Sr. Software Engineer, DevOps
Builds and scales reliable infrastructure for SaaS applications using Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub CI/CD. Focuses on observability with Grafana/Prometheus, automation to reduce toil, production troubleshooting, and cross-team collaboration. Requires 5+ years Python experience.
About the job
What You'll Do
Infrastructure Management: Build, manage, and optimize infrastructure using Terraform, GitHub CI/CD, and Kubernetes.
Monitoring & Observability: Create visualizations and alerts that provide actionable insights using tools like Grafana, Prometheus/Mimir, OpenSearch, and Sentry.
Automation & Reliability: Identify manual or error-prone processes and replace them with automated, repeatable systems.
Production Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve production issues across application and infrastructure layers.
Documentation: Capture knowledge in runbooks, setup guides, and architecture diagrams to support operational maturity.
Collaboration: Partner with engineers across teams to drive adoption of DevOps and infrastructure best practices.
Scalability Planning: Help scale infrastructure and monitoring systems to meet growing demands.
Incident Participation: Participate in an on-call rotation and support incident response processes as needed.
Skills & Qualifications
Observability: Experience with metrics, logs, and traces using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus/Mimir, OpenSearch, Sentry, or similar.
Infrastructure as Code: Proficient with Terraform, Kubernetes, and containerization tools.
Programming Skills: 5+ years of experience with Python.
Linux Systems: Comfortable working with Linux-based environments and writing shell scripts.
Communication: Strong collaboration skills with a focus on asynchronous, written communication.
Documentation: Commitment to clear, comprehensive documentation and process standardization.
Initiative: Self-starter mindset with a proactive approach to solving operational challenges.
Version Control: Skilled in Git/GitHub-based workflows.
Nice to haves
- Cloud Experience: AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure cloud infrastructure management.
- Networking Fundamentals: Familiarity with TCP/IP, DNS, routing, and load balancing concepts.
- Security: Understanding of cloud and infrastructure security best practices.
- Performance Tuning: Experience tuning application or infrastructure performance in production environments.
What We Offer
- Flexible paid time off (PTO)
- Expansive coverage for health, dental, and vision
- Employer contribution to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Generous parental leave policy
- Full employee coverage for life insurance
- Home office stipend
- Cell phone/internet reimbursement
- Company-paid holidays
- 401(K) plan
Compensation
Based on market data and other factors, the salary range for this position is $180,000-$220,000 + Equity. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
Skills
Terraform, Kubernetes, Python, Grafana, Prometheus, Opensearch, Sentry, GitHub, CI/CD, Linux, AWS, Git
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