Job Description

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a DevOps Engineer in the United States.

We are seeking a talented and proactive DevOps Engineer to design, maintain, and optimize cloud-native infrastructure that ensures high availability and performance for our platform. In this role, you will collaborate closely with engineering teams to build reliable deployment pipelines, observability frameworks, and secure, scalable systems. You will lead the implementation of best practices for infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, and automation, while continuously improving operational efficiency. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in AWS services, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and performance optimization. This is a fully remote role with core hours in the Eastern Time Zone, offering the chance to work on innovative solutions that directly impact platform reliability and user experience.

Accountabilities

• Design, build, and manage AWS infrastructure to support scalable backend services, leveraging Terraform for production-grade IaC workflows.
• Develop and maintain observability systems to monitor user journeys, APIs, databases, and cloud resources, implementing actionable alerts and SLOs.
• Partner with engineering teams to create deployment templates, CI/CD workflows, and automated processes that improve operational efficiency.
• Build event-driven services with robust retry policies, autoscaling, and cost/performance guardrails.
• Optimize API performance, database interactions, and infrastructure bottlenecks to enhance user experience.
• Participate in incident response, postmortem analysis, and proactive prevention activities, including lightweight on-call rotation.
• Document infrastructure, deployment processes, and operational procedures to ensure clarity and reproducibility.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining AWS infrastructure with Terraform.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services including Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, API Gateway, AppSync, RDS Aurora, and S3.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and automation workflows.
• Proficient in Python, TypeScript, Node.js, or similar backend technologies.
• Experience in observability, monitoring, and performance alerting for complex cloud systems.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, GraphQL, and mobile-focused backend systems.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• AWS certifications (Developer or Solutions Architect) and Linux experience are preferred.
• Understanding of security best practices, database optimization, feature flags, and A/B testing is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including stock options.
• Flexible remote work schedule with a focus on work-life balance.
• Comprehensive benefits including retirement plan match and healthcare coverage.
• Unlimited paid time off and generous vacation policies.
• Opportunities to make a tangible impact on platform reliability and customer experience.
• Collaboration within a dynamic, innovative, and growing team.

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.

Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.
It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role.
Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest!

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