Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

About Tala

Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief's The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our mission.

By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.

Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!

The Role

We're seeking a visionary Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to spearhead technological innovation and revolutionise our DevOps landscape. You will bring world class cloud-native infrastructure & automation expertise to implement solutions for deployment, monitoring & remediation in an automated fashion.

What You'll Do

• Provide technical leadership to the team in driving automation of infrastructure & platform services in Public Clouds (AWS, GCP, and Azure) using Terraform and Ansible
• Architect new solutions with development for infra & platform
• Design and manage Continuous deployment using Kubernetes, ArgoCD and Jenkins
• Monitor applications and services within the environments & be part of the on-call rotation to resolve issues and implement strategies to prevent future occurrences 
• Set up intelligent application performance alerts in Datadog and ElasticSearch to find and fix issues before they impact business services and end-users
• Learn about technologies outside of your realm of expertise that help drive 

What You'll Need

• Understanding of how cloud-based web applications work and interest in measuring, analyzing, and improving distributed systems
• B.S. Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of professional development training and experience
• 6 - 8 years of previous experience deploying and automating infrastructure in public cloud environments, using Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform or Ansible
• In-depth hands-on experience with at least one public Cloud platform (AWS or GCP) 
• Prior experience as a technical lead working closely with Product, Engineering and SecOps on shift-left strategies, CI/CD tools and solutions needed
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production
• Experience with Continuous Deployment tools such as Jenkins or ArgoCD
• Experience with Logging and Monitoring tools for SaaS such as Sumo, Splunk, Datadog etc
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to document and explain technical details and concepts clearly and concisely
• Flexibility to pitch in where needed across program and team
• Strong influence and teamwork skills; sound problem resolution, judgment, negotiating, and decision-making skills
• Experience working effectively with global teams in multiple time zones

Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.