Jr. DevOps Engineer

Peakflo is a B2B Fintech SaaS startup part of YCombinator W22, that just raised $4.1M in seed funding and was picked by Techcrunch as their top 10 favorites out of a cohort of 400 and also in a TechCrunch exclusive

🚀 Who we are and what we’re building

• Peakflo is a 2021 founded, Singapore headquartered B2B Fintech SaaS startup
• Finance operations at any high-growth SMB or startup is plagued with resource-intensive customer collections and vendor payment processes. Teams spend hundreds of hours in manual processes and thousands of dollars on transaction fees each month
• Peakflo has 2 key solutions: one is an Accounts Receivables Automation SaaS and the other is an Accounts Payable Automation SaaS, both targeted at startups and SMEs
• Peakflo with its simple API and one-click accounting software integrations, allows businesses to streamline their customer collections and vendor payments. More than 100 companies, ranging from early-stage startups to unicorns in SE Asia, use Peakflo each week to:

✅Save 100 hours/month on finance ops ⏳

✅Get paid faster on customer invoices by 10-20 days 📈

✅Streamline vendor payments and save 50-90% on fees 💰

⚙️ Engineering at Peakflo

We are looking for an enthusiastic Junior DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer with a foundational understanding of DevOps principles and a keen interest in growing within a technologically advanced and secure environment. This role is particularly suited to recent graduates or individuals early in their career, eager to develop their skills in a thriving startup setting.

💪 What you’ll do

• Work directly with the CTO & Founder to help shape our product and culture.
• Design and build new features, simplify existing services, and scale our systems as we rapidly grow and evolve.
• Assist in managing and optimizing our cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Work collaboratively with the development team to automate deployment processes.
• Monitor system performance, addressing and troubleshooting issues proactively.
• Implement and maintain security best practices, focusing on SOC2 compliance and data protection.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure and efficient code deployment.
• Contribute to the management of databases and data storage solutions, adhering to security and compliance standards.
• Collaborate across teams to improve and streamline operational processes, with a focus on security and compliance.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and best practices in the DevOps and security fields.
• Partner with members of a cross-functional team and other stakeholders to contribute to setting the direction of our product: learn about our business problems, explore solutions, weigh design tradeoffs, write effective user stories, and prioritize them to deliver maximum value in a sustainable, incremental fashion.

🕵️‍♀️ Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar from NUS (National University of Singapore), NTU (Nanyang Technological University) or SMU (Singapore Management University).
• You are excited about building distributed fintech applications.
• You are excited about ensuring that all of our software systems scale smoothly.
• You work transparently and collaboratively within a distributed team.
• Basic knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their security features.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of scripting languages (Python, Bash) and automation frameworks.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Basic understanding of network security principles and data protection strategies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with an ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Strong communication skills and a team-oriented mindset.
• A commitment to continuous learning and staying current with industry trends, particularly in security and compliance.

➕ We’re Particularly Interested In People Who:

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
• Are passionate about sharing knowledge
• Favor regular, incremental delivery over perfection and have experience balancing high quality with incremental delivery.
• Brings strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Have experience with ERP, financial, accounting, or payments systems
• Have understanding of payment platforms (Direct Debit, Credit-cards, Bank transfers etc.)

Benefits

🏡 Hybrid Work - We are building a remote friendly culture centered around trust and meritocracy

🏥 Medical insurance - We provide comprehensive group medical insurance so that you're always covered