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Mambu · 5 hours ago

Senior Platform Engineer

Mambu is a leading SaaS cloud banking platform on a mission to improve banking for a billion people. The Senior Platform Engineer will play a crucial role in building, automating, and scaling the infrastructure that supports Mambu's global banking workloads, working closely with various teams to ensure reliability and security.

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Responsibilities

Build and Evolve Core Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain our core cloud infrastructure on AWS/GCP using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt, Terratest)
Master Container Orchestration: Manage and scale our mission-critical services on Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and resilience for our global banking workloads
Automate Everything: Enhance and operate our CI/CD systems and developer tools within a GitLab-based workflow, by using Golang, Python and enabling true self-service for our product engineering teams
Drive Reliability and Efficiency: Implement best-in-class observability, monitoring, and governance practices to optimize platform performance and manage cloud costs effectively
Champion Secure-by-Design: Collaborate closely with Security, Architecture, and Product Engineering teams to embed security and compliance (SOC2, ISO27001, GDPR) into the DNA of our platform
Modernize and Migrate: Play a hands-on role in migrating core workloads and infrastructure to modern, automated, cloud-native environments
Improve Developer Experience: Contribute directly to our internal developer platform, creating a streamlined, simple, and powerful experience for Mambu engineers

Qualification

AWSKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGolangPythonSecurity ComplianceObservabilityDeveloper ExperienceProblem-solving

Required

7 years of experience in a Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role
5 years of experience in a Automation field with a Software Engineering mindset (Google SRE Way)
Deep, hands-on expertise with a major cloud provider (AWS and/or GCP)
Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
Proven experience building and operating containerized workloads using Kubernetes or equivalent orchestration technologies
Experience designing and managing robust CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD is a major plus)
Experience designing and implementing tooling and automation in Golang, Python (or similar) for offering the best Developer Experience in the Platform Engineering domain
A strong understanding of observability principles and experience with modern monitoring and logging tools
A security-first mindset and familiarity with working in regulated, high-compliance environments
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a distributed, remote-first team culture

Preferred

Experience building and scaling platforms for high-volume transactional systems
Familiarity with cloud cost management and performance optimization strategies
Experience building internal developer platforms or self-service tooling

Benefits

Competitive base salary
Company equity for all
Learning and development opportunities
Hybrid/Remote working (location dependant)
30 day working abroad
4 week paid sabbatical after 5 years service
Additional benefits based on location

Company

Mambu is the only true SaaS cloud core banking platform.

H1B Sponsorship

Mambu has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (4)
2024 (2)
2022 (1)
2021 (5)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$448.32M
Key Investors
EQTTCVBessemer Venture Partners
2021-12-09Series E· $265.4M
2021-01-07Series D· $134.96M
2019-02-18Series C· $33.93M

Leadership Team

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Fernando Zandona
Chief Executive Officer
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Mark Geneste
Chief Commercial Officer (CRO/CCO)
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