Junior Software Engineer

Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity proactive ownership and collaboration with colleagues and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.

This is a role for someone early in their career who wants both hands-on IT and real software/infrastructure engineering experience. As part of a small high-trust local team youll be the go-to person in the Lisbon office for day-to-day IT support - onboarding new hires setting up hardware keeping meeting rooms and workstations running - while also picking up real engineering work: automation scripting CI/CD pipelines and AWS infrastructure support alongside a distributed engineering team. Youll learn fast work directly with senior engineers and grow from executing well-defined tasks into owning small pieces of infrastructure independently.

• Be the local IT point of contact for the Lisbon office - onboarding hardware and everyday support.
• Learn and apply core SRE practices - scripting CI/CD and cloud infrastructure - under theguidance of senior engineers.
• Split your time between hands-on specialist work and hands-on engineering work; grow into more ofthe latter over time.
• Build a foundation in Linux AWS and automation that sets up a long-term engineering career path.

Measured by growth and reliability not tenure - within 6-12 months

• Own IT specialist duties for the Lisbon office: Handle new-hire onboarding end to end - hardwareprovisioning account setup workstation configuration and welcome/orientation support - so new colleagues are productive from day one.
• Keep the local office running: Support workstations conference rooms and A/V equipment; managelocal IT inventory and procurement; act as the first point of contact when something in the office isntworking.
• Provide day-to-day technical support: Troubleshoot common issues - login problems device setup network connectivity basic Linux/Windows/macOS issues - and know when to escalate to the broaderdistributed team.
• Learn and contribute to automation: Write and maintain simple scripts and Ansible playbooks underguidance to reduce repetitive manual work; progressively take on larger pieces of automation as your skillsgrow.
• Support CI/CD and cloud infrastructure: Get hands-on with GitLab pipelines and AWS building blocks(IAM EC2 basic networking) by shadowing and then assisting senior engineers on real infrastructuretasks.
• Build strong fundamentals: Develop working knowledge of Linux systems administration versioncontrol and cloud basics through real tickets and projects not just documentation.
• Document and communicate clearly: Keep clear records of issues and fixes so recurring problems getsolved once not repeatedly; communicate status and blockers proactively to the wider (mostly remote)team.

• Experience: 0-2 years in an IT support systems administration or junior engineering role (internships and academic projects count).
• Linux fundamentals: Comfortable in a Linux/Unix environment - command line file permissions basic networking and troubleshooting common issues.
• Scripting: Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (Python Bash or similar) and eagernessto write more of it.
• IT support mindset: Comfortable being hands-on with hardware and being the local face of IT - patient clear communicator good with people who arent technical.
• Cloud curiosity: Basic familiarity with a cloud platform (AWS preferred) and genuine interest in learninginfrastructure and automation - formal production experience not required.
• Ownership and reliability: Able to work independently as the only (or one of very few) on-site technicalresource while staying closely connected to a distributed remote-first team.
• Language: Fluent English (written and spoken); Portuguese is a plus for local vendor and officecoordination.
• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering IT or a related field; equivalent practical experience considered.

• Exposure to configuration management tools (Ansible Puppet Chef).
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD concepts (GitLab CI GitHub Actions or similar).
• Coursework certifications or personal projects involving AWS (Cloud Practitioner or higher).
• Prior experience in a hardware/device support or IT helpdesk role.

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Arcesium is an equal opportunity employer.