At Yokoy, our vision is simple: empower companies to save money on every dollar they spend. We’re shaping a future where businesses handle their finances efficiently, securely, and compliantly - minimizing manual effort through the power of AI and automation. Backed by world-class investors, trusted by hundreds of global customers, and driven by a team of over 250 exceptional minds, we’re on a mission to revolutionize the way companies manage their spending. But that’s not everything: recently, Yokoy has been acquired by TravelPerk, the hypergrowth global business travel platform, bringing together two best-in-class platforms that are transforming the way companies operate.
Are you excited about working in a fast-paced environment alongside a passionate and ambitious team? Join us on our mission to revolutionize the travel and spend management industry! We’re looking for a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to help us reach our goals. 🚀
As a SeniorCloudDevOps Engineer at Yokoy, you will work on maintaining and further developing the Yokoy software (SaaS) by building and testing new features, advancing the technology for scalability and ensuring reliability with a specific focus on security. Yokoy is based on the newest technology available on the market, which makes your work extremely exciting. The Engineer role is a crucial position for us as Yokoy is growing fast on a global scale, which requires a product that can keep up with the speed without compromising on quality.
🧑🏽💻 What you’ll do:
- With the understanding of the needs of stakeholders within an Agile DevOps framework, you build and set up new development tools and infrastructure with emphasis on security
- You work on ways to automate and improve development and release processes using industry standard tools for Containerised Environments.
- You test and examine infrastructure and code to ensure high levels of security & low levels of risk
- You ensure that systems are scaled correctly (right-sizing) and automated
- You proactively identify technical problems and develop software and infrastructure updates and ‘fixes’
- You work closely with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended within a secure and scalable framework
- You will be involved in project management decisions and plan out your own projects
- You will assist and mentor junior members within the team
⚒️ What you’ll need:
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree (University/University of Applied Sciences) in an IT security or engineering discipline (Computer Science, IT Security, Cyber Security, Math or Physics) or equivalent experience.
- You have at least 4 years of infrastructure experience.
- You are experienced with cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred; Azure/AWS additional is a plus).
- You are knowledgeable in programming or scripting languages and/or IaaS & CI/CD tooling.
- You enjoy working in a team and communicating with others.
- You are able to take ownership of risk evaluation, and you have a pragmatic approach to risk mitigation.
- You have strong problem-solving skills and an attention to detail (Application behaviour, Networking, Security, Identity and Access Management).
- You are aware of DevOps and Agile principles and methodologies of overcoming security weaknesses within these frameworks.
- Ideally, you have experience within Finance/Highly Regulated environments.
- You are fluent in English. German and other languages are a plus.
🚀 What you’ll get:
- Ownership & Impact: From day one, you’ll have the autonomy to own your work and make a real difference.
- Flat Hierarchies: Collaborate closely with our leadership team in an open and approachable environment.
- Dynamic Environment: Work in a fast-paced setting where you can quickly see and learn from the impact of your contributions.
- Flexibility: We focus on outcomes, not hours – work when you’re most productive.
- Hybrid Work Model: We value in-person collaboration and meet in the office three days a week.
- Competitive Package: Enjoy a flexible and attractive compensation package, with the potential to share in our success.
- Remote Work: Work from anywhere for up to 20 days per year.
- Wellbeing: Choose between private healthcare or a gym allowance (location-dependent), plus access to therapy and coaching support.
- Giving Back: Take 16 paid hours annually to volunteer for a cause that matters to you.
- Language Learning: Join in-person English or Spanish classes at our Barcelona office.
- Parental Leave: Benefit from 12 to 16 weeks of paid leave, depending on your location and eligibility.
We are keen to get to know you. Apply with your CV and/or LinkedIn profile and a few words on why you would like to join Yokoy. We look forward to your application!
👉🏽 What’s going to happen next: we aim to get back to you regarding your application within 8 business days. Our interview process tends to take around 4 weeks to complete. If you need more flexibility or are on a tighter schedule, don’t be afraid to let us know.
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This is important to us: Yokoy is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We welcome people from all backgrounds who are looking to make the future simple with us. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
Yokoy provides a leading all-in-one solution to automate spend management for midsize and enterprise companies through artificial intelligence (AI). We bring together expense management, invoice processing and the administration of intelligence corporate cards on a single, intuitive platform. As TravelPerk acquired Yokoy recently, the offering will be extended to an end-to-end platform for travel and expenses.
🏢 Established in 2019 in Zurich, Switzerland, Yokoy is trusted by leaders at over 700 of the world’s most forward-thinking companies to help them transform how they spend, by transforming how their people spend their time. Designed to sit at the heart of the modern finance tech stack, Yokoy connects with the leading ERP systems, invoicing platforms, travel booking tools, and other enterprise finance tools to power end-to-end automation and provide complete visibility across the enterprise. Yokoy is backed by leading investors including California-based Sequoia Capital, New York-based Left Lane Capital and London-based Balderton Capital. Currently, Yokoy counts more than 250 employees based in seven locations globally. Yokoy is ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 27001 certified. Yokoy will be integrated into TravelPerk in the coming months, resulting in a new service offering including an end-to-end Travel and Spend Management platform.
