Senior Software Engineer 'DevOps', Kocaeli | Koç Kariyerim

Yapı Kredi Technology is a technology company that produces innovative, high quality, and high value-added products and solutions in the finance sector. With more than 2,000 employees, it aims to create products that will shape the sector for Yapı Kredi Bank and to be the undisputed leader in the field of technology by using modern architectural systems and cloud technologies. It also contributes to the development of new and exemplary products for the sector by using natural language processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining technologies with its R&D team.

Who We Are:

At Yapı Kredi Technology, we research with passion, wonder as we learn, and implement innovations that shape the future together. We take responsibility from the first day with our expert colleagues and work with all our strength for pioneering applications. We make quick decisions and take action. We quickly adapt to innovations and changes.

What Do We Offer:

📌 Opportunity to work in hybrid model

💻Opportunity to work in Koç Group Community Companies' offices

🌴Chance to discover the natural wonders and amenities offered at Koç Toplululuğu Spor Kulübü (KTSK)

🚀Career development opportunities in a structured technology career path

💫 Opportunity to benefit from BizClub and KoçAilem privileges exclusive to Yapı Kredi Technology employees

🤝Company-contributed individual retirement insurance

🎂 Birthday off day.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Minimum 5–8 years of experience in software development and DevOps, with a strong foundation in cloud-native architectures and CI/CD
• Hands-on development experience is a must. Experience in at least one modern programming language (Java/Spring Boot, Python, C#, Go, etc.), with a solid understanding of software engineering best practices
• Strong knowledge of build tools and package managers (e.g. Maven, Gradle, NPM, MSBuild).
• Deep experience with containerization, deployment strategies, and configuration management tools (e.g. Docker, Cloud Native Buildpacks, Helm, Kustomize)
• Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD platforms and tools (e.g. GitLab CI, Jenkins, Bamboo, Tekton, ArgoCD, Azure DevOps)
• Solid experience with Kubernetes in production environments. Familiarity with multi-cluster and multi-cloud scenarios (e.g. Cloud Foundry, VMware Tanzu, OpenShift, Azure Kubernetes Service) is a strong plus
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and tooling. Experience with platforms such as OpenShift AI or similar (e.g. Kubeflow, MLflow) is an advantage
• Awareness of agentic AI concepts and readiness to contribute to building AI-integrated platforms aligned with our self-running bank vision
• Experience with infrastructure as code and GitOps methodologies
• Comfort in Linux environments; Windows Server experience is a plus
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a mindset to partner with software developers, platform teams, and AI engineering teams
• Self-motivated, curious, and continuously learning — open to exploring emerging technologies and challenging legacy approaches

• Provide DevOps leadership and guidance across all platforms and applications of the bank and its subsidiaries, supporting cross-functional engineering teams
• Own and evolve the CI/CD and developer platform ecosystem, ensuring scalable, secure, and efficient pipelines for diverse tech stacks
• Design and implement reusable DevOps patterns and automation for both software and AI/ML workloads, in alignment with enterprise architecture principles
• Build and maintain Kubernetes-based deployment environments across on-prem and public cloud, implementing GitOps and policy-as-code best practices
• Lead efforts to build internal tooling — including Kubernetes operators and controllers, as well as larger-scale developer-facing products such as our Internal Developer Platform (eg. Backstage) and CI/CD workflow engine (eg. Dagger, Tekton) — to streamline platform operations and significantly improve the developer experience across the organization
• Evaluate, adopt, and contribute to open-source DevOps tools as needed, aligned with team objectives
• Collaborate on the integration of agentic AI capabilities into the DevOps toolchain and delivery processes as part of the self-running bank strategy
• Continuously drive operational excellence in observability, resilience, compliance, and release engineering
• Mentor and support DevOps engineers in technical and architectural topics, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement

Candidate Selection Process:

Our recruitment process for all positions typically encompasses technical interviews, director assessments, competency evaluations, and personality tests. We will extend our offer to candidates who have successfully completed a positive evaluation process.

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https://www.ykteknoloji.com.tr

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