Devops Engineer

DevOps Engineer Location: Chennai Work Type: Full Time About Tazapay Tazapay is a global cross-border payments service provider, enabling businesses to collect payments locally in 70+ markets through local payment methods, virtual accounts, and cards. With Tazapay, merchants can expand internationally without setting up local entities, supported by our compliance framework that handles regional regulations and requirements. This approach delivers lower transaction costs, transparent FX, and higher authorization rates, empowering businesses to scale globally with ease. Tazapay is licensed across multiple jurisdictions and backed by leading global investors. This is a unique opportunity to join an amazing team right before our next stage of rapid expansion. At Tazapay, you ll: Build meaningful systems from the ground up See your work directly impact thousands of global users Collaborate with world-class teams across Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and more Be part of a culture that values openness, innovation, and shared memories Ready for the ride? Come discover what you can create with us. About the Role We are looking for a DevOps Engineer who is passionate about automation, simplicity, and building scalable infrastructure. You ll help design, implement, and maintain core cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines that power Tazapay s global payment products. You will work across cloud infrastructure, observability, security, deployment automation, and microservices helping to enable fast, reliable, and secure delivery of new features. Requirements Must Have Education & Mindset Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience Strong curiosity about how things work Passion for learning new technologies and improving systems Obsession with automation, simplicity, and elegant engineering Ability to jump into new situations with minimal structure and improve processes Technical Skills Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services Strong familiarity with at least one programming/scripting language (Python, Go, or Shell) Experience with Load Balancing and API Gateway Basic understanding of REST or gRPC & Protocol Buffers Understanding of Kubernetes and Cloud Native technologies Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins Infrastructure as Code experience: AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform Familiarity with observability stacks: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana Experience working with containerization tools like Docker Experience managing RDBMS/NoSQL systems (Postgres, MongoDB) Background in microservice architecture Experience with configuration management tools Strong understanding of OS fundamentals, especially Linux Nice to Have Prior startup experience Familiarity with AWS data engineering services (DMS, Glue, Athena, Redshift, QuickSight) Experience working with geo-distributed teams AWS Cloud Certifications Basic security knowledge (OWASP, static code analysis) Experience with fintech security and compliance standards (PCI-DSS, SOC 2) Qualification : Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience