# DevOps Engineer, DevEx

**Company:** [Mark43](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mark43)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $140k – $170k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Argo CD, GitOps, CI/CD, Datadog, Helm, Docker, SLOs
**Posted:** 2026-03-30

> Builds and evolves internal developer platforms using Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps to enhance reliability, scalability, and DevEx. Requires 5+ years in platform engineering, strong AWS and cloud-native expertise, with on-call responsibilities.

## Job Description

## What you’ll work on

- Owning and evolving Mark43's internal developer platform, focusing on reliability, scalability, and developer productivity
- Building self-service platform capabilities (Infrastructure-as-Code modules, GitOps workflows, golden paths, and onboarding templates)
- Improving developer experience (DevEx) by reducing friction in local development, CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and debugging workflows
- Designing and optimizing pipeline-as-code systems to improve build performance, reliability, and feedback cycles
- Driving adoption of GitOps and Infrastructure as Code best practices across the organization
- Leading initiatives to improve operational excellence, including system reliability, resilience, and incident response
- Partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Security teams to align platform capabilities with business needs
- Owning and delivering large, cross-team platform initiatives that shape how engineers build and operate software at MARK43
- Participating in a shared on-call rotation to support critical infrastructure

## What we expect from you

- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, and/or Developer Experience
- Strong experience with AWS and cloud-native architectures
- Deep experience with Kubernetes and containerized systems
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and GitOps (e.g., ArgoCD)
- Experience building and optimizing CI/CD systems and pipeline-as-code workflows
- Demonstrated ability to improve developer experience and platform usability at scale.
- Strong systems thinking, including tradeoffs between reliability, cost, and developer velocity
- Understanding of security and compliance best practices in cloud environments

## What sets you apart

- You take ownership of complex platform problems, from design through adoption
- You build platforms and abstractions that are adopted across engineering teams
- You proactively identify gaps in developer workflows and drive improvements
- You influence technical direction beyond your immediate team
- You balance developer velocity, reliability, and operational excellence
- You treat internal platforms as products, with a focus on usability and impact

## Preferred Qualifications

- Familiarity with defining SLOs, alerting strategies, instrumentation best practices
- Experience with developer platforms and modern build systems
- Experience improving local development environments (e.g., devcontainers, Docker workflows, Tilt/Skaffold)
- Exposure to FinOps practices and cost optimization
- Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into developer workflows, such as: AI-assisted debugging or incident triage, Automated incident summaries or developer assistants
- Knowledge of compliance and data governance requirements in regulated environments

## Compensation

Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a base salary range of $140,000–$170,000, plus bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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