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SRE [Processing Core Team]

Plata Card Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany

Banking · 1,001-5,000 employees

5 d ago
Remote sre Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time Germany
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About the role

Maintain the reliability, availability, performance, and scalability of the core payments processing platform and its integrations with global payment networks. Monitor services, maintain deployment and CI/CD configurations, resolve infrastructure and product failures, investigate incidents to eliminate root causes, and document technical processes.

What they look for

Site Reliability Engineering Payments Processing Multi-Component System Architecture Load Balancing Fault Tolerance Docker Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack Python Bash CI/CD Jenkins GitLab CI/CD Troubleshooting

Requirements

Candidates need at least three years of experience in a similar role, practical knowledge of multi-component system architecture, and hands-on experience with containers, monitoring and logging tools, scripting, and CI/CD pipelines. Strong troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills are required, along with English proficiency at B1 level or higher.

Benefits

Relocation Support Healthcare Coverage Education Budget Language Lessons Professional Training Certifications Wellness Budget Mental Health Reimbursements Fitness Activity Reimbursements Annual Leave Paid Sick Leave

Full description

We are looking for a SRE to join our Processing Core team.

The Processing Core team is responsible for building and maintaining the core platform that powers our credit card products. We develop solutions for card issuance and management, tariff configuration, transaction processing, and integrations with global payment networks, ensuring the platform remains reliable, scalable, and efficient.

As a SRE, you will contribute to the development and evolution of our core processing platform, working on business-critical systems that support the entire card lifecycle. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to build reliable and scalable solutions, improve existing processes, and ensure seamless interactions with global payment networks.

Challenges that await you:

  • Managing the reliability and availability of payments processing solutions, ensuring the performance of applications
  • Assisting in the design, implementation, and maintenance of payments processing solutions with a focus on reliability and scalability
  • Monitoring technological metrics of services and collaborating with DevOps engineers
  • Writing and maintaining deployment scripts, configs, helm charts and CI/CD jobs
  • Addressing infrastructure issues and resolving product failures
  • Participating in incident investigations to identify and eliminate root causes
  • Maintaining technical documentation

What makes you a great fit:

  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar position
  • Understanding of the principles of multi-component system architecture and ability to apply them in practice (load balancing, ensuring fault tolerance, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack
  • Familiarity with scripting languages like Python, Bash for automation tasks
  • Expertise in CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
  • Open mind for problem-solving and good troubleshooting skills
  • Good communication and collaboration skills
  • B1 or higher English level for effective communication with an international team

Your bonus skills:

  • Work experience with vendor solutions
  • Experience working with payment or fintech systems
  • Exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc)
  • Background in performance tuning, database reliability

Our ways of working:

  • Innovative Spirit: A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions
  • Honest Feedback: valuing open, transparent communication
  • Supportive Team: a strong, collaborative community
  • Celebrating Achievements: recognizing our wins together
  • High-Tech Environment: a team full of smart and revolutionary people who date to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances

Our benefits:

  • Relocation support to one of our hubs — Cyprus, Georgia, or Kazakhstan — with assistance for the employee and their family
  • Flexible work from one of our offices or remote
  • Healthcare Coverage
  • Education Budget: Language lessons, professional training and certifications
  • Wellness Budget: Mental health and fitness activity reimbursements
  • Vacation Policy: Annual leave and paid sick leave as per applicable policies

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