- Location
- Philadelphia, United States · Onsite
- Compensation
- $100k – $145k
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience level
- SENIOR (5+ years exp)
- Specialization
- DevOps Engineer, Wellfound
- Source
- Wellfound
ROLE OVERVIEW
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will own the delivery of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions that directly support critical systems and business outcomes. Your role is essential in driving infrastructure excellence across teams by enabling secure, high-performing deployments, optimizing cloud usage, and fostering a strong DevOps culture through mentorship and cross-functional collaboration.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and implement scalable infrastructure solutions that align with system performance, security, and cost-efficiency goals.
- Write optimized Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automate cloud-based deployments using modern tools and practices.
- Support containerized workloads and orchestrate services using tools such as Docker Compose or Kubernetes.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune distributed systems for optimal performance and availability.
- Establish observability practices by designing health signals and monitoring systems for production workloads.
- Automate patching, vulnerability scanning, and other compliance-related activities.
- Evaluate and reduce technical debt, and implement strategies for ongoing system improvement.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge through code reviews, tech talks, and process improvements.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems design, cloud architectures, and multi-layer applications.
- Strong experience with AWS services and cloud-native computing patterns.
- Proficiency in writing scalable and optimized IaC.
- Advanced understanding of authentication, authorization, and general software security practices.
- Hands-on experience with serverless workloads and container orchestration technologies.
- Ability to debug complex performance issues and conduct root-cause analysis in production environments.
- Skilled in cost optimization for cloud services.
Base salary for the role is commensurate with experience and can range between $100,000 - 145,000 + annual bonus opportunity.