Senior DevOps Engineer

About us:

BVNK is the stablecoin-powered financial stack for enterprises. We're now part of Mastercard, and together we're building a network for every form of money – one that delivers more reach, more capability and more choice.

We enable businesses to build financial products, unlock new markets, and move money in seconds across 130+ countries, with 40+ licenses for fiat and digital assets globally. Processing billions annually, we empower enterprises worldwide to send, receive, convert, and settle stablecoins and fiat seamlessly through a single integration.

Our mission is to accelerate global money movement, and we're assembling a world-class team to make it happen.

Trusted by industry leaders like Corpay, Worldpay, Deel, and Flywire, we deliver the infrastructure that makes new forms of money usable within the financial systems customers already rely on today.

By combining Mastercard's global payment reach and trusted networks with BVNK's stablecoin infrastructure, we're building the trusted operating layer for the evolution of money movement, helping customers participate in emerging digital networks without having to rebuild their businesses around every new innovation.

We're a diverse team spread across EMEA, North America, and APAC, with a shared belief that stablecoins are the new infrastructure layer for financial services, and that BVNK is at the forefront of this shift.

We're incredibly honored to have been recognized by:

• CNBC World's Top Fintech Companies (2026)
• FXC Intelligence Top 100 Cross-border Payment Companies (2026)
• Newsweek's The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces (three years running, most recently 2025)
• LinkedIn as one of the Top 20 Startups in the UK (2025)

Location: We offer a Hybrid/Remote working policy. 

FUNCTION: Engineering

We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Senior DevOps Engineer to join our DevOps team.

In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, scaling, and maintaining the resilient, highly available cloud infrastructure powering our global payments network. You will partner closely with engineering teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines, drive Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) standards, enhance platform observability, and embed robust security and automation across our entire deployment lifecycle.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture: Design, provision, and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient multi-region cloud infrastructure using modern Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• CI/CD & Deployment Automation: Architect, maintain, and optimize robust CI/CD pipelines to ensure safe, repeatable, and automated releases across environments.
• Platform Reliability & Observability: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting systems to ensure high uptime and rapid incident response.
• Security & Compliance Standards: Embed DevSecOps best practices into every stage of the software lifecycle, maintaining rigorous security controls, automated compliance checks, and access management.
• Developer Experience & Tooling: Build and maintain developer platforms and self-service tooling that empower software engineers to deploy, test, and manage services independently and efficiently.
• Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Champion operational excellence and automation within the team, providing guidance and mentorship to engineers across the wider organisation.

What we need from you:

• Extensive DevOps / Cloud Engineering Experience: Proven track record operating and scaling production systems within modern cloud environments (e.g., AWS).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Deep expertise with tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation to manage complex infrastructure at scale.
• Containerisation & Orchestration: Strong production experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS or equivalent).
• CI/CD Mastery: Proven experience designing and optimising automated pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or ArgoCD.
• Observability & Monitoring: Hands-on experience with modern observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch).
• Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting proficiency in languages such as Python, Bash, or Go.
• Security-First Approach: Solid understanding of cloud security fundamentals, network architecture (VPCs, firewalls, load balancers), permissions segregations and secrets management.
• Bonus: Experience operating infrastructure in regulated environments, payments, FinTech, or crypto/blockchain platforms.
• Bonus: Exposure to AI-assisted developer workflows or automation tooling.
• Open to participate in out of hours on call rota

What you can expect from us:

• Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth
• Flexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart
• A culture built on passionate, growth-minded people
• A flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world
• An open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of BVNK, its culture, and its opportunity sets

At BVNK, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive team. While you may not meet all of our requirements, we’d encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of our expectations. You may be a great fit for this role or another role in our team.