ROLE SUMMARY
Sits within a newly acquired startup building an AI-enabled, autonomous banking platform for Tier-1 financial institutions within the banking group. The Platform Engineer builds and operates the multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure that powers the platform at five-nines availability, owning GitOps delivery, observability, disaster recovery, zero-trust security, and AI-driven SRE automation. Ships directly into production environments at the world's largest banks.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Infrastructure & Architecture
•Infrastructure: Build and scale multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure (EKS/GKE/AKS) for five-nines workloads.
•Architecture: Architect active-active distributed systems.
•GitOps: Implement Terraform, Helm, and GitOps (Flux) across cloud and hybrid environments.
Reliability & Security
•Resiliency: Own DR, failover, backup/restore, and multi-region resiliency.
•Security: Drive zero-trust security, identity, multi-tenant isolation, and cryptographic audit trails.
•Observability: Build and maintain stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and OpenTelemetry.
AI & Operations
•AI-SRE: Lead AI-driven automation: auto-remediation, incident insights, and AI-based root cause analysis.
•Deployment: Support on-prem and air-gapped deployments and legacy integrations.
•Contribute to team excellence through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching, helping to develop technical capability and promote engineering best practices across the organization.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & CAPABILITIES
Technical Expertise
•Deep Kubernetes experience (EKS/GKE/AKS; operators/CRDs a bonus).
•Terraform (multi-cloud). GitOps tooling: Flux or ArgoCD.
•Kafka / event streaming. Distributed SQL databases.
•Language: Go, Rust, or similar (AI-accelerated development welcome).
Cloud & Reliability
•Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry observability stack experience.
•DR, HA, and Zero-Trust architecture design and ownership.
Operating Style
•Strong ownership mindset across the full infrastructure lifecycle.
•Comfortable operating in hybrid cloud and regulated environments.
•AI-native engineer: integrates LLMs and agentic workflows into daily engineering practice.
IMPACT & SCOPE
•Direct impact on core banking platforms used by Tier-1 global institutions.
•High autonomy and accountability within a small, senior team.
•Work shipped directly to production environments at enterprise scale.
WHY THIS ROLE
This role offers the autonomy, ownership, and technical depth of a startup, combined with the scale, stability, and long-term impact of FIS. Engineers in this role shape foundational banking infrastructure while operating with clear accountability, enterprise resources, and real-world production responsibility.
