Software Engineer (DevOps, Golang)

Who We Are

Cross River builds the infrastructure behind the world’s most innovative financial products. Our technology and capital solutions power payments, cards, lending, and digital asset capabilities that move money safely, instantly, and inclusively — trusted by leading fintechs, enterprises, and disruptors across the globe.

Our mission is simple: to build the financial infrastructure that expands access and opportunity for all. Guided by a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and purpose, Cross River has been named one of American Banker’s Best Places to Work in Fintech year after year. Whether you’re designing code, solving regulatory puzzles, or developing strategy, you’ll join a team where innovation and integrity drive everything we do — and where your work helps shape the future of finance.

What We're Looking For

We are seeking a Golang-focused DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer to join our Card Processing Team. You will architect and implement high throughput banking services—primarily in Go—and drive DevOps best practices across our COS Banking Platform. This role demands deep Go expertise, a passion for automation, and hands-on experience with reliability engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement backend services and microservices in Golang, optimizing for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Build and maintain zero-downtime deployment pipelines using containerization (Docker) and orchestration (ECS, Kubernetes).
• Develop infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and configuration management tools to provision and manage AWS environments.
• Instrument, monitor, and troubleshoot services using NewRelic, ElasticSearch, CloudWatch, and custom Go-based exporters.
• Collaborate with developers and product owners to translate business requirements into robust SRE solutions, mentoring teammates on Go best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement across CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and automate repetitive tasks with Go or shell scripts.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability, automate incident response playbooks, and conduct post-incident reviews.

Qualifications:

• Expertise in Golang:
  • Building, testing, and deploying high-performance Go services.
  • Familiarity with Go modules, tooling, and idiomatic patterns.
• DevOps & SRE Skills:
  • AWS: EC2, ECS/EKS, IAM.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terragrunt.
  • Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins.
  • Monitoring & Logging: NewRelic, ElasticSearch, AWS CloudWatch.
  • Networking: TCP/IP fundamentals and Linux system administration.
• APIs & Data Stores:
  • RESTful services and gRPC.
  • SQL databases (PostgreSQL).
• Scripting & Automation:
  • Shell scripting and Go-based automation tools.
• Collaboration & Communication:
  • Fluent in English, with excellent verbal and written skills.
  • Mentorship experience and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams.

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Salary Range: €55,000 - €70,000