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Apex Fintech Solutions · 7 hours ago

Manager, Platform Engineering

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) is a leading company in digital wealth management, processing millions of transactions daily to facilitate access to financial markets. The Manager, Platform Engineering will lead a team to deploy and maintain message queuing systems, drive service migration to Google Cloud Platform, and ensure operational stability while navigating ambiguous requirements.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team focused on delivering stable, secure, scalable, and highly available message queuing platforms and other operational services

Work closely with stakeholders to align priorities, resolve roadblocks, and ensure your team continues to deliver high-value operational support

Foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement among team members

Oversee the and continuously improve the deployment, configuration, maintenance, and support of message queuing services like Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, Google Pub/Sub, as well as MongoDB

Ensure all systems are effectively monitored and that any incidents are triaged, resolved, and documented to continually improve operations

Migrate from self-managed services to managed GCP offerings, ensuring minimal disruption and improved operational efficiency

Define and implement effective multi-regional requirements and service deployment strategies

Explore and evaluate emerging technologies to support operational modernization and scalability efforts

Act as a technical liaison for application teams, helping understand the actual requirements that they may not fully understand themselves

Deliver service and support to application teams balanced with operational improvements and project deliverables

Improve system observability with robust monitoring, alerting, and incident management practices

Conduct post-mortems to drive process improvements, reduce downtime, and improve responsiveness during incidents

Proactively address technical debt and identify opportunities for automation to minimize manual effort

Participate in Scaled Agile Framework quarterly planning sessions, ensuring your team’s priorities align with business goals

Balance longer-term strategic projects with day-to-day operational needs, including reactive incident management

Qualification

Message queuing systemsGoogle Cloud PlatformLinux administrationConfiguration management toolsMonitoringObservability toolsOperational efficiencyAutomationProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

BA, BS, MS in Computer Science, Engineering or related technology field (or equivalent experience) required

5+ years of prior work experience

Strong Linux administration experience, including troubleshooting, system tuning, and scripting

Proven background managing operational teams in a technical or infrastructure-heavy environment

Hands-on experience with configuration management tools like Salt or Ansible

Experience implementing and supporting resilient, multi-regional infrastructure

Knowledge of message queuing platforms like Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, and Google Pub/Sub

Robust knowledge of monitoring and observability tools to identify issues and prevent system downtime

Ability to effectively balance proactive and reactive work

Problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to translate ambiguous requirements into actionable steps

A passion for driving automation, streamlining operations, and modernizing legacy systems

Benefits

Healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP)

Competitive PTO

401k match

Parental leave

HSA contribution match

Paid subscription to the Calm app

Generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits

Hybrid work schedule

Company

Apex Fintech Solutions

Apex Fintech Solutions provides the tools and services that enable hundreds of clients to launch, scale, and support digital investing for tens of millions of end investors.

Founded in 2012

Dallas, Texas, US

501-1000 employees

https://apexfintechsolutions.com

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