DevOps SRE Engineer at Auquan
About Us
Auquan is the market leader in AI agents for deep work in financial services, transforming how professionals manage risk monitoring, investment and credit analysis, sustainability, and compliance. Trusted by leading institutions including MetLife, UBS, and Capital Group, 25% of the top 20 global financial firms use Auquan to accelerate decision-making and drive strategic impact.
Our mission is to liberate financial professionals from the mundane data processing and report writing that consumes 80% of their time, allowing them to focus on the strategic, high-impact work that first attracted them to the industry. What sets us apart is our pragmatic approach to innovation – every feature we develop is shaped by real-world customer challenges and validated through practical application in demanding financial environments.
We're not just building another fintech or productivity tool – we're creating the technical infrastructure that will define the future of work in financial services, operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence, distributed systems, and financial technology.
Job Requirements
Role Overview:
We are seeking a proactive DevOps Engineer with a passion for automation, resilience, and stability. This role is critical for ensuring that our systems are robust and reliable while enhancing the efficiency of our development processes. In the immediate term, you will drive improvements that directly impact developer quality of life and system uptime. You will also lay the groundwork for long-term initiatives in MLOps, Infrastructure as Code, and advanced database management.
Key Responsibilities
- Resilience, Stability & Developer Experience
○ System Resilience & Stability:
■ Monitor and enhance the resilience of systems across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
■ Develop incident response, disaster recovery, and failover strategies to minimize downtime.
■ Deploy automation and monitoring tools to swiftly detect and resolve performance issues.
○ Developer Quality of Life:
■ Optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab to accelerate deployments and reduce friction.
■ Collaborate with development teams to identify and address pain points within the SDLC.
■ Implement automated testing frameworks to safeguard code quality.
- MLOps, Infrastructure as Code & Database Solutions
○ MLOps Initiatives:
■ Implement streamlined MLOps practices for model development, deployment, and retraining.
■ Evaluate frameworks supporting technologies such as Azure OpenAI models.
○ Infrastructure as Code & Cloud Automation:
■ Design and deploy IaC solutions (using Terraform or CloudFormation) for consistent resource management across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
■ Automate routine tasks to create secure, scalable, and reproducible environments.
○ Database Management:
■ Manage and scale MongoDB for optimal performance in our NoSQL operations.
■ Manage Qdrant to support vector search capabilities and advanced ML data operations.
■ Ensure database solutions are automated, monitored, and aligned with application needs.
- Containerization & Orchestration
○ Use Docker and Kubernetes to containerize applications and manage orchestration for scalable, resilient deployments.
○ Collaborate across teams to design and refine microservices architectures.
- Monitoring, Logging & Proactive Quality Assurance
○ Establish robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to preemptively address issues.
○ Analyze operational metrics to drive continuous improvements in reliability and stability.
○ Champion best practices in operational resilience and automation.
- Collaboration & Best Practices
○ Work closely with developers to foster a collaborative, stability-focused culture.
○ Document processes, architectures, and best practices to facilitate effective communication and smooth onboarding.
○ Act as an ambassador for DevOps best practices, ensuring security and automation standards are met.
What does Auquan offer you?
Make your mark
- Immediately see the impact of your work
- Be part of one of the hottest Fintech startups as recognized by Forbes and TechCrunch
Be in control
- Freedom to shape the work you do
- Take the opportunity to do work that helps you master a variety of transferable skills or skills that are relevant across roles and industries.
Enjoy growing rewards
- The regular deal (Competitive pay, Stock Options, other paid benefits etc. etc.)
- Health Insurance