Senior DevOps Engineer

PayZen•San Francisco, CA

10d•$179,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be a key contributor to our infrastructure strategy, focusing on automation, stability, and performance across cloud environments. You will drive best practices in CI/CD, configuration management, and monitoring. In this role, you will report to the Director of DevOps, collaborating closely with our Engineering team. This position is based in our San Francisco headquarters with in-office days on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a mission-driven organization poised for significant growth.

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience in a DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering role.
Deep expertise in containerization and orchestration, specifically Kubernetes (design, deployment, and troubleshooting) and Docker.
Strong proficiency in managing Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP).
Extensive experience with monitoring and observability platforms (tools like Prometheus/Grafana, New Relic).
2-3 years of experience in with cloud platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure.
Solid understanding of Web Servers, Networking, Load Balancers, Nginx, etc.
Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash, Python or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage highly available, scalable infrastructure using Kubernetes and Docker across public cloud (AWS, GCP)
Develop and maintain robust Configuration Management solutions (Terraform) for consistent environment provisioning and management.
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to facilitate rapid, reliable, and automated software releases.
Administer and troubleshoot operating systems, encompassing Linux
Implement and optimize observability practices using monitoring tools like Prometheus for logging, tracing, and alerting.
Automate repetitive tasks and system operations using scripting languages, primarily Bash and Python.
Collaborate closely with development, data, and security teams to ensure infrastructure supports product requirements and compliance standards.
Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure service reliability and responsiveness to incidents.