Murphy AI is a next-generation debt collection platform powered by artificial intelligence, designed to optimize recovery rates while maintaining respectful and personalized communication. Our advanced automation streamlines the process of collecting overdue invoices for businesses, providing a seamless and effective solution.

At Murphy AI, we’re tackling one of the toughest challenges in fintech: making debt recovery more efficient, autonomous and scalable. Our AI-powered agents adapt instantly, engaging with debtors across channels like voice, email and sms to maximize results while preserving trust. By combining advanced artificial intelligence with powerful automation, we’re setting a new standard for how businesses recover payments.

As a fast-growing startup that has already made an impact within less than a year in the market, we are building a talented team to scale our operations and drive our vision forward 🌟

💼 About the Role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, your mission is to design, build, and continuously optimize the infrastructure that powers Murphy’s AI-driven debt collection platform. You'll be responsible for ensuring system reliability, scalability, and security while enabling the team to ship faster and safer.

In our high-performing team, you’ll play a key role in scaling our infrastructure and development workflows as we grow, with plenty of autonomy to make impactful technical decisions.

📝 Responsibilities

• Design our infrastructure to comply with the high security and compliance standards our industry demands.
  
• Optimize and scale our databases, queues, Kafka brokers, and other pieces of our system.
  
• Evaluate, set up and maintain specialized tools and databases for AI workloads (e.g. LLM observability, vector databases…)
  
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to ensure platform stability and performance.
  
• Optimize cloud resource usage and cost-efficiency.
  
• Collaborate closely with other teams to improve the developer experience, tooling, and internal operations.

📚 Requirements

• Proven experience working as a DevOps Engineer or similar role, with several years (7+) of experience in infrastructure, CI/CD, and automation.
  
• Solid hands-on experience with GCP or AWS**.**
  
• Strong knowledge of Docker and container orchestration (preferably Kubernetes).
  
• Experience managing infrastructure through Terraform or similar IaC tools.
  
• Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, GCP Monitoring).
  
• Knowledge of security practices in cloud environments (secrets management, IAM policies, etc.).
  
• Scripting and automation skills (e.g., Bash, Python, Node.js, or similar).
  
• Analytical mindset with a proactive and self-motivated work style.
  
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with both engineering and product teams.

🤖 Our stack 

• Infrastructure: Microservices, Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL
• Observability: DataDog
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions.
• Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, Python, Kafka.

🤝 What we offer

💰 Salary: €70k–€90k gross/year

📈 Stock options: Because we all build Murphy together – you'll own a piece of what we’re creating.

🧩 Impact: Be part of our startup journey from day one, playing a key role in our growth and building something meaningful from the ground up.

📚 Learning: Continuous development through trainings, knowledge-sharing, and exposure to other top-tier startups in our ecosystem.

🍱 Healthy meals: No more boring tupperware – enjoy daily meals with Nora Foods. We cover 50% of each order!

💳 Cobee card: Flexible compensation for transport and restaurants, so you can make the most of your net salary.

🚴‍♂️ Ride into work: Forget traffic jams – hop on your Panot e-bike and cruise to the office! We cover 50% of your subscription.

🛜 Hybrid & Flexible: Our default setup is hybrid – 3 days a week at our office in Poblenou, surrounded by a thriving tech scene, and 2 days of remote work. But if there’s one thing that defines us, it’s flexibility: we trust you to organize your time and space in the way that helps you do your best work.

📚 Our Process

We believe that hiring is a two-way street: while we get to know you, you also deserve the chance to understand who we are, how we work, and what makes Murphy AI special. Here’s what you can expect:

1️⃣ First Interview – Getting to Know You
A conversation with a future teammate who’s excited to find a new colleague. We’ll talk about your story, what drives you, and what you’re looking for next—no trick questions, just a genuine exchange.

2️⃣ Second Interview – Deep Dive
You’ll meet the Hiring Manager and potentially another team member. This is a more technical discussion where we explore your skills in detail, walk through real scenarios, and answer any questions you might have about the role.

3️⃣ Tech Assessment or Business Case
A practical exercise to see how you approach challenges similar to those you’d tackle at Murphy. You’ll have time to reflect and showcase your thinking—no rush, no surprises.

4️⃣ Coffee at the Office with the Founders
Finally, you’ll join us in our Barcelona office for a relaxed coffee with the founders and the Hiring Manager. It’s the perfect opportunity to experience our culture firsthand and meet more of the team who could soon be your colleagues.

👉 To learn more about how we hire and what to expect at every step, feel free to explore our Hiring Guide! 

👉 We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone, regardless of background, identity, or experience, feels valued and empowered to thrive. We believe that different perspectives drive innovation and success, and we actively foster an environment where all voices are heard and respected.