DevOps Engineer ace in AWS | Kubernetes | SOC 2 – Hybrid Algarve, Portugal
We're excited to help our client, a
fast-growing, well-funded American startup
in the
financial research technology industry,
to
build their team in the Algarve.
Overview
Aiera develops a next-generation financial research platform, including its
own AI models tailored to financial markets
, used by institutional investors and financial professionals globally.
As one of the first
DevOps Engineers
in Portugal, you'll help shape the infrastructure, reliability, and DevSecOps practices for a real-time, AI-powered platform. You will be working directly with the Engineering team in the US.
This is a
hybrid role based around Loulé / Faro, Algarve
(2–3 days per week at the office).
Competitive compensation in the range of
€50,000 – €60,000 gross annual
, plus
relocation support
for candidates
within Europe
to make the move to the Algarve to enjoy a Mediterranean lifestyle along with an innovative career in financial research intelligence.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
* Impactful work:
Own critical parts of Aiera's
cloud infrastructure, security, and reliability
in a highly regulated industry.
* Modern stack:
Deep hands-on work with
AWS
,
Kubernetes
,
Terraform
, and
ML/AI workloads
.
* Strong engineering culture:
Collaborate directly with
senior engineers and leadership in the US
, with low bureaucracy and high autonomy.
* Lifestyle + career:
Combine a competitive salary with the chance to live and work in the
Algarve
, one of Europe's most attractive regions.
* Founding hub team:
Be part of building Aiera's
first European engineering hub
, with influence on process, tooling, and culture.
What You'll Work On
As a DevOps Engineer, you will:
* Design, build, and maintain
cloud infrastructure on
AWS
to support real-time data, APIs, and AI workloads.
* Manage Kubernetes-based environments
(e.g. EKS), ensuring scalability, resilience, and efficient resource usage.
* Implement and evolve CI/CD pipelines
to support frequent, safe deployments across multiple services.
* Design, develop, and maintain MLOps
for language models:
* Model training and evaluation pipelines
* Versioning, packaging, and deployment of models
* Monitoring performance and resource usage
* Own security, compliance & reliability
aspects of the platform:
* Work within frameworks like
SOC 2
and similar standards
* Implement best practices in
IAM, secrets management, network security, and logging
* Support audits and continuous compliance automation where possible
* Monitor and optimize system performance
, quickly identify bottlenecks, and recommend improvements.
* Collaborate with backend and AI engineers to ensure systems are
secure, observable, and scalable
from day one.
Who We're Looking For
Must-have qualifications
* 5+ years
of professional experience in
DevOps / Site Reliability / Platform Engineering
roles.
* Deep, hands-on experience with
AWS
(e.g., EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch).
* Solid experience with
Kubernetes
in production (cluster operations, deployments, observability, scaling).
* Strong experience with
Infrastructure as Code
, ideally
Terraform
.
* Experience designing and operating
CI/CD pipelines
(GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar).
* Proven experience with
security and compliance
, preferably in
SOC 2
or other regulated environments (finance, healthcare, etc.).
* Strong understanding of
monitoring, logging, and alerting
(Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, CloudWatch, etc.).
* Professional proficiency in English
(written and spoken).
* Strong
communication and collaboration skills
with stakeholders that are remote and across different timezones.
* Ability and willingness to work
2–3 days/week in the office
in the Greater Faro / Loulé area.
Nice-to-have
* Experience with
MLOps
: ML pipelines, model deployment, inference services, and related tooling.
* Exposure to
Python-based systems
and microservices.
* Experience in
financial technology
, market data, or other high-availability data systems.
* Background with
compliance automation
(policy as code, audit trails, security scanners).
* Experience with international startup teams in a hybrid work setup.
How You Work (About You)
We're selective in our hiring and look for engineers whose mindset matches Aiera's culture:
* Driven by
curiosity
and a desire to create
real, lasting value
for customers.
* Take pride in building tools and systems where
every detail matters
.
* Committed to creating
clean, maintainable, and well-documented
infrastructure and automation.
* Thrive in a
collaborative environment
with minimal bureaucracy and lots of ownership.
* Comfortable
wearing multiple hats
and learning new technologies as needed.
* Understand that startups sometimes require
flexibility in work hours and responsibilities
.
* Value
initiative and getting things done
over rigid process.
* Communicate clearly, with
empathy and a teaching mindset
, helping align and mobilize the team.
Location & relocation
We will
only consider candidates who are willing to live in the Algarve
and be on-site. We will consider and support candidates who are:
* Already
based in Portugal
and seeking an international engineering environment
* EU / EEA / Swiss / Brazilian citizens
(or otherwise with the
right to work in Portugal without sponsorship
)
* Already in Europe, but need sponsoring to prolong their work permit / visa in Europe.
If you're energized by joining a
mission-driven team
, working on
transformative AI & data infrastructure
, and helping build an
industry-leading platform
from the Algarve, we'd love to hear from you.