# Staff DevOps Engineer (Ingeniero DevOps Staff) - Remote at Clara Staff DevOps Engineer (Ingeniero DevOps Staff) - Remote at Clara in Bogota D.C. / DC / Colombia; Mexico City / CDMX / Mexico; Sao Paulo / SP / Brazil. Remote. Posted October 5, 2026. - Company: Clara - Location: Bogota D.C. / DC / Colombia; Mexico City / CDMX / Mexico; Sao Paulo / SP / Brazil - Workplace: Remote - Experience: 5+ years - Posted: 2026-10-05 - Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/clara/jobs/5256932007 - Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/staff-devops-engineer-ingeniero-devops-staff-remote-clara-cf3j9y ## Requirements - Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - Experience: 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE roles, ideally in fintech or regulated environments. - Strong experience with multi-account, multi-region AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, or equivalent services). - Hands-on experience with Kubernetes on Amazon EKS (cluster operations, scaling, networking, workload troubleshooting) in production. - Experience with Apache Kafka / Amazon MSK in production: topic design, consumer group management, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. - Experience leading or contributing to the build of Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) and CI/CD standardization (GitHub Actions, self-hosted runners, or similar). - Experience in observability and incident management (Datadog or similar) and DORA metrics (Cycle Time, CFR, MTTR). - Practical knowledge of cloud security: Least Privilege, SSDLC, and compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, or regional fintech regulations). - Experience with Infrastructure as Code. ## Description **Clara is the leading platform in Latin America for companies to execute and manage every payment operation.** More than 50,000 leading and fast-growing businesses run on our corporate cards, bill pay, financing and B2B payments, and in 2025 the Financial Times named Clara the region’s fastest-growing company. We’re passionate about helping every company we work with become more effective—and, through that, raising the region’s competitiveness. We’re ~400 people, backed by Notable Capital, Coatue, Kaszek, monashees, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst and Goldman Sachs, among others. **We are looking for a *Staff DevOps Engineer* who:Responsibilities:** - **Platform Leadership:** Lead the design, adoption, and continuous improvement of the Internal Developer Platform (IDP), driving CI/CD pipeline standardization to increase deployment frequency and reduce Cycle Time. - **FinOps Strategy:** Design and implement engineering FinOps strategy across AWS and other tooling, identifying cost-saving opportunities without compromising reliability. - **Container Orchestration:** Operate and evolve our Kubernetes platform on Amazon EKS, supporting multi-country production workloads (MX/CO/BR). - **Event-Driven Infrastructure:** Support and troubleshoot our Kafka/MSK-based event-driven architecture, used extensively across our microservices for async processing, notifications, and cross-service communication. - **Applied AI/Automation:** Build and integrate MCP-based (Model Context Protocol) or other applied-AI solutions to automate log analysis and accelerate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) during incidents. - **Technical Advisory:** Advise development teams on scalable, secure infrastructure design; identify and mitigate technical debt in legacy systems; support cross-team architectural reviews. - **Security & Access:** Implement and maintain Least Privilege Access (IAM) models for both human and non-human identities, including peer review of policies. - **SSDLC:** Strengthen the Secure Software Development Lifecycle through container standardization, secure base images, and pipeline hardening. - **Compliance & Audits:** Lead technical compliance initiatives for audits, certifications (e.g., ISO 27001), local fintech regulations, and enterprise integration RFPs. - **Resilience:** Design and implement multi-account, multi-region backup and recovery systems. - **Infrastructure as Code:** Define and implement IaC for environment provisioning and management. - **Operations:** Participate in on-call rotations, continuously improving MTTD/MTTR through effective monitoring and alerting. - **Mentorship:** Provide technical support and mentorship to development teams adopting internal tooling (CLIs, container platforms, etc.). **Qualifications:** - **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - **Experience:** - 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE roles, ideally in fintech or regulated environments. - Strong experience with multi-account, multi-region AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, or equivalent services). - Hands-on experience with Kubernetes on Amazon EKS (cluster operations, scaling, networking, workload troubleshooting) in production. - Experience with Apache Kafka / Amazon MSK in production: topic design, consumer group management, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. - Experience leading or contributing to the build of Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) and CI/CD standardization (GitHub Actions, self-hosted runners, or similar). - Experience in observability and incident management (Datadog or similar) and DORA metrics (Cycle Time, CFR, MTTR). - Practical knowledge of cloud security: Least Privilege, SSDLC, and compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, or regional fintech regulations). - Experience with Infrastructure as Code. - **Technical Skills:** Ruby, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java; PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis; experience with our core stack of Java/Spring Boot microservices on Kubernetes (EKS) with Kafka/MSK for event-driven communication; familiarity with applying AI/LLMs to operational tasks (automated log analysis, MCPs, agents) is a plus. **Additional Skills & Pluses** - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strategic mindset. - Quick learner, adaptable to changes and willing to shift directions as needed. - Innate curiosity and an ability to thrive in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment. - Organizational skills to produce clear documentation and present to stakeholders. - Native Spanish; intermediate-advanced English.   **Where we work** This is a remote-first role: you'll work from home day to day. You'll ramp up in person with the team, and come together in person for team moments, events and customer visits through the year. ### Why Clara - **A high talent-density team** driven to make an impact in Latin America — low ego, high ownership. - Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one. - An annual learning budget and accelerated development paths. - English is our working language, with Spanish and Portuguese every day. ### How we work - **Clarity** — Open and direct communication: we say what we mean and give context where it matters. - **Simplicity** — If it can be simpler, it should be. - **Ownership** — We own everything we do, end to end. When something needs to happen, we don't wait. - **Pride** — We hold ourselves to a high standard, and it shows in what we deliver. - **ABC (Always Be Changing)** — We adapt fast, embrace change, and keep learning. - **Inclusivity** — Diverse ideas, stories and perspectives build a better Clara. If you meet the must-haves, apply — the nice-to-haves are a bonus, not a requirement.