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About Us at GoCardless

GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.

GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.

We are headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States.

The role

Over the past few months at the GoCardless Riga office, we’ve established a talented team of SREs, and we’re excited to further grow by adding two additional SRE engineers.

Foundations group is searching for an engineer with a strong interest in infrastructure management and the site reliability engineering problem space. You will be a member of a distributed team working with all other engineering teams - from product to data - to help build and scale the global platform our payments and open banking products sit on.

If you enjoy hard challenges, value learning and want to create an impact, then this is a place for you.

This position is located in our HQ2 in Riga, which was recently honored with the prestigious CEE Business Services Award for being the ‘Most Vibrant Employer - Latvia,’ offering you the chance to thrive in a dynamic and engaging workplace.

Tech stack and tools

  • Python, Ruby, Golang;
  • Terraform;
  • Atlantis
  • AWS, GCP;
  • Kubernetes, GKE;
  • Github, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD;
  • Grafana, Prometheus;
  • Elastic
What excites you

We use a wide range of technologies, and will never expect you to have experience with all of them. We do hope that you are enthusiastic about the infrastructure space and the impact your work can have on others. To enjoy this work you’ll be excited by:

  • Building and maintaining automation of new and existing infrastructure;
  • Appreciate and believe in building easy-to-understand and maintain tools to solve problems;
  • Automating operational tasks to eliminate toil using your software development skills and experience;
  • Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats;
  • Working closely with software engineers and data scientists;
  • Being involved in the technical design of architecture and making technical decisions;
  • Cloud-first engineering;
  • Ongoing opportunities to further develop your skills;
  • Care about working with people who share the same values as you and who will continually push you to grow.
What excites us
  • Experience with at least one programming language such as Python, Ruby, Golang etc.;
  • Experience with IaC tooling, such as Terraform;
  • Previous experience with Terraform automation toolings such as Terragrunt or Atlantis will be considered an advantage;
  • Experience with cloud computing providers such as AWS or GCP;
  • Experience with containerized applications;
  • Previous experience with container orchestration such as Kubernetes and GKE will be considered an advantage;
  • Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Github, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, etc.;
  • Experience working with monitoring tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, Zabbix etc.;
  • Previous experience with centralised log management through Elastic tooling will be considered an advantage;
  • Experience with relational databases and other datastores, especially around high availability and performance optimisation;
  • Awareness of DevOps and Agile principles;
  • Fluency in English;
  • Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
The Good Stuff!
  • Wellbeing: Dedicated support and medical cover to keep you healthy.
  • Work Away Scheme: Work from anywhere for up to 90 days in any 12-month period.
  • Adaptive Working: Our hybrid model offers flexibility, with in-office days determined by your team.
  • Equity: All permanently employed GeeCees get equity to share in our success.
  • Parental leave: Tailored leave to support your life's great adventure.
  • Time Off: Generous holidays, 3 volunteer days, and 4 wellness days annually.
Life at GoCardless

We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.

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