Senior Engineer, DevOps (US)

Code and Theory

$110K — $150K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of extensive experience in cloud infrastructure management on AWS, GCP, and/or Azure
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Ansible
  • Strong experience with CI/CD pipeline tools including GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, or Jenkins
  • Expertise in containerization with Docker and orchestration using Kubernetes
  • Solid understanding of deployment strategies such as blue-green and canary releases
  • Proficiency in serverless architecture concepts, including AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions, or Azure Functions
  • Strong background in networking and web application design with hands-on Linux administration experience

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure focused on operational excellence and high availability
  • Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines for rapid software delivery from commit to production
  • Embed security practices across the development pipeline including compliance and secrets management
  • Lead infrastructure as code (IaC) practices to ensure reproducible environments
  • Own observability efforts including monitoring, alerting, logging and tracing
  • Drive cost optimization in the cloud, identifying inefficiencies and right-sizing resources
  • Enhance developer experience by collaborating with engineering teams to streamline the software development lifecycle

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment allowing for remote work
  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Dynamic team culture focused on innovation and cutting-edge technologies
  • Participation in a collaborative and inclusive work environment
  • Access to advanced tools and AI-enabled workflows for enhanced productivity
Full Job Description
We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to own the infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience powering our AI-native digital platforms. You'll work across cloud, CI/CD, security, and observability - partnering with cross functional teams to ship faster and build more reliably.

Our engineers are AI native and engage in and advance the state of the art in the practice of software development flow with AI.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • Design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure with a focus on high availability and operational excellence
  • Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe software delivery - from commit to production
  • Embed DevSecOps principles across the pipeline: security scanning, secrets management, and compliance by default
  • Lead IaC practices with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible - keeping environments reproducible and auditable
  • Own observability: monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing across all systems
  • Drive cloud cost optimization, identifying inefficiencies and right-sizing resources proactively
  • Partner with engineering teams to improve developer experience and remove friction from the SDLC
  • Maintain architecture documentation, runbooks, and post-mortems to support a culture of continuous improvement

WHAT YOU'LL NEED
  • Extensive experience provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, and/or Azure
  • Strong proficiency with IaC tools - Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Ansible
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, or Jenkins
  • Deep expertise with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience designing high-availability, fault-tolerant architectures
  • Solid understanding of deployment strategies: blue-green, canary releases, and feature flags
  • Experience with serverless architectures - AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions, or Azure Functions
  • Familiarity with edge platforms and CDNs such as Fastly and AWS CloudFront
  • Experience with developer platforms such as Vercel, Netlify, and WP Engine
  • Deep understanding of security best practices and hands-on DevSecOps experience
  • Experience with Snyk, SonarQube, AWS Secrets Manager, and HashiCorp Vault
  • Experience with observability platforms - New Relic, Datadog, or AWS CloudWatch
  • Solid Linux administration and experience configuring NGINX, Traefik, and load balancers
  • Proficiency scripting in bash and Python for automation and internal tooling
  • Deep understanding of networking, cloud architectures, and web application design
  • Experience with Git and managed platforms such as GitHub, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps
  • Experience implementing cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices
  • Strong communication skills - able to discuss complex technical topics and author clear documentation
  • Comfortable leveraging AI-enabled development tools and workflows to accelerate engineering, automation, debugging, and operational tasks
  • Experience orchestrating multi-step AI or agent-driven workflows, including selecting appropriate models, tools, and execution patterns for different use cases
  • Strong judgment reviewing and hardening AI-assisted output for security, scalability, maintainability, and architectural fit
  • Experience building or maintaining prompts, evaluation frameworks, documentation, or operational context systems that improve engineering velocity and reliability
  • Familiarity with automated evaluation and feedback loops for AI-enabled systems and workflows

NICE TO HAVE
  • Experience in agency, consultancy, or enterprise SaaS organizations
  • AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud certifications

The base compensation range for this role is $110,000 - $150,000 and spans multiple levels. We're open to hiring at the level that best matches the right candidate's experience. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, budget, and location.

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