including environments with 50 or more accounts and over 100 users.
Solid understanding of cloud security best practice within financial technology or similarly regulated environments.
Experience managing infrastructure availability, performance and cost.
Programming or scripting experience with Python, Shell, Go or Rust.
Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
Professional working proficiency in Japanese, equivalent to JLPT N1 or N2.
AWS Professional or Specialty certification, Kubernetes experience and knowledge of PCI DSS would be advantageous.
A proactive, logical and accountable approach, with the ability to embrace change and collaborate effectively.