Infrastructure Engineer, Platform

At Midas, we are working on real-life engineering challenges to transform the world of finance. We’ve transformed investing in Turkey by delivering a seamless experience for everyday investors. Today, 4 million users invest with Midas. Backed by an $80M Series B, the largest fintech investment ever in Turkey, we are scaling faster than ever. Build and maintain the infrastructure backbone that enables our financial services to scale securely and reliably, ensuring zero-downtime operations for millions of transactions. About Midas Team

We solve challenging problems and build 10x better products.

We expect hard work, high ownership, a strong desire to learn. 

We bring the best people, holding high quality standards, and an environment of speed and ambition.

You will get to push your boundaries and learn from the best.

Results Expected

Within 3 months:

Achieve 99.99% uptime across all critical services (Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch)

Reduce infrastructure provisioning time by 50% through automation and IaC implementation

Within 6 months:

Implement comprehensive disaster recovery architecture with <10 minute RTO (Recovery Time Objective)

Deploy automated monitoring and alerting system that reduces incident detection time to <2 minutes

Identify and productize a manual process into a self-service plugin for the our Engineering Portal, enabling engineers to achieve consistent results with the same high standards.

Within 12 months:

Scale platform to handle 10x current transaction volume without performance degradation

Establish GitOps workflows that enable daily deployments with zero manual intervention

Technical Competencies

Infrastructure Mastery:

Design and operate Kubernetes clusters in hybrid cloud/on-premise environments

Manage PostgreSQL databases at scale with replication, backup, and performance optimization

Implement and maintain Redis and Elasticsearch clusters for high-availability scenarios

Automation & DevOps:

Develop automated workflows that enable engineers to move faster while ensuring everything is secure.

Build Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/Ansible

Implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD for continuous delivery

Create monitoring and observability solutions with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack

System Reliability:

Design fault-tolerant architectures across cloud and on-premise infrastructure

Troubleshoot complex system issues under pressure

Implement security best practices for network and infrastructure components

Cultural Competencies

First Principles Thinking: Questions existing infrastructure assumptions, designs solutions from root causes rather than patching symptoms. Asks "why do we need this?" before "how do we build this?"

Speed Meets Quality: Moves fast to implement critical infrastructure changes while maintaining rigorous testing and rollback procedures. Balances rapid deployment with system stability.

200% Ownership: Takes end-to-end responsibility for platform reliability. When systems fail, doesn't just fix the immediate issue but implements preventive measures. Owns the entire infrastructure lifecycle from design to decommissioning.

Why Join Midas Engineering?

Series B fintech company processing millions of financial transactions

Hybrid infrastructure team managing both cloud and on-premise systems

Reports to Engineering Manager, collaborates closely with Security and Development teams

24/7 operation requirements with on-call rotation responsibilities

Direct impact on financial infrastructure serving millions of users

Opportunity to architect systems from the ground up in a fast-growing fintech