DevOps Engineer

About MDOTM MDOTM is a global leading provider of AI-driven investment solutions, growing across our offices in London, Milan, and New York. We recently closed a $27M growth equity round , led by Expedition Growth Capital, to support our continued international expansion. Our proprietary platform, Sphere, currently supports over $100B in assets under management for institutional clients including Morgan Stanley, Amundi, and Zurich Bank. Role Overview MDOTM, a leading provider of AI-driven investment solutions, is looking for an Intermediate DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Team. You will play a key role in supporting, enhancing, and maintaining the foundational infrastructure and tools that empower our product teams — contributing to a reliable, scalable, and efficient developer platform that enables fast and secure software delivery for Sphere, our proprietary AI-driven investment platform. Key Responsibilities Contribute to the design, implementation, and automation of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD) to ensure fast, safe, and repeatable releases across all environments. Assist in the adoption and management of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible, helping provision and manage on-premise and AWS resources in a controlled, auditable, and reproducible manner. Work with Docker and Kubernetes to package and operate services, contributing to declarative configuration, GitOps practices, and efficient resource utilization. Help implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Zabbix), and participate in on-call rotations to ensure high availability and low Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR). Contribute to embedding security best practices (OWASP Top 10, least privilege IAM, shift-left testing) into the SDLC and help automate security controls within pipelines. Support the management and automation of database infrastructure (MySQL, MongoDB), including provisioning, backups, and automated schema migrations. Automate and support the deployment, scaling, and operational health of core platform services (authentication, data pipelines, messaging) for internal consumers. Participate in technical design discussions, learn from architectural decisions related to infrastructure and operations, and help document runbooks and standards. Champion DevOps culture ("you build it, you run it") and share knowledge through demos, pair programming, and internal workshops. Skills Required 1–3 years of professional experience in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role, with a focus on automation, infrastructure, and CI/CD Hands-on experience working with and contributing to CI/CD pipelines Practical experience with Docker and exposure to Kubernetes, including writing Dockerfiles and debugging containerized applications Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible Experience with at least one monitoring, logging, or alerting system (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Zabbix), and curiosity for SRE principles Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash) for automating common tasks Basic understanding of security best practices in the SDLC Good analytical skills and a methodical approach to troubleshooting system and infrastructure issues Clear English communication, collaborative spirit, and a growth mindset aligned with a culture of shared ownership and rapid feedback Bonus points: Experience with event-driven systems (e.g., ActiveMQ) Contributions to open-source projects Familiarity with backend development concepts (e.g., Java/Spring Boot) Working knowledge of AWS fundamentals (EC2, S3, IAM) Financial-services or high-throughput data processing background Why Join Us? Work at the leading edge of technology, leveraging our decade of experience in proprietary AI to power a platform trusted by top-tier institutional clients. Truly flexible work environment — we care about output, not hours logged. Collaborate daily with an ultra-international team (18+ nationalities) across our Milan, London, and New York offices. Annual company retreat at a stunning location, because we invest in our people beyond the day job. Real, fast-track career progression, with outsized growth opportunities for early team members.