OppFi is a tech-enabled, mission-driven specialty finance platform that broadens the reach of community banks to extend credit access to everyday Americans. Through best-in-class customer service, transparency, responsible lending, and financial inclusion, we support consumers, who are turned away by mainstream options, to build better financial health.

We are a team of caring, innovative, and inclusive individuals who thrive in being immersed in diverse talents, expertise, perspectives, and backgrounds. Our employees approach every new challenge with an unparalleled ability to see what could be rather than settle for what is. Our business principles guide us and create an open and collaborative culture where we improve 1% every day, and the best ideas always win! We welcome individuals who want to make an impact in the financial system by facilitating credit access, expanding financial inclusion, promoting financial health, and delivering exceptional customer service.

A few other fun facts about us. OppFi is one of the top consumer-rated financial platforms online, maintaining a 4.5/5.0-star rating on Trustpilot. We are a 2023 Crain’s Fast 50™ company and were named on Built In's 2024 Best Places to Work in Chicago.

What you get to do: 

As a SRE/DevOps Engineer, you will work with other DevOps, SRE, Platform and Software Engineers to “automate all the things” for our AWS deployment platform, in support of our flourishing product portfolio.

• Establish and refine deployment patterns and tooling for use by feature development teams, targeting Kubernetes / EKS, ECS, and Lambda, running on AWS.
• Write Terraform, yaml, and scripts to fully automate the deployment of services and environments.
• Continuously improve the observability of our tech stack by evolving the use of logs, metrics, tracing, dashboards, alerts, and integration of metrics with CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with other engineers to troubleshoot issues in production and other environments, identifying opportunities to improve automation.
• Migrate legacy technologies and environments to EKS on fully automated environments
• Troubleshoot issues in production and other environments, opportunistically improve observability and automation
• Grow your skills and help others do the same! Our team manages our own internal training, with budgets for classes, conferences, books, and materials.
• This position is US-based remote-capable.

What you will bring to the team:

• 1+  years of experience with at least one cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• 1+ years of experience with at least one container orchestrator such as Kubernetes, ECS, or Swarm
• 1+ years of experience with at least one IAC / CM tool such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or SaltStack
• 1+ years of experience working in Linux-based environments
• 1+ years of experience with at least one CI / CD tool such as GitHub Actions, Spinnaker or CircleCI
• 1+ years of experience with at least one log / metrics / alerting tool such as DataDog, Sumologic, FluentD, Prometheus, ELK, or Splunk
• Experience with scripting in Bash or Bash-like scripting language
• Experience in at least one non-Bash programming language such as Python, Ruby, Go, JavaScript / Node.js, Java, C#, or C/C++
• Experience working in an environment where a high degree of communication between and within teams is valued.
• An appetite for simplicity -- to bring value quickly over time, by building things well.
• Bonus experience: PostgreSQL, Security Scanning Tools, AWS Multi-Region configuration, Clumio

Reports to: Sr SRE Manager

Job Level: Tech I

Total Rewards and Benefits

The minimum salary for this role is $86,000. The total compensation package includes eligibility for performance-based bonuses as well as a 1-time equity grant based on level.

The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be at the company’s sole discretion and determined by a myriad of factors including, but not limited to, years of experience, depth of experience, and other relevant business considerations.

OppFi offers a flexible remote environment, 401(k) matching program, and generous paid time off. Other benefits include medical plans, dental and vision coverage, and tuition reimbursement. To support wellness, growth, and legal support, we provide additional benefits, including DoorDash DashPass, Figo pet insurance, Rocket Lawyer, and access to LinkedIn Learning. We also offer Fringe, which is a lifestyle benefits platform that lets you decide how to spend your rewards from dozens of vendors like Uber, DoorDash, and UrbanSitter. #LI-Remote

EEOC Statement: 

OppFi is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on any actual or perceived legally recognized protected bases under local, state, or federal law or regulations. Our goal as a company is to build an equitable workplace that actively works to dismantle systems of oppression in our processes, procedures, and interactions. We aim to help our employees thrive where they work and beyond. Check out our Culture page here.

OppFi is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, OppFi will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at [email protected]. 

Pursuant to the requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act, OppFi is providing the "OppFi California Employee Privacy Policy", which details the categories of personal information collected and your rights under the policy. If you are a California resident, please review the policy here: https://www.oppfi.com/careers/