DevOps Engineer

A U.S.-based company that is developing top-notch financial services and technology with a focus on robo-advice and micro-investing, is looking for a DevOps Engineer. The engineer will be in charge of the production system monitoring and troubleshooting while quickly resolving incidents and performance problems. The company is on a mission to protect the financial security of the youth by providing them with empowering micro-investing solutions. The company has managed to secure more than $505mn during their Series F round of funding.  

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety and compliance of applications and infrastructure components by putting best practices and security measures into place
• Find opportunities to improve performance, lower costs, and optimize the infrastructure
• Participate in on-call shifts and mentor and guide younger team members on technical matters
• Maintain and improve the configuration management procedures and tools for controlling infrastructure as code

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience as a DevOps Engineer
• Prior experience building, testing, and deploying software to a production cloud environment 
• Demonstrable AWS experience building, securing, and configuring resources using code
• In-depth knowledge of Container (Docker, ECS, K8) and Serverless (AWS Lambda) 
• Extensive experience working with Bash scripting, Terraform, and Cloudformation
• Prolific understanding of the Observability toolkit, including DataDog, Sentry, Cloudwatch, and Kibana
• Solid understanding of GitHub Actions and Git
• Working knowledge of Circle CI, Jenkins, AWS Codebuild, and AWS Serverless
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills