AWS DevOps Engineer

AWS DevOps Engineer (US-based)

About the Role

We’re a small fintech startup building a secure SaaS platform in a regulated industry. We’re looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer to own and improve our cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, observability, and production operations.

This is a hands-on role for someone who can balance reliability, security, developer experience, and cost in a growing environment.

How We Work

• Small team with high ownership
• 100% remote. Must reside and work in the United States.
• Infrastructure and operational changes are reviewed as code
• Security and automated testing are part of every release
• Engineers document systems, decisions, and operational procedures
• AI-assisted development is part of our workflow, with appropriate privacy controls

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain secure, reliable AWS infrastructure using infrastructure as code
• Operate containerized production workloads and managed data services
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and environment promotion
• Implement monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational dashboards
• Lead incident investigation and improve systems based on lessons learned
• Maintain backup, recovery, secrets-management, and access-control practices
• Automate repetitive operational work and improve developer workfl ows
• Support security, vulnerability-management, and compliance initiatives
• Collaborate with application engineers from development through production

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

Must-Have

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or a similar role
• Strong production experience with AWS
• Experience operating containerized applications on AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS)
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
• Solid knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, monitoring, and secrets management
• Strong Docker, Linux, and shell-scripting skills
• Experience troubleshooting production systems
• Clear written communication and operational documentation skills
• Must be a US citizen residing and working in the United States

Nice-to-Have

• AWS CDK and Python experience
• Experience with managed PostgreSQL databases
• Cloud security or zero-trust architecture experience
• Backup and disaster-recovery experience
• Software supply-chain and vulnerability-scanning experience
• Experience in fintech or another regulated industry
• Familiarity with SOC 2 or comparable compliance program

Benefits Offered:

• Free Virtual Care
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• HSA
• FSA - Health, Limited Purpose & Dependent Care
• Life
• Disability - Short & Long Term
• Supplemental Benefits - Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)