DevOps Engineer

At R2, we believe that small and medium businesses are the productive engine of society. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) make up over 90% of companies in Latin America, yet they face a trillion-dollar credit gap. Our mission is to unlock SMBs’ potential by providing financial solutions that are tailored to their needs. We are reimagining the financial infrastructure of Latin America - where SMBs financial needs are satisfied without ever having to go to a bank.

R2 enables platforms in Latin America to embed financial services that SMBs can then leverage (starting with revenue-based financing). We are a tight-knit team coming from organizations such as Google, Amazon, Nubank, Uber, Capital One, Mercado Libre, Globant, J.P. Morgan. We are entering a new phase of growth following a strategic investment from Ant International, focused on rapidly expanding our partner footprint, strengthening our credit and underwriting capabilities, and scaling our operations across multiple markets.

We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong experience in AWS and Kubernetes to help us scale our platform securely, reliably, and efficiently.

You’ll play a key role in designing, building, and operating our cloud-native infrastructure, improving developer experience, and ensuring our production environments meet the highest standards of availability and performance.

What you’ll work on

• Design, build, and operate highly available and scalable infrastructure on AWS..
• Lead the evolution of our Kubernetes platform (EKS), including networking, security, observability, and cost optimization.
• Own and improve our CI/CD pipelines, enabling fast, safe, and automated deployments across environments.
• Implement best practices for Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm, etc.).
• Build and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting for critical systems.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Data, and Product teams to improve reliability and delivery velocity
• Drive automation-first culture across operations and platform workflows.

Who you are

• AWS: IAM, EC2, RDS, VPC, S3, networking and security best practices.
• Kubernetes: deploying, operating, and troubleshooting production clusters.
• CI/CD pipelines: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar tools.
• Linux fundamentals and cloud-native system design.
• Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Helm, etc.).
• Git and modern DevOps workflows.
• Intermediate programming/scripting skills in Go, Python, or Node.js.

Bonus Points

• Experience with security best practices in cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks like PCI-DSS or GDPR.
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, etc.).
• Experience operating high-traffic or fintech platforms.

Location: Ciudad de Mexico, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Buenos Aires.