About The Company

First Tech is a technology company focused on building, scaling, and delivering innovative digital platforms across financial services and other industries.

We combine technology, product expertise, and a deep understanding of customer needs to create solutions that simplify complex processes and deliver seamless digital experiences. Our platforms are designed to be scalable, reliable, and impactful, helping businesses and customers navigate the evolving digital landscape with confidence.

Founded with a vision to accelerate digital transformation, First Tech brings together strong engineering capabilities, product development expertise, and a culture of innovation to build modern solutions that address real-world challenges.

By partnering with forward-thinking businesses and developing technology-driven products, we aim to reshape industries and improve everyday experiences. We believe in creating an inclusive, collaborative environment where talented individuals are empowered to innovate, grow, and make a meaningful impact.

What You'll Do

Monitor and improve the reliability, availability, and performance of production applications and infrastructure.
Build and maintain observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, or equivalent technologies.
Develop effective monitoring, alerting, and dashboards to proactively identify and resolve production issues.
Participate in incident response, troubleshoot production failures, and conduct post-incident reviews to prevent recurrence.
Define and track service level indicators (SLIs), service level objectives (SLOs), and key reliability metrics.
Automate operational tasks, improve system monitoring, and contribute to infrastructure-as-code practices.
Perform performance analysis, identify application and database bottlenecks, and support capacity planning.
Collaborate with DevOps, Platform, Development, and Database teams to improve system resilience, deployment reliability, and recovery readiness.
Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate troubleshooting, automation, monitoring, and operational documentation while validating outputs.
Maintain operational runbooks, contribute to disaster recovery testing, and participate in the on-call rotation.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or production infrastructure operations.
Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, or equivalent solutions.
Strong troubleshooting skills across applications, infrastructure, and production environments.
Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, or equivalent environments.
Good understanding of Linux, scripting (Bash, PowerShell, or Python), and operational automation.
Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Experience with incident management, production monitoring, alerting, and root cause analysis.
Understanding of application performance, API monitoring, and database troubleshooting, preferably with .NET, SQL Server, or similar technologies.
Familiarity with SLOs, SLIs, performance testing, and disaster recovery concepts.
Interest in using AI-powered engineering tools to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate across engineering teams.

Working Model: 5 days in office

Location: Cairo, Egypt

So, what does it really mean to work at First.Tech

We are building a company where people are empowered to do their best work and grow. Our culture is rooted in ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.

As part of First Tech, you will be working in an environment that values innovation, speed, and impact, while giving you the opportunity to shape products that directly affect how people experience financial services.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome people from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply if this role excites you.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer