Senior Software Engineer (Platforms)

About audax

audax means courage. To have the courage to change the banking scene, eliminating constraints caused by existing legacy infrastructure. Our mission is to empower banks and financial institutions to scale and modernise at speed, reaching new customers without breaking the bank.

We began our journey supplying services to and powering Standard Chartered’s white-label plug and play Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution, Standard Chartered nexus, through our technology capabilities. At audax, we seek go-getters who are hungry for growth and can bring fresh perspectives.

Website - https://audax.io/

Summary  

The Cloud Platform team owns and operates Audax's development, test, and UAT environments, supporting build (Jenkins), deployment (Helm), and monitoring (ELK) for the wider engineering organization. As a Senior Software Engineer I, Platforms, you will deliver defined platform engineering work packages independently - implementing secure data access, container-based deployments, and automation that keep environments reliable and DevOps practices consistent. You'll work closely with business analysts, project managers, and technical specialists across a global, distributed team, contributing to a dynamic environment where good DevOps practice is actively built and improved. 

Responsibilities  

• Deliver defined build, deployment, and environment-provisioning work packages independently, keeping milestones on track within owned scope. 

• Set up and maintain structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data stores to support platform and application needs. 

• Implement secure access mechanisms for connecting to multiple data sources. 

• Build and operate containerized microservices and database deployments using Docker and Kubernetes. 

• Contribute to the design and implementation of replication approaches for active/active data centre layouts, under guidance from senior/staff engineers where architecture-level trade-offs are involved. 

• Contribute to backup and recovery procedures for platform environments, following established standards and escalating design gaps early. 

• Automate deployment and administration tasks across Dev, Test, and UAT environments using Helm and related tooling. 

• Apply GitOps practices to manage deployment of microservices, jobs, tools, and workflows. 

• Communicate progress, risks, and readiness clearly with business analysts, project managers, and technical stakeholders across locations. 

• Support the adoption of DevOps good practices across the project, sharing knowledge with the wider engineering team. 

Requirements  

• Solid working knowledge of cloud platform technologies. 

• Strong hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm. 

• Working knowledge of microservice-based architectures. 

• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, and monitoring/observability tooling such as ELK. 

• Practical experience with GitOps deployment models. 

• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language. 

• Exposure to data technologies such as Elasticsearch, Cassandra, or Spark (desirable). 

• Familiarity with software development methodologies (desirable). 

• Ability to communicate technical progress and risk clearly to non-technical and cross-functional stakeholders. 

• Domain exposure to retail banking environments (desirable). 

Why Join Us?

• Be Part of a Bold Vision - At audax, we’re not just building software - we’re transforming how financial institutions and businesses manage risk, compliance, and growth. Join a team that’s fearless in challenging the status quo.
• Flexible, People-First Workplace - We value the importance of Family, Team, Self. In that order.
• Competitive Rewards and Startup Perks - We offer competitive salaries and meaningful benefits that look after your well-being.

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