Lead DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Code and Theory's Engineering team and build high-performance web applications using cutting-edge technologies. Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to develop software solutions for diverse clients. You will be responsible for building and setting up development tools and infrastructure, automating processes, ensuring system security, and mentoring team members. The role requires extensive experience with cloud infrastructure, IaC tools, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and serverless architectures. A deep understanding of networking, security best practices, and application deployment principles is essential. Code and Theory offers a remote-first approach with a global team and a competitive salary.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• Remote-first approach
• The target range of base compensation for this role is $140k-$180k