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THE COMPANY

MPOWER’s borderless loans and scholarships enable students from around the world to realize their full academic and career potential by attending top universities in the U.S and Canada. 

As a mission-oriented fintech/edtech company, we move extremely quickly and leverage the latest technologies, global best practices, and heavy analytics to tackle one of the biggest challenges in financial inclusion. We’re backed by over $150 million in equity capital from top global investors, which enables fast growth and provides our company with financial stability and a clear path to an IPO over the coming years.

Our global team is composed of former management consultants, financial service and technology professionals, and other experts in their respective fields. We work hard, have fun, and believe strongly in our cause. For us, MPOWER’s mission is personal.

As a member of our team, you’ll be challenged to think quickly, act autonomously, and constantly grow creatively in an environment where fast change and exponential growth are the norm. Ideation and implementation happen very quickly. We value feedback and emphasize personal and professional development by providing the resources you need to further your skills and grow with the company. MPOWER is committed to cultivating your strengths and curiosity and helping you make an immediate impact.

MPOWER has been named one of the best fintechs to work for by American Banker for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. We pride ourselves on being a “growth company for grown-ups,” where there are no pool tables but rather great health, education, and maternity/paternity benefits instead. Our team diversity has been recognized as well; we’re one of the most diverse workforces in the world in terms of nationality, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, and educational background.

THIS IS A FULL-TIME POSITION, BASED IN OUR BANGALORE, INDIA OFFICE

THE ROLE

You will be working with a team of engineers to build and support web applications using the latest technologies. You will work in a fast paced agile environment delivering a high-quality product with a focus on continuous innovation. This includes activities such as:

• The selected candidate will work in the Engineering department of MPOWER Development Centre, Bangalore, India
• Automating and orchestrating build and deployment using configuration/deployment management systems
• Leveraging tools to automate builds, Static Code Analysis , testing and deployment tasks.
• Documenting all your work, creating playbooks, and being aware of new and current industry trends, and deployment best practices.
• Leading efforts to ensure business continuity, including monitoring servers, debugging deployment issues
• Troubleshooting products and processes with the ability to spot issues before they become problems

THE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• At least 2+ years’ experience in CI/CD pipelines, Build and Deployment activities
• 3+ years of working experience with AWS is a must. Good to have GCP knowledge too
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps Engineer role; possessing production-level experience with distributed applications at scale in public cloud (AWS and/or GCP)
• Strong understanding and experience of Cloud Networking, VPCs, DNS, and Routing.
• Experience in one (and preferably more) of the following languages: Java, Python, Groovy, Javascript or Ruby
• Proficient with Linux-based infrastructures and operating systems, Linux/Unix administration, Shell scripting 
• Experience with automation tools like Jenkins / Bamboo, and configuration and deployment tools like Terraform, Chef/Puppet, Ansible, etc.
• Experience with JIRA, Bitbucket and GitHub
• Production level expertise in containerization using Kubernetes, Docker
• Working knowledge on monitoring applications & services using tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Strong working knowledge of modern, continuous development techniques and pipelines (Agile, Kanban and etc)
• Superior communication skills and ability to explain protocol and processes with team and management.
• Time and project management skills, with the capability to prioritize and multitask as needed.
• Collaborate effectively with a team of Development Engineers, QA/Testing and Project Management.

A passion for financial inclusion and access to higher education is a must, as well as comfortable working with a global team across multiple-time zones and sites!

In addition, you should be comfortable working in a fast growth environment, meaning a small agile team, fast-evolving roles and responsibilities, variable workload and tight deadlines, a high degree of autonomy, and 80-20 everything.