Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote, US

Department: Product Engineering

Type: Full-Time, Exempt

Experience: Senior (8+ years)

Salary Range: $175,000 - $215,000 base (+ bonus, equity, and benefits)

Core Hours: 9 AM - 1 PM PST / 12 - 4 PM EST

About tvScientific

tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. We leverage massive data and cutting-edge science to automate and optimize TV advertising to drive business outcomes. Our solution combines media buying, optimization, measurement, and attribution in one, efficient platform. Our platform is built by industry leaders with a long history in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification who have now purpose-built a CTV performance platform advertisers can trust to grow their business.

Role Summary

As tvScientific's Lead DevOps Engineer, your primary focus will be streamlining software development and deploying scalable infrastructure solutions. Day to day, you'll lead the team that builds out IaC, optimizes processes, drives platform consistency, maintains CI/CD pipelines, and resolves system issues, collaborating with our cross-functional teams. (We're biased but our teams are awesome!)

Using your expertise in automation tools, cloud platforms, and CI/CD methodologies, you'll own the responsibility of ensuring smooth software delivery and high system availability. Success in this role requires that you simplify processes, proactively address challenges, and ensure system reliability, measured by decreased deployment times, reduced system downtime, and improved overall performance.

What You'll Do

Collaborate across teams to optimize software development.
Implement and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure as code practices.
Design, build, and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
Evaluate and recommend tools for improved DevOps efficiency.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship for continuous improvement.
Proactively address bottlenecks, performance issues, and security vulnerabilities.
Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for system reliability.
Monitor system metrics and troubleshoot issues for optimal performance.

How We'll Define Success

Effectively leading the team that owns all of our infrastructure.
Empowering other teams with platform observability.
Implementing scalable infrastructure practices effectively.
Ensuring smooth operation of CI/CD pipelines.
Driving towards platform and tool consistency.
Introducing tools for improved DevOps practices.
Proactively resolving issues.
Maintaining high system availability.
Optimizing system performance continuously.

You'll Be Successful in This Role if You Have/Are

Strong proficiency in automation tools and scripting languages (Python, Bash).
Extensive experience with cloud platforms (especially AWS) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
In-depth knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Github Actions) and practices.
Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.
Familiarity with deployment methodologies (e.g. Blue-Green, Canary) and tools (e.g. Argo Rollout).
Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK stack).
Solid understanding of networking concepts and security best practices.
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
Strong communication and collaboration abilities, especially in cross-functional teams.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

You May Also Have

Previous experience in a leadership or mentoring role.
SecOps experience: We are Soc 2 Type 2 compliant and undergo annual audits.
FinOps: Need someone with an ownership mindset that monitors and optimizes infrastructure costs.
Adtech or CTV experience.
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Culture and Benefits

At tvScientific we believe people do their best work when they feel challenged and engaged by their day to day responsibilities, when they're surrounded by smart, hard working people, and when they have a healthy work life balance. Our company culture and benefits package reflects these beliefs.

Full health, dental, and vision insurance - up to 95% funded by the company for employees.
Employee stock option program.
Company-sponsored retirement plan with a matching contribution program.
12 annual paid holidays (including 2 flexible days).
Generous PTO policy (get your work done and take the time you need).
A remote-first environment that allows employees flexibility to work from most places in the US.

As tvScientists We Are...

Big Thinkers: We believe in setting audacious goals and envisioning transformative change.
Radically Transparent: We value transparency in all aspects of our business. We foster a culture of open communication, honesty, and accountability.
Performance-obsessed: We are passionate about achieving exceptional results. We strive for excellence in everything we do and set high standards for ourselves.
Data-driven: We embrace the power of data, science, and technology as crucial drivers of our success.
Trust Builders: We prioritize building and nurturing trust with our stakeholders. We understand that trust is the foundation of successful relationships and business partnerships. Through our actions, integrity, and commitment to delivering on promises.
Forever Students: Challenge assumptions to look for solutions. We create a safe environment for experiments and risk-taking by our customers and employees.

tvScientific is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. tvScientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.

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