HiringThing is looking for a
DevOps Engineer to join our Engineering team. This role will focus on improving our staging and production infrastructure hosted in AWS. This role is responsible for a vital part of our security and deployment procedures, working closely with our CTO and VP of Product to maintain and adjust our strategies as needed. You will deliver and support high-quality services and systems that exceed customer expectations and provide excellent internal stakeholder support. You'll have significant input into product direction, technology decisions, and infrastructure development priorities.
Responsibilities- Design, implement, and maintain AWS-hosted, cloud-based infrastructure to support a reliable and scalable SaaS environment
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, secure, and consistent software delivery (CI, staging, and production)
- Monitor and implement metrics for system performance, availability, and security
- Support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident follow-up activities
- Plan and exercise our BCDR scenarios
- Work with the engineering team to proactively identify performance issues
- Maintain our security policies and SOC II compliance
- Create and maintain internal documentation of systems, workflows, and operational procedures
- Manage and participate in our on-call rotation
- Formulate and present DevOps strategy
- Identify opportunities to improve observability, scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency
- Manage Bounty Hunter program
Qualifications- 4 years of cloud experience (AWS preferred)
- 2 years of Infrastructure automation (such as Terraform)
- Familiarity with Ansible
- Familiarity with Ruby on Rails
- Experience managing hosting for SaaS applications
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and within a small team
- Ability to self-direct DevOps strategy
Technologies in Use- Ruby on Rails
- EC2
- ECS
- RDS
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Docker
- Route53
Compensation/Benefits- 401(k) plan with regular and Roth options available
- $100/month telecom reimbursement
- Up to $50/month fitness reimbursement
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits offered to eligible employees
- Opportunity for professional development
- Valuable work experience within a rapidly growing startup environment
- Open PTO policy
- Participation in employee stock option plan
- 9 annual paid holidays for full-time employees
- Fully remote environment
- Company equipment provided
