DevOps Engineer (Advisory)

Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and Webull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers. 

Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. We are based in Dallas, TX and also have offices in Austin, New York, Chicago, Portland, and Belfast. 

If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you. 

AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:

• 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards
• 2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company
• 2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards

About This Role 

As a DevOps Engineer (Advisory) at Apex Fintech Solutions, you will help to build a next-generation advisory platform that enables our RIA clients. A regular day would include designing, developing, and enhancing our platform. This is an opportunity to join a growing team with the environment of a startup and the expertise of an established organization.

This Hybrid position will be located in Austin, Texas.

What you will do all day: 

• Work with internal and external partners to ensure proper operation of Apex's advisory platform
• Develop SRE internal standards, processes and tooling
• Automate tasks to drive consistency, reduce complexity and eliminate human involvement where necessary
• Ensure that systems are properly monitored
• Ensure systems are documented and can be easily maintained by all team members
• Ensure disaster recovery solutions are in place, tested and well documented

What you need to succeed:

• BA, BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years experience with major aspects of cloud computing, like storage, backups, compute resources, and scaling concerns
• Experience with software engineering best practices: testing, code reviews, design documentation, and debugging within python projects
• Experience with infrastructure and configuration management tools – Chef, Terraform, CDK and CDKTF
• Experience with automating alerts and monitoring of infrastructure and application & batch processes
• Experience working with Linux stacks - Java, Queue Technologies (RabbitMQ or ActiveMQ), & PostgreSQL
• Understanding of VPCs and general networking configurations that go along with cloud solutions
• An understanding of batch processing operations rather real-time or scheduled
• Ability to pick up new languages, framework, or tooling on the job to improve our stack
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• Engineer operationally-efficient and performant solutions, increase system observability
• This Hybrid position will be located in Austin, Texas.

Our Rewards

We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS, we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Commitment

At Apex, we embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace. We value every team member's unique perspective and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone belongs. Join us in our mission to empower and celebrate individual differences.

Apex is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We ensure that qualified applicants receive fair consideration for employment without discrimination based on sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We stand by this commitment to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.