DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Forethought, a leading AI-native platform for enterprise customer support, and become an early member of a hyper-growth startup. As a DevOps Engineer, you will architect, implement, and manage environments in Kubernetes and AWS, design and implement improved deployment and management processes, and continually enhance architecture and processes while creating comprehensive documentation. You will collaborate closely with engineers and project managers, maintain installation and configuration procedures, and provide support both during and after business hours. The role requires extensive experience in DevOps, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and distributed systems. Forethought offers competitive benefits, including equity, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid parental leave, and unlimited paid time off.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a DevOps Engineering role or similar
• AWS (EC2, EKS, Elasticache, RDS, OpenSearch, etc)
• Experience in container management platforms (Kubernetes) and GitOps tools (Fluxcd)
• Fluent in Python or Golang
• In-depth experience building CI pipelines from the ground up
• Proficiency in managing cloud-based infrastructure
• Expertise in designing and troubleshooting distributed systems
• Strong communicator, both written and spoken
• Git workflow

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and manage environments in Kubernetes and AWS
• Design and implement better processes for deployment and management of environments
• Continually improve architecture and processes, and write great documentation
• Work closely with Engineers and Project Managers
• Improve and maintain installation and configuration procedures
• Provide during- and after-hours support

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with data infrastructure is a plus; Spark (EMR on EKS), Dagster, DBT

Benefits

• A chance to be an early member of a hyper-growth startup with equity to match
• An opportunity to help us define a new market within AI
• Ability to solve challenging problems with a world-class team
• A low ego company culture that is obsessed with feedback and helping each other grow
• Hybrid in-office vs. remote structure that allows you to choose where you get your best work done
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid maternity, paternity & adoption leave
• Unlimited paid time off