Head of Infrastructure & Reliability
Finom
Other Engineering
Poland
Posted on Feb 24, 2026
About Finom
Finom is a European tech startup headquartered in Amsterdam, and we’re on a journey towards revolutionizing the financial landscape for entrepreneurs worldwide. Our mission is to develop an all-in-one financial B2B solution that integrates banking functions, accounting, financial management, and invoicing into a seamless, mobile-first platform.
We recently closed a €115 million Series C equity round (around $133 million), bringing our total funding to approximately $346 million. This significant investment follows a $105 million growth funding round from General Catalyst, a long-term backer since 2021 known for supporting companies like Airbnb, HubSpot, KAYAK, and Stripe.
Finom's platform goes beyond traditional banking, offering invoicing and a growing suite of features, including AI-enabled accounting, aiming to simplify financial management for entrepreneurs. We're actively expanding our reach across key EU markets like Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain.
At Finom, we’re not just redefining the entrepreneurial experience — we’re empowering our employees to make a real difference. Your work matters, and your impact extends far beyond product metrics. We nurture innovation and an inspiring work environment where bold ideas thrive, prioritizing thorough research, swift implementation of solutions, and ensuring that every effort we make benefits our users, employees, partners, and our business as a whole.
Maintaining our start-up spirit, we prioritize thorough research, swift implementation of solutions, and ensuring that every effort we make benefits our users, employees, partners, and, of course, our business.
We are looking for a Platform Engineering Manager to lead our Infrastructure Engineering team. In this role, you will own the backbone of our technology: the cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and CI/CD tooling that enable our engineers to ship fast and reliably.
You will lead a team of SRE and DevOps engineers, driving a culture of reliability, scalability and security. This is not just an operations role: you will partner closely with engineering and product leadership to ensure our infrastructure strategy directly supports business velocity and stability.
What You Will Be Doing
- Lead the Infrastructure Engineering team, taking full ownership of our cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, DevOps tooling, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Drive reliability, scalability, and security across our production environment while maintaining a sharp focus on developer velocity and business impact.
- Mentor and guide engineers across SRE, DevOps, and Database Reliability functions, fostering a culture of operational excellence and pragmatic problem-solving.
- Own the entire infrastructure lifecycle, from designing resilient, cloud-native architectures to managing capacity, cost optimization (FinOps), and regulatory compliance.
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product leadership to enable fast, reliable software delivery in a high-growth environment.
- Establish and continuously improve structured incident detection, response, and post-incident review processes to strengthen system resilience. CI/CD architecture and release lifecycle management
- Design and evolve our observability strategy, leveraging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack to ensure deep visibility into system health.
- Support high-priority initiatives such as scaling PostgreSQL databases, optimizing multi-cloud costs (FinOps), and enhancing our internal developer platform.
Who You Are
- 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating cloud infrastructure for production-scale systems, with 5+ years in IT leadership roles
- A proven team leader with a pragmatic, hands-on approach — you’re comfortable diving into complex technical challenges while also setting strategic direction.
- Experienced as an SRE in large-scale, cloud-native environments, with a strong mindset rooted in observability, resilience, and failure-driven design.
- Proficient in at least one language (Python / Go / Bash), with deep expertise in Kubernetes design, operations, and optimization at scale.
- An expert in PostgreSQL production operations, including performance tuning, high availability, failover strategies, and backup management.
- A technical leader who designs and scales infrastructure processes — including budgeting, compliance, and incident management frameworks — with a customer- and product-oriented mindset
Infrastructure landscape
- Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) – Primary (~90%), Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Secondary
- Container Orchestration: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
- Continuous Integration: GitLab CI
- Continuous Delivery / GitOps: ArgoCD
- Databases: PostgreSQL
- Streaming / Messaging: Kafka (Confluent)
- Secrets Management: Vault
- Observability & Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Google Cloud Logging
What You Will Get In Return
Make a genuine impact on the product
Join our upward trajectory, and grow with us. We provide the resources and opportunities for continuous personal and professional development, empowering you to make a genuine impact on our evolving product.
Work in the EU
Embark on this exciting journey with us and enjoy the flexibility of traveling and working remotely or in a hybrid model across Europe.
Become a stock options holder
Unlock your inner entrepreneur and align your aspirations with ours through our Stock Options Program. This exciting opportunity is available to every team member, from junior team members to our founders.
Receive unwavering support and care
Finom stands by you at every step, embodying our commitment to your well-being and success reflected in our modern, friendly, and eco-conscious corporate culture. We offer constant support and care to ensure your Finom experience is successful and fulfilling.
Work & Swim program
Immerse yourself in our exclusive Work & Swim Program. Spend one month in a comfortable corporate apartment in enchanting Cyprus. It's the ideal opportunity to strike the perfect work-life balance while enjoying breathtaking Mediterranean views.
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Finom, we're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We embrace diversity and invite applications from all walks of life. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.