Sr. DevOps Engineer

Homebot•Denver, CO

21d•$145,000 - $170,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Homebot, we believe every team member plays a vital role in bringing our mission to life. We do this by keeping a clear focus on culture, engagement, and creating an environment where people are valued and can thrive. Homebot is a Homeownership Platform for Lenders and Real Estate, Title & Insurance Agents that drives Client retention and Partner referrals. Homebot’s “special sauce” is that it helps homeowners and homebuyers (aka: our customer’s clients) to build wealth through homeownership. Our customers include Mortgage Lenders, Real Estate Agents, Banks, Credit Unions, Loan Servicers, Insurance agencies and Title Companies. Our engineering infrastructure team is strong, motivated, and growing. What we’re missing is deep, hands-on experience building production systems across multiple cloud platforms. We need a Senior DevOps Engineer who has done real work in both AWS and GCP. This isn’t just a heads-down ticket-closer role. You’ll be a teacher, an architect, and a thought partner to the rest of the organization. You’ll lead through influence: proposing better patterns, pairing with engineers, running design discussions, and raising the bar on how we think about cloud-native systems. If this opportunity gets you pumped - perfect! Apply below and we look forward to speaking with you very soon! This is a full-time position. Denver-based candidates will work from our Denver, CO office on a hybrid schedule. We’re also open to remote candidates anywhere in the US, with the expectation that you’ll travel to Denver roughly four times per year for team onsites. We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis. Compensation Philosophy: Homebot is committed to offering competitive pay and benefits that reflect industry standards and individual expertise. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors, including skills, qualifications, and professional experience. In addition to base salary and bonus, all full-time employees are eligible to receive Equity Appreciation Rights (Stock Units) as part of their total compensation package, providing an opportunity to share in Homebot’s long-term growth and success. The number of units and vesting schedule are typically determined within the first 90 days of employment, based on role, level, and contribution. Compensation: This role has an annual targeted base salary range of $145,000 — $170,000, plus an annual 10% performance bonus target. For additional details on our total benefits package, please review the section “Why Homebot?” at the end of this job description. The impact you’ll make by joining us: Within 1 month you will: Learn our platform infrastructure, developer tooling, and deployment patterns Identify architectural gaps and propose concrete improvements, especially where multi-cloud experience applies Pair with your peers on active infrastructure and Developer Experience work, building trust and sharing context both ways Within 3 months you will: Own and drive at least one architecture decision that improves platform reliability or developer experience Be the team’s go-to resource for cloud-native design questions across AWS and GCP Run design discussions and teach the team patterns you’ve seen work (and fail) on other platforms Within 6 months you will: Ship infrastructure improvements that measurably improve developer experience or platform stability Influence how we evaluate and adopt cloud services, bringing a cross-platform lens the team doesn’t have today Within 1 year you will: Be a technical leader on the infrastructure team, shaping our cloud strategy and mentoring engineers Own major platform systems end-to-end, from design through operation Have made the rest of the team materially better at cloud-native engineering through teaching and collaboration Who You’ll Collaborate With: This role reports to Jem Zornow, Engineering Manager. You will work closely with your peers in DevOps/Infra as well as other engineering teams and department leaders You will be part of a 6-person hybrid-remote team

Requirements

Production experience building and operating systems on both AWS and GCP. Not just “familiar with,” but real operational ownership. This is our biggest capability gap and the primary reason this role exists. Beyond that:
An independent, entrepreneurial mindset
Deep experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar) in production environments
Strong working knowledge of containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
Experience with cloud-native service architecture, not just deploying apps but designing how services talk to each other, scale, and fail gracefully
The ability to teach. You explain complex systems clearly, you’re patient in pairing sessions, and you make the people around you better engineers.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. You’ll be proposing architecture, writing ADRs, and leading design discussions.
Experience in a startup or high-growth environment where you had to build, not just maintain
Experience succeeding on a hybrid-remote team
We care more about the depth and velocity of your experience than the number of years on your resume. If you’ve packed serious cloud infrastructure work into five years, that counts.

Nice To Haves

You are familiar with Real Estate and/or Mortgage Lending and the different stakeholders involved with homeownership

Responsibilities

Learn our platform infrastructure, developer tooling, and deployment patterns
Identify architectural gaps and propose concrete improvements, especially where multi-cloud experience applies
Pair with your peers on active infrastructure and Developer Experience work, building trust and sharing context both ways
Own and drive at least one architecture decision that improves platform reliability or developer experience
Be the team’s go-to resource for cloud-native design questions across AWS and GCP
Run design discussions and teach the team patterns you’ve seen work (and fail) on other platforms
Ship infrastructure improvements that measurably improve developer experience or platform stability
Influence how we evaluate and adopt cloud services, bringing a cross-platform lens the team doesn’t have today
Be a technical leader on the infrastructure team, shaping our cloud strategy and mentoring engineers
Own major platform systems end-to-end, from design through operation
Have made the rest of the team materially better at cloud-native engineering through teaching and collaboration

Benefits

Medical (Aetna) / Dental (Aetna) / Vision (VSP)
Homebot covers 99% for the employee and 70% for dependents For 2 PPO plans
401(k) match
Homebot matches 100% on the first 3% and an additional 50% on the next 2% (Homebotter contributes 5% and receives 4% from Homebot!)
Pet insurance
Legal insurance
Flexible Vacation Policy - we believe in taking care of yourself & rewarding team members so we offer a flexible time off policy!
6 days of Sick/Mental Health time
Paid Parental Leave - 12 Weeks!
Access to Wellhub with employer discount (previously known as Gympass)
Hybrid Working Model
Budget for Home Office Setup
Denver EcoPass for light rail and bus system
Office location in RiNo neighborhood in Denver with complimentary parking
Weekly lunch delivery service in-office on Thursdays
Quarterly offsite events like Rockies games, holiday parties, etc.
Free Employee Assistance Program & Mental Health Coaches
Continuing Education / Tuition Reimbursement Program
Annual Training Budget for Professional Development