DevOps Engineer

Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer who would like to take part in improving and developing a quickly growing product and its infrastructure? Then we invite you to become part of our strong and international team that is transforming the traditional debt collection industry with innovation and a drive for excellence. PAIR Finance is a product company developing a multi-national debt collection platform using Ruby on Rails and running on AWS. Our Data and Behavioral Science teams utilize purpose-built Python tools to analyze and enrich our data. We have experienced significant growth, and we’re looking for a talented DevOps Engineer to help us reach the next level. Your Responsibilities:

• manage and improve existing infrastructure, and participate in the development of infrastructure for new application components and internal services
• troubleshoot reliability and performance issues
• set up, maintain, and improve deployment procedures, server environments, and testing infrastructure
• improve infrastructure automation (Terraform/OpenTofu)
• take ownership of specific components and work to improve them
• ensure that data storage infrastructure and processing follow GDPR guidelines and legal requirements
• drive innovation from an IT perspective and support further business development
• stay on top of current tech industry trends

• 3+ years of relevant work experience within the field of DevOps; including previous Linux administration, web development, or software engineering experience
• hands-on knowledge of AWS services (IAM, Landing Zone, RDS, S3, ELB, ECS, Lambda)
• experience running modern applications within Docker containers and relevant infrastructure (ECS/Kubernetes)
• ability to develop solid infrastructure, supporting CI/CD and production systems and containerized workloads
• excellent troubleshooting skills in cloud environments
• solid communication skills (English proficiency required)
• high degree of independence
• willingness to learn and further develop your skills

Additional skills that will set you apart:

• hands-on experience developing Jenkins pipelines
• knowledge of and experience with infrastructure-as-code deployments
• experience with DNS and email services
• experience managing and optimizing databases (Postgres)
• hands-on experience working with ELK monitoring stack
• German language skills

Transparency, Execution, Ownership, Customer Centricity, Innovation and Integrity are important to us. We embody these values in everything we do. Do you find yourself in these values? Then join our team and bring your unique motivation and character to complement our team. Our offer for you

• For this mid-level to senior role, our salary band is €56,500 - €87,000 gross per year (based on a 40-hour work week). The exact offer will reflect your experience and qualifications.
• Thriving, financially stable company
• Strong experienced international team to support and mentor you along the way, and a smooth onboarding process
• International team of 30+ nationalities with professionals and experts
• Flat hierarchy, transparent and appreciative feedback culture, monthly all-hands meetings, annual feedback and evaluation cycle, and regular 1-on-1s with your lead
• Well-structured onboarding process as well as supportive and welcoming colleagues
• Personal learning & development budget as well as German and English language courses
• Unlimited employment contract, flexible working hours, and 28 vacation days for your work-life balance
• Company pension plan, partly covered Deutschlandticket (public transport) and access to “Corporate Benefits” voucher platform to ensure your full well-being
• Fun company summer and Christmas parties as well as regular team events
• This role is based in Berlin, and we have a hybrid working policy. Modern office near Uhlandstraße is complete with fresh fruit, muesli, and drinks for a comfortable and enjoyable workplace

We are rethinking debt collection with our digital debt collection solution, characterized by our high customer orientation and efficiency standards. By using artificial intelligence, we are combining technology with behavioral science and so we are able to contact customers individually and in a simple way throughout the entire collection process. Strengthened by one of the most renowned private equity firms in the fintech sector, Pollen Street, as well as partnerships with other investors such as Zalando Payments, PAIR Finance offers an excellent opportunity to dive deep into and actively shape the fintech industry.