A little bit about Flanks 🚀

Flanks is shaking up the wealth management industry by making it simpler and way more efficient for financial institutions. Our SaaS platform is designed to help banks, family offices, and wealth managers get a full picture of their clients' financial assets—all in one place. 💼💡

Founded in 2019 and based in Barcelona, we’ve brought together a team of passionate wealth management and tech pros, all with a shared goal: to change how wealth management is done. Backed by €9.8 million in investment, we’re growing fast, and we’re not stopping anytime soon! 📈🔥

What we stand for:

• People First 🤝 – our team comes first. We want every Flanker to feel at home, engaged, and part of something bigger.
• Keep Growing 🌱 – as the company grows, so should you. We’re all about personal and professional development here.
• Think Twice, Act Once 🧠💭 – we believe in thoughtful decisions, considering the impact on both our team and our clients before taking action.

If you’re looking for a place where you can grow and make an impact at a fast-paced, exciting fintech startup, this might just be the place for you! 🎯✨

About the role 💼

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you’ll be a key player in the Tech Team, driving the implementation and maintenance of Flanks' infrastructure and security. Your expertise will help ensure our systems are robust, scalable, and secure 🛠️.

In this role, you’ll leverage your deep understanding of cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, and security best practices to streamline operations and optimize performance. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll play a pivotal role in aligning our technical capabilities with business objectives, enabling Flanks to deliver exceptional value 🚀.

What you'll do 🛠️

Here’s what you can expect to work on:

• Infrastructure Management: Design, build, and maintain Flanks' cloud infrastructure to ensure reliability, scalability, and security 🌐.
• Cloud Agnosticism: Lead our journey towards a cloud-agnostic infrastructure, enabling greater flexibility and resilience across our systems ☁️.
• Application Management: Oversee cross-team applications, including databases and message brokers, ensuring seamless integration and performance ⚙️.
• Lifecycle Security: Implement and uphold security best practices to ensure data availability, confidentiality, and integrity throughout the development lifecycle 🔒.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for optimizing system performance, automating processes, and reducing operational bottlenecks 📈.
• Collaboration: Work closely with engineers, product teams, and external stakeholders to align infrastructure goals with business objectives 🤝.

If you’re passionate about creating robust, scalable systems and enjoy working in a dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you! 🚀

What we'd love to see 😍

• Proven Experience: You have a few years of experience in similar roles, bringing valuable lessons learned along the way 🌟.
• Kubernetes Expertise: Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters, including deployment and maintenance of applications 🐳.
• Message Queues: Solid knowledge of broker message queues such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar systems for cross-team collaboration 🔄.
• Linux systems: You have dealt with things like permissions and networking, and know your way around command-line tools
• Database Skills: Experience with database administration and scaling, including both SQL and NoSQL solutions 📊.
• Cloud Architecture: Familiarity with cloud environments, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Experience with Azure is a plus ☁️.
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficient in implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or similar 🛠️.
• GitOps Workflows: Comfortable with GitOps practices, currently using FluxCD, though familiarity with ArgoCD or equivalent tools is welcome 📂.
• Observability Tools: Skilled in using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch to monitor and optimize system performance 👀.
• Security Mindset: A strong focus on security, ensuring infrastructure and processes meet the highest standards 🔒.
• Language Proficiency: Professional proficiency in both English and Spanish to collaborate effectively in our bilingual environment 🗣️.

If this sounds like you, don’t worry if you don’t check every single box—we’ll support your growth along the way. 🚀🙌

What we offer 🎁

A full-time, permanent contract. 📃

We offer what we think is fair compensation (from 50K to 65K € per year for this role).

A cool office between Sants Estació and Plaça Espanya with stunning views of Barcelona. 🏙️✨

Flexible working hours and hybrid work options. ⏰

Paid day off on your birthday. 🎂🎉

Weekly fresh fruit, coffee, and tea on tap. 🍎🍵

Friday happy hours after our all-hands meetings (totally optional, of course!). 🍻🥳

Team-building events to bond and have fun. 🎈🤝

Health insurance and flexible compensation with Alan. 🏥💸

A digital canteen, thanks to Nora Real Food, subsidised at 50%. 🍽️😋

A yearly training budget to keep growing. 📚📈

The hiring process ⚙️

1. Send us your CV, cover letter, etc. 📧
2. You’ll have a chat with our Head of People, Mireia Barón. 💬
3. A meeting with our CTO, Sergi Lao
   
4. A technical discussion meeting with some of Flanks team members.
5. Any extra meetings you (or we) might need to iron out any questions. 🤔
6. We send you an offer! 💌

We aim to keep things moving fast—ideally wrapping things up in one to four weeks. ⏳💨

If this sounds like a good fit for you, we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hesitate to send us your CV and/or cover letter. ✉️🤗

At Flanks, we believe in fostering diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome all applications regardless of race, religion, gender, age, or disability status. 🌈💼

Department

Tech

Locations

Barcelona Office

Remote status

Hybrid Remote

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