DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Next Matter as a DevOps Engineer to lead our expansion into Canada and build our multi-cloud infrastructure. As our first Canadian hire, you will be instrumental in launching operations in a new region for a rapidly growing SaaS startup. You will design, build, and manage our core infrastructure, develop CI/CD pipelines, implement observability tools, and provide on-call support. This role offers a unique opportunity to grow alongside the region and manage a broad range of responsibilities. You will work collaboratively with the engineering team to ensure the success of the regional deployment and proactively identify and solve any blockers or bottlenecks. This is a remote-first position with a high degree of independence and flexibility in working hours.

Requirements

• Demonstrate a sense of ownership and the ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision, maintaining a focus on impactful outcomes aligned with business objectives
• Possess extensive professional experience in building and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure and services across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Possess extensive professional experience in developing complex systems using an infrastructure-as-code approach (Terraform)
• Possess extensive professional experience in operating containerised services in multi-cloud environments
• Demonstrate proficiency in managing cloud-based and self-hosted CI/CD systems (GitLab)
• Possess a strong understanding of observability principles and experience with industry-standard tools (Datadog, Sentry)
• Demonstrate a collaborative mindset, with a strong desire to work with peers across all levels to drive success

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage the core infrastructure of the Next Matter platform, ensuring scalability, compliance, performance, and security. This includes building cloud-native and cloud-agnostic service infrastructure using best practices, and infrastructure-as-code principles
• Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to enhance delivery efficiency across the Engineering organisation
• Implement and manage infrastructure and service observability, alerting, and reporting to ensure reliability and quick issue resolution
• Provide on-call infrastructure and DevOps support for the Engineering team, addressing operational challenges effectively
• Work collaboratively with the rest of the Engineering team to proactively identify and solve blockers / bottlenecks

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar compliance frameworks in the context of infrastructure and DevOps
• Experience in building scalable platforms using Kubernetes (K8s)
• Possess cloud-specific certifications (AWS Professional , Azure / GCP equivalent)
• Experience working with an internationally distributed team

Benefits

• The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a global tech company, the right way, in a well-funded setting with an experienced, tech-driven team and a validated product and business model
• The opportunity to work directly with our founder Jan, your sales peers, and our experienced leadership team growing our business on the journey from €1m to €10m ARR
• The opportunity to work remotely, with a high degree of independence and flexibility in working hours. We are a remote-first team located in multiple European countries and North America
• A state-of-the-art remote office setup. We’ll set you up with an Apple MacBook or a Lenovo machine along with the software you need
• A 1,000 EUR one-time home office stipend for setting up your remote workplace, as well as a 250 EUR equipment allowance per year to keep your equipment up to date
• A learning budget of 1,000 EUR per year to support your personal and professional development
• A competitive, top-of-market salary, bonus, and equity options