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Posted 21 days ago
Redmond, Washington, United States
$135,000 - $160,000
Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Location: Redmond (Hybrid)
AWS-based platform, improving automation, and building out robust monitoring and alerting capabilities. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who thrives in fast-paced startup environments and takes pride in keeping complex distributed systems running reliably and efficiently.
You will work closely with our backend engineering team to support a microservices architecture consisting of multiple REST services communicating via direct calls and AWS SNS/SQS messaging, deployed on Kubernetes across our cloud environments.
Location: Redmond (Hybrid)
About Us
We are a forward-thinking, FinTech startup pioneering next-generation commercial banking analytics. Our team is on a mission to transform financial data into actionable insights, leveraging cutting-edge technologies in analytics and AI to drive efficiency, innovation, and liquidity. We are currently operating in stealth mode, and have secured financing from Madrona Ventures and other top tier investors. Join our small, expert team to shape the future of banking analytics in a collaborative and impactful environment.Job Description
We are seeking a skilled and proactive DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our cloud infrastructure and deployment practices. You will play a central role in managing ourAWS-based platform, improving automation, and building out robust monitoring and alerting capabilities. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who thrives in fast-paced startup environments and takes pride in keeping complex distributed systems running reliably and efficiently.
You will work closely with our backend engineering team to support a microservices architecture consisting of multiple REST services communicating via direct calls and AWS SNS/SQS messaging, deployed on Kubernetes across our cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Cloud Management- Own and manage our AWS infrastructure, including Kubernetes cluster configuration, networking, IAM, and environment management across dev, staging, and production.
- Administer and optimize AWS services including SNS, SQS, Cognito, and SAM-based deployments.
- Ensure infrastructure is secure, cost-efficient, and scalable as our platform grows.
CI/CD & Deployments
- Manage and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, repeatable deployments.
- Oversee deployment processes for our REST microservices, ensuring minimal downtime and safe rollout strategies.
- Collaborate with developers to define and enforce deployment standards and branching strategies.
Monitoring, Alerting & Observability
- Build and enhance monitoring and alerting systems to give the team full visibility into the health and performance of our services.
- Manage and extend our logging infrastructure ensuring proper log aggregation, searchability, and retention policies.
- Define SLOs and create dashboards and alerts that surface actionable signals.
Automation & Reliability
- Drive automation of repetitive operational tasks, from infrastructure provisioning (IaC) to deployment workflows and incident response runbooks.
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to continuously improve system resilience.
- Champion DevOps best practices across the engineering team.
Requirements
- 2-4 years of hands-on DevOps.
- Strong proficiency with AWS — including EKS/Kubernetes, IAM, SNS, SQS, and SAM.
- Practical experience with Kubernetes for environment configuration and service orchestration.
- Experience managing CI/CD pipelines with ArgoCD and GitHub Actions/Flows.
- Familiarity with AWS Cognito or similar identity and authentication services.
- Experience with logging and observability platforms (OpsVerse/Stackgen experience a plus).
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar for automation.
- Solid understanding of networking, security groups, and cloud security fundamentals.
- Comfortable working in a small, fast-moving startup environment with high ownership.
- Must be willing to work on-site in Redmond/Seattle, WA.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK.
- Background in FinTech or regulated industries with understanding of compliance requirements.
- Experience with cloud cost optimization strategies.
- Exposure to distributed tracing tools such as AWS X-Ray or OpenTelemetry.
What We Offer
- Opportunity to build and shape the DevOps function from an early stage.
- A collaborative, expert team working on genuinely innovative technology.
- Competitive salary, equity participation, and room for significant professional growth.
Join us to be a part of transforming the banking analytics landscape!
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