Dev Ops / SEC Ops Lead

Role:

Dev Ops / SEC Ops Lead (Security & Infrastructure) Location:

Fully Remote (India / Pakistan Preferred) Salary:

£25,000 – £35,000 GBP per year (depending on experience) Contract:

Full-time

About Hands In Hands In is a fast-growing London-based fintech startup helping businesses recover lost revenue by enabling customers to split payments across multiple methods and time. Our platform powers enterprise-level travel and airline clients, and we operate on a modern, fully cloud-native AWS stack. We are now entering the next stage of growth — building enterprise-grade secure, reliable, and compliant systems.

The Opportunity We are looking for both a technical leader and a teacher. Our product is proven. Now we need someone to mature our platform and infrastructure to the standards expected by enterprise partners and compliance frameworks. As our first dedicated infrastructure hire, you will: Audit our current architecture Define what “enterprise-ready” looks like Lead the technical roadmap for PCI DSS compliance Raise the security maturity of the entire engineering team

Your Role 1. Security & Compliance Lead technical implementation of PCI DSS requirements Design secure network architecture and isolation strategies Implement strong IAM boundaries and least-privilege policies Drive encryption standards across data at rest and in transit Partner with external auditors and internal stakeholders

2. Infrastructure as Code Own our AWS infrastructure using SST + TypeScript Improve deployment reliability and environment consistency Treat infrastructure as software, not configuration

3. Platform Stability & Scalability Architect backend infrastructure for high-volume financial transactions Improve reliability and fault tolerance across services Optimise cloud architecture for scale and performance Tech includes: NestJS backend services PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB

4. Mentorship & Engineering Standards Act as the internal Security Champion Mentor developers on secure coding practices Define cloud architecture best practices Raise security awareness across the team

Who You Are 5+ years in Backend, Platform Engineering, or DevOps Strong production-level AWS experience Comfortable building Infrastructure as Code using TypeScript Experience with SST, CDK, Pulumi, or similar Hands-on experience with PCI DSS, SOC 2, or ISO 27001 Understand fintech-level security expectations You care about business impact, not just technical elegance Startup or product-company experience strongly preferred Excellent written and spoken English Able to explain complex security concepts clearly to non-specialists

Tech Stack Experience building services in a cloud-native environment. (AWS preferred) Strong proficiency in TypeScript, Node, Git and CI/CD pipelines Experience with backend frameworks such as NestJS, Express and popular libraries Familiarity with modern React-based frameworks Experience working with both relational and NoSQL databases

Working Arrangement Fully Remote Must overlap at least 4 hours daily with UK business hours for collaboration and meetings

Why This Role Is Different This is not your average DevOps role.

You will define the security and platform foundation of a fintech product already trusted by enterprise clients. You will play a foundational role in launching Hands In towards enterprise-scale growth, and if successful, you will directly impact compliance, scalability, and the next stage of Hands In’s growth.