Platform Engineer (Fintech)

We are Merlin Digital Partner ! A leading IT and Digital headhunting company who stands out from the crowd, boasting over a decade of experience. We've successfully collaborated and played a pivotal role in the growth of industry heavyweights such as Wallapop, Glovo, Banc Sabadell, and Duracell, among others. Our emphasis lies in people-centric approaches and optimizing the selection processes . Our mission is to revolutionize companies by seamlessly integrating top-tier talent . What sets us apart is our in-depth understanding of each partner (being their best influencer!), addressing not only their needs but also capturing their essence. Our partner is a rapidly expanding fintech firm based in Barcelona , focused on providing flexible working capital and invoice advance solutions for businesses and entrepreneurs throughout Spain. Mission: As a Platform Engineer , your mission will be to build and evolve the infrastructure, tooling, and operational foundations that enable engineering teams to deliver faster, safer, and more reliably. You will play a key role in creating a scalable platform that empowers developers, supports business growth, and establishes engineering best practices across the organization. This is a high-impact role with significant ownership and visibility across the company. The Role: You will be part of a cross-functional Platform Team responsible for the shared services used across the entire engineering organization. Your responsibilities will include: - Designing and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes. - Building and maintaining cloud infrastructure within AWS environments. - Driving Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives. - Enhancing observability, monitoring, logging, and reliability practices . - Supporting the evolution of an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) . - Collaborating with Data and AI teams on DataOps and MLOps initiatives. - Improving security, compliance, and operational resilience across systems. - Developing shared platform services and internal tooling used by multiple teams. - Acting as a technical partner for Product, Engineering, and Data stakeholders. - Promoting DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering best practices across the organization. What we need: - 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure, or related roles. - Strong experience working with AWS and cloud-native environments . - Solid understanding of infrastructure, networking, security, and distributed systems . - Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines . - Hands-on experience with Terraform, CDK, or similar Infrastructure as Code tools . - Experience with monitoring, observability, and reliability engineering . - Strong scripting or programming skills using Python, Bash, or similar languages . - Experience working with APIs and microservices architectures . - Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. - A mindset focused on automation, scalability, and continuous improvement . Nice to Have - Experience in fintech, SaaS, or other high-growth technology environments . - Exposure to DataOps, MLOps, AI infrastructure, or Machine Learning platforms . - Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration technologies . - AWS, Kubernetes, or DevOps certifications. - Experience building Internal Developer Platforms or developer productivity tooling. - Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives . What we offer: - Join a high-growth technology company at a pivotal stage of its journey. - Build the core infrastructure and platform capabilities that will support future growth. - 💡 Work on complex technical challenges with direct business impact. - Flexible hybrid working model with remote options depending on location. - Permanent contract . - Flexible working hours . - Private health insurance . - 💳 Flexible benefits package . - 🎉 Regular team events and company offsites . - 📈 Strong opportunities for career growth and professional development .