Step is a next generation financial services company building the best banking experience to help teens and young adults achieve financial independence and knowledge at an earlier age. Step’s mission is to create a bank that gives you the tools to become smarter with your money and reward you along your financial journey. Step is a well-funded Series C company focused on disrupting banking through a differentiated mobile-first consumer experience. The founding team has extensive background in FinTech and building successful consumer products and brands. If you’re looking to join a fast-growing company with a strong mission and vision that puts people first, we want to meet you.

Role

Step is looking for its first SRE/DevOps Engineer to help us define and implement how we deploy and run our software in the cloud. You are a self-starter passionate about automation who is comfortable working cross-functionally with other teams across Step.

Responsibilities

• Work in a small, tight knit cross-functional team
• Be part of a high energy, fun, world class engineering team
• Contribute to the design, implementation and running of a high-volume, low-latency, distributed transaction processing systems
• See your contributions make a weekly impact to an evolving product

Must haves

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• 3+ years relevant work experience
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals
• Solid grasp of your favorite modern programming language
• Passion for uptime and automation
• Knowledge of best practices related to security, performance, and disaster recovery

Pluses

• Familiarity with Google Cloud and Google Kubernetes Engine
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes
• PostgreSQL experience
• Familiarity with Agile, CI/CD, DevOps

Core technologies we use

• Kotlin, Java
• gRPC, Protocol Buffers, jOOQ, Dagger, Swagger
• PostgreSQL
• Google Kubernetes Engine

Working at Step

• Competitive salary based on experience, with full medical and dental benefits
• Stock in an early stage startup that is growing
• Flexible WFH and vacation policy
• Free daily lunches
• Free snacks & drinks
• Monthly team events outside the office
• Monthly stipend for commuter benefits and card testing
• Office right next to Caltrain