Dev-Ops Lead Engineer

You will be the designated expert for all things related to infrastructure and DevOps. Your deep understanding of cloud architecture, security principles, and CI/CD will ensure our engineering teams can build and release software quickly, safely, and efficiently. If you are passionate about automation and leveraging AI to create intelligent, self-healing systems, we want to hear from you

• Architect, build, and manage scalable and secure infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure-as-Code principles, primarily with Terraform. 
• Develop and maintain bespoke automation scripts to accelerate project setup, on-demand environment creation, and other operational tasks. 
• Champion and implement solutions like LocalStack to streamline local development and testing workflows for engineers. 
• Provide expert guidance on systems architecture, ensuring our infrastructure is designed for performance, scalability, and resilience. 
• Collaborate with engineering teams to manage and automate the infrastructure for our services, including APIs and databases, ensuring their performance and reliability. 

• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, from code commit to production deployment. 
• Integrate and manage automated testing, dependency updates, and security scans within the pipelines to ensure code quality and security. 
• Empower engineers with the tools and automation needed to reduce friction, manage technical debt, and focus on building great products. 
• Define and continuously improve our release processes, ensuring smooth and predictable deployments. 

• Act as the subject matter expert for security, compliance, and data flows within our cloud infrastructure. 
• Implement and manage security best practices and automated tooling (SAST/DAST, dependency scanning) to protect our applications and data. 
• Oversee the security and compliance of AI-related data flows, ensuring that any data sent to third-party services is minimized, anonymized, and explicitly not used for external training purposes. 
• Ensure all infrastructure and processes adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, maintaining customer trust and data privacy. 

• Implement and manage a robust observability strategy using tools like Sentry, Datadog, and native cloud services. 
• Configure critical alerting and monitoring (e.g., AWS CloudWatch Alarms) and integrate them with notification services to ensure rapid response. 
• Lead the incident management process for infrastructure-related issues, with a focus on root cause analysis and proactive prevention to minimize hotfixes. 
• Champion the use of AI in operations, exploring and implementing tools for anomaly detection, predictive analysis, and automated remediation. 
• Collaborate with our existing Core infrastructure engineer on business-as-usual projects to ensure strategic alignment across the company, while maintaining a primary focus on the AI project initiatives. 

• Proven experience in a DevOps/Infrastructure Engineering role with a focus on automation. 
• Proficiency in managing cloud infrastructure on AWS. 
• Experience supporting infrastructure for ML/AI projects (MLOps) is highly desirable. 
• Deep, hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform. 
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and networking (VPCs, Load Balancers).
• Expert-level knowledge of building and managing complex CI/CD pipelines, with a strong preference for GitHub Actions. 
• Strong understanding of system architecture, security best practices, and compliance standards. 
• Comfortable with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) to build automation and tooling. 
• Experience with the operational lifecycle of APIs and databases from an infrastructure perspective. 
• Hands-on experience with modern observability and error tracking tools such as Sentry, Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana. 
• You have a deep technical curiosity and a passion for automation. 
• You act as a force multiplier, empowering the engineering team with the tools and processes they need to succeed. 
• You take complete ownership of your domain and are a reliable partner to the engineering teams you support. 
• You are a strategic thinker who can balance speed and safety, enabling developers to move fast without compromising on security or stability. 
• You are a strong communicator who can explain complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences. 
• You are proactive in identifying potential issues, reducing technical debt, and improving the overall development lifecycle. 

• Full-time permanent contract
• Work from home
• Competitive salary (Dependent on experience) + employee benefits
• Continuous professional development and training opportunities.
• 25 days of annual leave
• 24/7 EAP and a wide range of health and wellbeing supports
• Extensive list of employee perks and benefits: https://app.box.com/s/6wwkvowbev6cn7tlvq9yz32amnpmnvcl