Full-Time Lead Engineer, DevOps

Our Engineering team ensures Code and Theory delivers scalable, high-performance, web applications that delight users. We always strive to balance the demanding nature of working on cutting-edge technologies with the real-world demands of high-performance web applications. Working in collaboration with our multi-disciplinary engineering, design, and quality assurance teams, you will build software that solves real-world problems for incredible clients.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and developing solutions for them
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Monitoring the processes during the entire lifecycle for their adherence and updating or creating new methods for improvement and minimizing wastage
• Mentoring and guiding the team member

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Extensive experience with provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, and Azure
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Ansible
• Experience with git and managed git platforms like GitHub, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, and Jenkins
• Experience with application containerization and orchestration tooling like docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with setting up and administering Linux-based systems
• Experience with designing and implementing serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions
• Experience with architecting, implementing, and maintaining high-availability systems
• Experience with edge cloud platforms and CDNs like Fastly and AWS CloudFront
• Experience with developer platforms like Vercel, Netlify, and WP Engine
• Experience with security platforms like Snyk and SonarQube
• Experience with observability platforms such as New Relic, Datadog, and AWS CloudWatch
• Experience writing automation scripts to solve unique problems using bash, Python and other languages commonly used for automation scripting
• Experience with configuring web servers, proxies, and load balancers like NGINX and Traefik
• Experience with implementing cost optimization strategies for managing cloud infrastructure spend
• Experience with secrets management tools like AWS Secrets Manager and HashiCorp Vault
• Experience with auditing development workflows and improving developer experience and productivity throughout the software development lifecycle
• Deep understanding of networking principles, cloud architectures, and web application design
• Deep understanding of security best practices and experience implementing DevSecOps principles
• Understanding of application development/deployment principles such as feature flags, blue-green deployments, and canary releases
• Must be a compelling and clear communicator when collaborating with team members, discussing complex technical topics with others, and authoring architecture diagrams, documentation and PR descriptions
• Self-motivated and focused on achieving excellence as a team