OpsTech Engineer - AI Automation

OpsTech Specialist - AI Automation

About us:

BVNK provides modern payment infrastructure for businesses. We unify banks and blockchains in a single platform. With BVNK, businesses can send and receive stablecoin payments, convert between currencies, and add stablecoin payments to their checkout. Using our flexible platform, and robust global licensing and compliance expertise, innovators can launch new payment products quickly and compliantly.

We are a diverse team spread across the UK, Europe, South Africa, the US, and APAC, with a shared belief that all payment flows will interact with crypto in the coming decade, and BVNK will be at the forefront of this transformation of the financial system. We have raised $50M in Series B funding from top investors including Haun Ventures, Tiger Global, and Coinbase Ventures, and we're looking for smart, ambitious people to help us build the next generation of payments. 

We're incredibly honored to have made Newsweek's list of The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2 years running (2023 and 2024) and to have been recognized by LinkedIn as one of the Top 20 Startups in the UK in 2024.

About this role in the team:

As an OpsTech Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, automation, and scalability of our financial operations. You will work closely with the Payments, Treasury, Reconciliation, and Engineering teams to optimise transaction processing, troubleshoot operational issues, and enhance system performance.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

Automation & Tooling: Build internal tools and scripts to automate operational workflows, reducing manual effort.
Incident Management: Investigate and resolve payment failures, STP inefficiencies, and other transaction-related issues.
Banking & Crypto Integration: Support the integration of banking partners, exchanges, and blockchain networks into operational processes.
Data Analysis & Reporting: Work with large transaction datasets to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for optimization.
Performance Optimization: Collaborate with engineering to enhance processing speed, ensuring transactions are completed in real-time or within SLAs.
Security & Reliability: Implement best practices for secure and scalable financial operations.
Payments & Transactions: Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize crypto and fiat payment processing, ensuring seamless settlement and reconciliation.

What we need from you:

• Experience in building and maintaining APIs, services, webhooks, and financial data processing
• Expertise in Java and Spring Boot
• Expertise in micro-services architecture, with a strong focus on leveraging Kafka for event-driven systems
• Familiarity with AWS or other cloud services.
• Proven experience in AI/ML development and automation, ideally within a Payments, FinTech, or Financial Services context.
• Strong background in AI, machine learning, and automation tools
• Strong troubleshooting skills in payments infrastructure, blockchain transactions, and bank integrations.
• Experience in fintech, payments, crypto, or banking infrastructure.

• Knowledge of SEPA, SWIFT, FPS, ACH, and crypto payment flows.
• Familiarity with compliance, AML monitoring, and transaction risk management is a plus.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, compliance, and business teams.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and a passion for operational efficiency.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Open to participate in out of hours on call rota

What you can expect from us:

• Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth
• Meaningful ownership in the business through our employee option scheme
• Flexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart
• A culture built on passionate growth minded people
• A flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world, in locations such as London and Cape Town, to collaborate with your colleagues 
• An open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of BVNK, it’s culture, and it’s opportunity sets

At BVNK, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive team. While you may not meet all of our requirements, we’d encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of our expectations. You may be a great fit for this role or another role in our team.