Senior DevOps Engineer

Acquisition.com

84d • $171,000 - $209,000

About The Position

The Senior DevOps Engineer will own the reliability, performance, and cost optimization of Acquisition.com's platforms. This individual will design, implement, and maintain infrastructure and automation to ensure our systems are secure, scalable, and efficient. With a lean, agent-driven development paradigm, you will accelerate delivery while safeguarding uptime, performance, and spend efficiency. We are looking for someone who thrives on making systems faster, more reliable, and more cost-effective. You’ll partner with engineering and leadership to shape infrastructure that not only supports today’s needs but also anticipates tomorrow’s growth. With the right mix of automation, observability, and operational discipline, we will make lives easier for others.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or infrastructure roles.
• Proven track record of optimizing infrastructure for both performance and cost.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud architecture, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless platforms.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (SST, Terraform, or CDK).
• Experience with monitoring/observability stacks (Datadog, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, etc.).
• Familiarity with programming in TypeScript, Python, or Go for automation and integrations.
• Experience with agent-driven development tools such as Cursor and Claude Code.

Responsibilities

• Architect and operate AWS-based infrastructure for scalability, reliability, and security.
• Lead cost-optimization initiatives across infrastructure, storage, and compute services.
• Build and maintain CI/CD systems to support rapid and reliable software delivery.
• Implement observability practices — monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting — to ensure system health.
• Drive performance tuning and capacity planning to proactively prevent bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve deployment processes and platform reliability.
• Champion infrastructure-as-code and automation practices for repeatability and efficiency.
• Support disaster recovery planning, compliance, and incident response readiness.

Benefits

• Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts with an employer match
• Monthly wellness allowance
• State of the art gym for employee use at HQ

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior