DevOps Engineer, Fintech
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 20 October 2026.
About the role
Optasia's standard text
Optasia is a real-time financial intelligence company. We build precision intelligence that unlocks financial opportunity at scale, running millions of automated credit decisions every day across high-growth markets where formal credit data is limited. Our AI-powered platform turns permitted behavioural data and real-time signals into precise, responsible credit decisions.
Embedded within the systems of telcos, banks, digital wallets and other partners, it helps them extend relevant financial services to more people while maintaining strong portfolio control and opens profitable new segments that were previously out of reach. This is how Optasia turns potential into financial progress, responsibly and at scale.
We are seeking for enthusiastic professionals, with energy, who are results driven and have can-do attitude, who want to be part of a team of likeminded individuals who are delivering solutions in an innovative and exciting environment. As member of the Software Engineering team in Optasia, you will be participating in our never-ending journey to improve our way of working, by automating mundane tasks, enriching our CI/CD infrastructure, enhancing our production monitoring capabilities and optimizing our software delivering processes. You are expected to apply best practices and principles that will make development cycles shorter and assist teams in continuously delivering high-quality software.
What you will do
- Design, implement and maintain CI/CD processes & pipelines.
- Responsible for maintaining, managing and optimizing existing automated Jenkins jobs and scripts.
- Provide application build and deployment lifecycle support.
- Automate repetitive tasks in order to make the processes faster and more efficient.
- Write specifications and documentation.
What you will bring
- At least 3 years of relevant experience.
- BSc/MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
- Solid knowledge of Jenkins & Groovy.
- Good knowledge of Linux.
- Good Knowledge of Docker.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes will be considered a plus.
- Experience with Ansible and/or other IaC tools will be considered a plus.
Your key attributes
- Excellent communication skills and team working mentality
- Passion for learning new technologies and eagerness to collaborate with other creative minds
- Sharp and highly motivated personality
- Strong desire for exploring, evaluating, and understanding new technologies
- Excellent judgment, organizational and problem-solving skills
- Experience in working with secure code development guidelines and coding practices (i.e. OWASP, NIST)
Why you should apply
What we offer:
- Work from anywhere policy (90-day per year)
- Competitive remuneration package
- Extra day off on your birthday
- Performance-based bonus scheme
- All the tech gear you need to work smart
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Ansible · Groovy
Rare in Optasia's other 9 open postings.
Standard for DevOps / SRE / cloud roles
CI/CD · Docker · Kubernetes · Linux
Common in DevOps / SRE / cloud postings at any company.
75% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Optasia's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Optasia's other open jobs.
The team: Technology & Innovation HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 5 open in Technology & Innovation. 3 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Docker (3 of 5), Linux (3 of 5), Ansible (2 of 5), Azure (2 of 5), CI/CD (2 of 5), Kafka (2 of 5), Kubernetes (2 of 5)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Dev Ops Engineer, Zambia, Finergi posted Oct 21
- Senior Software Engineer, Fintech posted Oct 20
- Windows Systems Engineer, Fintech posted Sep 14
- Information Security Analyst, Fintech posted Mar 31
From the team and dates on Optasia's own job board.
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