Sr. DevOps/Automation Engineer

About the position

As a Software Engineer focused on Developer Experience (DevEx), you will be at the forefront of creating an efficient and enjoyable development workflow. Your role will involve improving the overall development lifecycle, from code writing and review to deployment and monitoring. You will work closely with other engineers to understand their needs, alleviate their pain points, and implement solutions that enable them to work more effectively and independently.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and upkeep tools and systems to elevate engineering team productivity.
• Work with developers to pinpoint and remedy bottlenecks in the development workflow.
• Own and deliver project-based work, as assigned and support the Production Engineering teams as a point of escalation.
• Advance automation tools for robust continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Craft and maintain clear, accessible internal documentation for development practices.
• Champion code health, rigorous testing, and maintainability standards.
• Collect feedback and metrics to refine the developer experience continually.
• Develop self-service options for developers to foster independence from other teams.
• Maintain a stable, scalable, and secure development environment while keeping abreast of the latest DevOps innovations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 or more years of proven experience as a software engineer with a focus on developer tools, DevOps, or site reliability engineering.
• Strong coding skills in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, C#, JavaScript).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, GitHub Actions) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of cloud services (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• A passion for improving the developer experience and empowering engineers.

Nice-to-haves

• Terraform experience.
• Jenkins/Kubernetes experience.
• CI applications experience (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• ArgoCD knowledge.
• Some knowledge of Kubernetes.
• OctopusDeploy experience.
• Python or Golang/YAML experience.
• Experience with a migration initiative.