Infrastructure Engineer II

At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth.
Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations- all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. While our company mission is to keep innovating global commerce, our internal mission is to #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether
The Purpose: At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth.
Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations- all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. While our company mission is to keep innovating global commerce, our internal mission is to #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether
The Purpose:
You will be joining the Developer Enablement domain responsible for enabling all cross-functional development teams to have a robust, scalable, reliable, cost-effective and highly secure infrastructure for their respective applications. As an Infrastructure Engineer II, you will play a critical role in implementing and maintaining the infrastructure framework, thus providing a paved path for all development teams. PPRO is a cloud-native FinTech, operating payment services hosted in AWS with analytics in GCP.   

We get things done / We make things better

Automate infrastructure provisioning and management processes using tools such as Terraform/Terragrunt or equivalent.

Continuously optimize infrastructure for reliability, security, cost-efficiency and performance.

Implement Kubernetes best practices for packaging and cluster management.

Maintain monitoring, logging and alerting framework to ensure proactive identification and resolution of issues  

We act with trust and integrity / We work as a team

Invest in automation for a change management process that balances agility & continuous delivery with regulatory requirements.

Focus on building a secure and auditable networking backbone for PPRO  

We put the customer first

Implement scalable infrastructure solutions that meet the needs of PPRO’s growing business.

Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations like PCI, DORA, etc.  

Some of the technologies you’ll get to work with

Cloud Infrastructure - AWS, GCP

IaC - Terragrunt working as an overlay for Terraform modularised code

Kubernetes (EKS) management with package managers (Helm, kustomize) for deployments

Managing canary deployments VCS - GitHub

Application/Infrastructure Monitoring - Datadog

Artifactory management  

You will need to have:

Proven experience as an Infrastructure Engineer or similar role, with a focus on cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud).

Strong background in infrastructure as code, automation, and orchestration tools.

In-depth knowledge of Linux/Unix systems administration

Proven experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Bash.

Understanding of networking and firewall concepts, security best practices, and monitoring tools.

Experience creating CI/CD pipelines for performance, reliability, and costefficiency

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and analytically.

Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

Growth mindset with a passion for learning new technologies and improving existing systems.  

Nice-to-have:

Understanding of secure CI/CD practices, such as secret management, dependency scanning, and integrating security tests into the pipeline.

Advanced knowledge of GitHub Actions for CI/CD, including creating complex workflows, using reusable workflows, and integrating third-party actions.

Experience with backup and restore processes for both infrastructure and data.  

What's in it for you?
Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation, so you can strike the balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year.
Learning and Development - We offer a €1,000 annual budget to support your professional growth—because investing in your development benefits us all. In addition, we provide leadership cafés, on-the-job training, and other opportunities to help you grow your skills and thrive in your role.
Insurance - Because better safe than sorry - we want our employees to benefit from various insurances including accident insurance, disability insurance, direct insurance (bAV) and travel insurance. 
Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet
Enhance Family Leave - We understand the importance of family - that's why we offer enhanced family leave to support you during key life moments.

Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.
Pet-friendly office - Because work is better with your paw-tners by your side

Our Principles: 
We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.
We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully. We seek out and leverage diverse perspectives. We welcome and offer honest and open feedback, always assuming positive intent
We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers. We put the customer at the heart of what we do.
We make things better: We boldly explore  new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.
We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.