Fancy helping to shape the future of FinTech?
We have always been innovators. In 1996 we were the first company to share exchange rate information, free of charge on the internet. Today, we are a world leading online trading group.
Join us to:
- Help build the future of online trading
- Be part of a culture driven by integrity and global impact
- Become part of an award-winning company - check out our full list of awards here
We are only as good as our people. Luckily, our people are the best. Join us!
How do we work?
As a member of the Platform Engineering team at OANDA, you are responsible for providing the infrastructure to efficiently and reliably serve our applications to OANDA customers. You will manage the underlying hardware and operating systems to deliver a high-availability, fault-tolerant global platform spanning on-premise and cloud environments. In addition, you will provide a platform for application delivery based on modern orchestration and automation tools to enable the product development teams to quickly and safely deploy, while ensuring continued adherence to OANDA security and engineering standards.
In this role, you will:
Work on the design and configuration of hybrid network solutions such as hardware and software load balancers, firewalls and interconnectivity and routing between our production environments.
Design, build and operate cloud and on-premise environment using Infrastructure as Code approach.
Automate system administration of VMWare, Linux and Windows servers and virtual hosts.
Deploy modern distributed observability and monitoring tools to measure service levels and improve performance and availability of our systems.
Respond to, and resolve, production incidents. Contribute detailed feedback to our postmortem process and translate event learnings into infrastructure and application improvements.
Work on cross-functional teams to research and deploy innovative products and technologies that improve our velocity, reliability, and performance.
What skillset you need, to be successful in this role:
4+ years of hands-on experience in a Platform Engineering
Terraform
Google Cloud Platform
Ansible
Kubernetes
Prometheus stack
Nice to have:
If you have experience with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell.
Technologies like Mimir, Splunk, Loki, Grafana, Cloudflare and general networking.
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At OANDA, to help us efficiently process applications, we use AI-driven tools to help source and rank candidates based on professional experience and skills. While these tools provide recommendations, our recruitment process remains human-centric: all final shortlisting and hiring decisions are made by OANDA team. You have the right to request a human review of your application.
OANDA Global Corporation is a diverse and global team with offices around the world. We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to OANDA. We are committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We will work with you to provide as seamless a recruitment experience as possible.
Learn more about our culture here.
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Skills Required
- 4+ years of hands-on Platform Engineering experience
- Terraform experience
- Google Cloud Platform experience
- Ansible experience
- Kubernetes experience
- Prometheus stack experience
- Scripting experience with Python or PowerShell
- Experience with Mimir, Splunk, Loki, Grafana, Cloudflare, and general networking
What We Do
Everyone at OANDA is focused on our vision to transform how our customers can meet all their currency needs. From our roots in 1996 that provided free currency exchange information to launching a multi-award winning global FX and CFD trading business to our recent new venture of money transfer. OANDA is now a major global player. Innovation has been at the heart of everything we do and our approach is to pioneer intuitive, user-friendly products supported by our great customer service ethos. We’ve come a long way since our first data feed went live in 1996, and we still have so much more that we want to achieve. Substantial funding has facilitated our exceptional growth. In 2007 we received $100M USD in Series B funding and in 2018 were acquired by CVC Capital Partners Asia Fund IV. For more information, please visit oanda.com. You can follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube. Leveraged trading is high risk and may not be suitable for everyone as your losses may exceed your investment.
