Summary
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A rapidly growing financial technology organization is seeking a Cloud Engineer to help maintain stable, secure, and scalable infrastructure. You will improve infrastructure efficiency, reliability, and security while supporting a modern technology platform that processes large volumes of operational data. The role is remote and offers the opportunity to work with contemporary cloud and automation practices.
Highlights
Remote cloud engineering role focused on building and maintaining stable, secure, scalable infrastructure. The position sits within a rapidly growing financial technology environment with exposure to automation and modern AI-enabled technology.
Description
Cloud Engineer
Location: Colombia (Remote)
Investors
Goldman Sachs Asset ManagementFinTech CollectiveCometa
Company Overview
Founded in 2019, Simetrik is a robust B2B platform powered by no-code and generative AI.
We empower financial and operational teams to automate reconciliations end-to-end, anticipate risks, and manage all their operations from one intuitive, spreadsheet-inspired interface.
Simetrik is a market leader in Latin America, handling two-thirds of the region’s transactions with clients such as PayU, Mercado Libre, Rappi, PagSeguro, Falabella, Oxxo, Itaú, and Nubank, and partners like Deloitte.
Our global footprint spans over 35 countries, monitoring 200+ million records daily.
Executive Team
Alejandro Casas Caro, Co-Founder & CEOSantiago Gómez, Co-Founder & COOFelipe Pardo, CFOSebastián Bezzo, VP of Revenue | Latam
About The Role
What does success look like in this role?
Success means maintaining a stable, secure, scalable infrastructure supported by efficient automation.
A successful Cloud Engineer at Simetrik is proactive, collaborative, and solves complex technical problems, directly enhancing the product’s reliability and customer experience.
Impact & Scope
You will directly influence the stability, scalability, and operational efficiency of our platform, working closely with the Head of Tech and the development team to support product growth and customer satisfaction.
Key Results (First 3–6 months)
Automate lifecycle management of key AWS infrastructure using Terraform.Stabilize and effectively monitor production services.Drive improvements in software lifecycle reliability and performance.Optimize AWS costs.
Responsibilities
Build and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using TerraformDesign, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelinesCollaborate with development to automate testing, builds, and deploymentsManage and monitor AWS services (ECS, EC2, RDS, Batch, etc.)Support technical tools and drive world-class operational processesContinuously improve SDLC with a focus on infrastructure and reliabilityContribute to building a scalable SaaS platform with multidisciplinary teams
Must-Have Qualifications
5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering or similar rolesProven experience with Terraform and AWS services (ECS, ECR, S3, RDS, CloudFront, Batch, EC2)Strong knowledge of networking, load balancing, high availability, and security best practicesDeep expertise with AWS cost management, governance, and the Well-Architected FrameworkExperience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness, etc.)Familiarity with observability tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)Scripting/programming skills in Python, Bash, or similar languagesGood practices in containerization (Docker)
Nice-to-Have
Experience with container orchestrators (Kubernetes, ECS Fargate, etc.)Familiarity with highly regulated or mission-critical environmentsContributions to DevOps culture and agile delivery optimization
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
Benefits
Well-funded, ambitious startup with competitive salariesEntrepreneurial culture—push limits, create, and collaborate every dayOpen communication with company leadershipSmall, dynamic teams = massive impact100% Remote Work (work from anywhere)$500 USD a year for learning investments
