Senior DevOps Engineer

US-Based | Texas, Ohio, New Hampshire ONLY

We’re hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer on behalf of a rapidly scaling, cloud-native SaaS company operating across North America, the UK, and ANZ. Following the launch of new AI-driven features, the platform is seeing significant growth and needs an experienced engineer to help scale securely and reliably.

This is a hands-on senior role, working closely with the Head of DevOps and acting as a technical leader within a small team. You’ll own critical infrastructure initiatives, influence architecture, and help drive best-in-class DevOps practices. Preference is given to candidates with a bare-metal / infrastructure-heavy background who enjoy building and operating robust systems from the ground up.

What You’ll Do

Design, build, and operate secure, scalable AWS infrastructure
Lead senior-level DevOps and platform engineering initiatives
Drive automation, reliability, and zero-downtime deployments
Support the scaling of AI-enabled services
Own monitoring, observability, and capacity planning
Identify risks and proactively improve system resilience
Participate in on-call support
Support ISO 27001 / SOC 2 Type II compliance
Mentor and guide other engineers

Tech Environment

AWS: EC2, RDS, Lambda, ECS, S3, SQS, CloudWatch, CloudFormation
IaC: Terraform, Packer
Containers: Docker, Podman
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB
CI/CD: Git, TeamCity, AWS CodePipeline
Languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell

What We’re Looking For

5+ years in DevOps / Platform / Infrastructure Engineering
Hands-on AWS production experience
Strong automation, scripting, and troubleshooting skills
Experience in secure, compliant environments
Bare-metal / infrastructure-first mindset is preferred
Strong communication and collaborative skills
Proactive, ownership-driven attitude

Package & Benefits

$100,000 – $130,000 USD salary (DOE)
Market-leading healthcare coverage
Generous PTO and holidays
Hybrid / remote working
Strong work-life balance
Paid volunteer time
Inclusive and collaborative culture

Important:

US-based candidates only (EST / CST)
Full right to work in the US
Sponsorship not available

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