Senior DevOps Engineer

About Quidax

Quidax is where crypto meets limitless possibilities. We’re making digital asset access effortless for individuals, businesses, and fintechs in Africa. Our goal? Providing real value for our customers while driving the future of Finance.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to help scale, secure, and automate the infrastructure that powers Quidax. You’ll be part of the team ensuring that millions of dollars in crypto transactions happen seamlessly, every single day.
You’ll work closely with our engineers to deploy services faster, safer, and smarter. This role is for someone who’s obsessed with reliability, loves automation, and gets a kick out of making systems run smoother than yesterday.

If you can think creatively, bring fresh ideas to the table, and thrive in fast-moving, high-stakes environments, this is your kind of challenge.

What You’ll Be Owning

Infrastructure & Reliability

Manage and improve cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar).

Design, deploy, and maintain scalable and secure services that support millions of transactions.

Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize for speed and reliability.

Manage database clusters (MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch) for performance and resilience.

Automation & CI/CD

Design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines (Github Action, GitLab, Jenkins, or similar).

Manage infrastructure as code using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.

Build deployment automation that minimizes downtime and reduces human error.

Automate environment setup, testing, and release workflows.

Security & Observability

Ensure systems are safe, patched, and secure against cyber threats.

Implement monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.

Participate in on-call rotations and respond to production incidents.

Collaborate with the Security and Compliance teams on audits and best practices.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

Partner with Backend, Frontend, and Product teams to deliver scalable, production-ready systems.

Participate in architecture discussions and release planning.

Support your teammates with reviews, documentation, and knowledge-sharing.

Contribute to team processes, retrospectives, and roadmap discussions.

Biggest Challenges You’ll Tackle

Keeping up with product speed while ensuring infra stability and uptime as well as incident ownership.

Balancing automation with control, fewer manual steps, fewer mistakes.

Managing infrastructure for both fiat and crypto systems in a single ecosystem.

Supporting rapid scale while maintaining cost efficiency.

What We’re Looking For
Must-haves

6+ years of DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure experience.

Proficiency with AWS (or equivalent cloud provider).

Strong understanding of Linux-based systems and networking.

Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).

Solid scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go).

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

Working knowledge of database management (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, or Elasticsearch).

Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across systems and applications.

A passion for clean, reliable, and scalable infrastructure.

Nice-to-haves

Crypto or fintech experience.

Familiarity with blockchain node infrastructure.

Experience implementing observability systems (Grafana Stack, Datadog, etc).

Understanding of zero-downtime deployments and blue-green rollouts.

Familiarity with Java Springboot Framework, Typescript, Ruby on Rails.

Reporting Line

You’ll report to the Engineering Manager (DevOps) and work closely with the Backend, Product, and Security teams to ensure a smooth and secure deployment experience across all Quidax services.

Why Quidax

At Quidax, we’re building the future of finance in Africa through crypto. You’ll have the freedom to innovate, the space to lead, and the backing to build something that truly scales. If you’re ready to build an engineering org that delivers excellence at scale, let’s talk.

What’s In It For You
When you join Quidax, you’re not just taking a job, you’re jumping into a community that’s bold, remote-first, and building for the future. Here’s what you get:

Fair Pay + Ownership

Competitive salary based on your skills and experience; annual merit-based reviews to keep your growth visible and rewarded

Growth That’s Real

Annual performance reviews + clear promotion cycles; recognition for great work, from shoutouts to milestone rewards

Personal development fund (courses, books, conferences); study leave so you can keep learning

Work That Works For You

Fully remote forever + flexible working hours

❤️ Time Off That Respects Life

Unlimited paid time off + Nigerian national holidays

Parental, sick, compassionate, and life event leave; we show up for you

Connection That Feels Real

Quarterly remote team hangouts + annual offsite; interest-based communities (SIGs)

Regular engagement surveys; your voice matters

Health & life coverage in select locations