DevSec Ops Engineer (Remote EMEA)

Location: Fully remote (EMEA timezone)
Start date: ASAP
Languages: Fluent English required
Industry: Fintech / Payments Infrastructure / Enterprise SaaS

About the Role
Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing fintech company building modern payment infrastructure for the travel and airline industry. Their platform enables complex multi-party and multi-method payment orchestration, helping enterprise clients recover revenue and process transactions more efficiently at scale. Operating in a high-compliance environment, the company is now entering a critical phase focused on strengthening security, compliance, and infrastructure maturity across the platform.

We are seeking a Security & Infrastructure Engineer with strong AWS and compliance experience to lead the evolution of the company’s security posture and enterprise-grade infrastructure foundation. This is a highly impactful, hands-on role focused on designing secure cloud architectures, implementing PCI DSS controls, improving platform resilience, and embedding security best practices across the engineering organization. You will work closely with engineering leadership and product teams to define scalable infrastructure standards while helping shape the company’s long-term security and compliance strategy.

Your Responsibilities
Lead implementation of PCI DSS controls across infrastructure and application layers

Design and secure AWS infrastructure using best practices around IAM, networking, and encryption

Own Infrastructure as Code and improve deployment reliability across environments

Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows

Improve platform scalability, observability, reliability, and fault tolerance

Manage security tooling, monitoring, logging, and incident readiness processes

Partner with auditors and internal stakeholders on compliance initiatives

Define cloud security and infrastructure best practices across the engineering team

Mentor engineers on secure infrastructure and development practices

Contribute to long-term platform architecture and operational strategy

Required Qualifications
4+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or related backend infrastructure roles

Strong hands-on AWS experience in production environments

Proven experience implementing or working with PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar compliance frameworks

Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CDK, Pulumi, or similar technologies

Deep understanding of:
IAM and least-privilege access design

Network security concepts (VPCs, subnets, isolation, segmentation)

Encryption, secrets management, and secure infrastructure design

Experience building and operating secure, scalable cloud systems

Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles and secure CI/CD workflows

Ability to make pragmatic infrastructure and security decisions in fast-moving environments

Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams

Ownership mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in fintech, payments, or other highly regulated environments

Familiarity with TypeScript / Node.js ecosystems

Experience with monitoring, logging, and incident response tooling

Exposure to distributed systems and high-availability architectures

Experience improving cloud cost optimization and operational efficiency

Previous experience in startup or scale-up environments

Familiarity with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, or similar production databases

Tech Environment
AWS (core infrastructure)

TypeScript / Node.js

NestJS services

PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, Pulumi, SST)

Why Join Us
Take ownership of security and infrastructure foundations in a high-impact fintech environment

Lead enterprise-grade compliance and cloud security initiatives from the ground up

Work on technically challenging systems handling real-world financial transaction flows

Join a product-focused, collaborative engineering culture with strong ownership and autonomy

Help shape scalable infrastructure and operational standards during a critical growth phase

Work remotely with an experienced international team operating at high technical standards

Pragmatike is committed to a fair, transparent, and inclusive recruitment process. We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
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