Senior Backend DevOps Developer

About SoftPoint

SoftPoint is a payments fintech company delivering an end-to-end commerce solution—including POS systems, payment gateway, handheld order & pay tools, over 100 integrations via our App Store, and a public API for custom development. Trusted by more than 5,000 businesses (primarily in restaurants and hospitality), we streamline operations from kitchen to table with scalable, flexible payment solutions. As a proud ETA Top 10 Payments ISVs winner, we're built by developers for developers, prioritizing customization, efficiency, and innovation.

We're a self-backed startup with a collaborative, fast-paced, innovative culture where engineers tackle real challenges in fintech and drive meaningful impact. Our engineering team of 10 developers works closely together; you'll report to our current senior engineer and collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and other teams.

Duties

• Develop backend services and RESTful APIs in PHP/Laravel and TypeScript (Node.js), focusing on payment processing and integrations.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for zero-downtime, automated releases across environments.
• Manage cloud infrastructure (with emphasis on Oracle OCI where applicable), container orchestration (Docker), and IaC for scalable, secure deployments.
• Implement observability best practices: logging, metrics, alerting, monitoring, and incident response for production systems.
• Build and optimize distributed systems for high-volume transactions, including auto-scaling, load balancing, and reliability engineering.
• Integrate backend code with DevOps tools to enforce security, compliance (PCI-DSS), and performance in payments workflows.
• Collaborate on architectural decisions, troubleshoot production issues across the stack, and lead infrastructure-related projects.
• Mentor on DevOps practices and contributes to strategic improvements in deployment velocity and system resilience.

Requirements

• 5+ years in backend engineering with strong DevOps/infrastructure experience, ideally in payments/fintech.
• Proactive owner who drives reliability and scalability initiatives.
• Strong collaborator in a fast-paced, innovative team.
• Excited to blend hands-on coding with operational excellence in fintech.

Required Technical Qualifications

• Proficiency in any of the following languages for backend development: PHP (Laravel) ,Go, Python, or TypeScript.
• Expertise in RESTful APIs and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (Oracle OCI preferred; AWS/Azure/GCP acceptable), Docker.
• Database expertise (MySQL) and message queuing.
• Hands-on DevOps: infrastructure automation, monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Datadog), and secure deployments.
• Knowledge of payments security/compliance (PCI-DSS) and high-availability systems.

Bonus Skills

• Deep Oracle OCI experience.
• Advanced observability, chaos engineering, or cost optimization in cloud environments.
• Fintech infrastructure (e.g., payment orchestration at scale).
• Requirements are a guide, not a checklist. If this role feels like the right fit, we still encourage you to apply.

Pay: $100,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person