AWS DevOps Engineer
Developer/Designer ~ Infrastructure
Cape Town – Western Cape – South Africa
Our client is scaling. Fast.
To keep up, we’re looking for a strong AWS DevOps Engineer to join the team and help clear a heavy tech backlog.
The Company is a high-growth FinTech startup building the only truly cross-border banking platform. Their mission? To help businesses move money globally – with fewer barriers, faster execution, and more control.
Their platform powers international trade, simplifies complex transactions, and gives their clients a serious edge.
The role
This is a 6-month contract role, ideal for someone who thrives in high-pace environments. You’ll jump in and hit the ground running – managing and scaling AWS infrastructure, optimising CI/CD pipelines, and bringing DevOps best practices to a rapidly evolving engineering setup.
Type: 6-month Contract
Rate: R60 000 – R90 000 Depending on experience
Area: Remote within South Africa
What you’ll do
- Set up, manage, and improve AWS infrastructure
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines
- Work with the product and engineering teams to improve delivery
- Pick up and close out backlog tasks – fast
- Write infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar)
- Improve reliability, uptime and system performance
What they’re after
- 4+ years of experience in DevOps, ideally with recent AWS-heavy projects
- FinTech or financial services exposure – you get the sensitivity around data, compliance, and uptime
- Confident with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD tools
- Available to jump in now and hit deliverables quickly
- Quick to pick things up and able to work independently
- Comfortable in a scale-up/startup environment
- South Africa-based, remote OK
- Bonus if you’ve dealt with distributed systems or cross-border payment platforms
If you’ve done this kind of work before and know your way around AWS, get in touch.
Let’s have a chat.