DevOps Engineer
Posted 4 Apr 2024
Advertised as “Senior DevOps Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 4+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Remote
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyComputer Science (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
At Loka we use a modern tech stack to support meaningful projects across a huge range of industries. In the last year our teams have helped clients advance the world’s #1 GenAI reading tutor, eliminate $1B in food waste and develop novel drugs for fighting cancer, all while enjoying every other Friday off. Join us, feed your need to grow and ship projects you believe in with a team you’re proud to be a part of.
As Loka’s Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll be the go-to specialist for crafting and deploying infrastructure across a variety of projects. Your skills in AWS, TypeScript and Python will allow us to build solid, scalable systems and improve them over time. Ultimately we expect you to not only to fit in with the team but to elevate it to new heights.
The Role
- Develop technical design specifications based on functional requirements and develop and maintain AWS Cloud applications.
- Orchestrate containers with Kubernetes.
- Automate operations, implement CI/CD pipelines.
- Ensure security and compliance.
- Assess change implementation options, benefits and risks and recommend the most appropriate approach with minimal assistance.
Required Hard Skills
- 4+ years as DevOps engineer
- Serverless compute, scripting, AWS
- Git, CI/CD tools, AWS CDK/Terraform/CDKTF
- Docker, Kubernetes, database administration (plus)
- Python, TypeScript
- Bachelor's in Computer Science or related
- Client interaction and team skills
- Autonomy, adaptability and positivity
Additional Requirements
- Excellent English - Being a global team, we work entirely in English for meetings, customer calls and business communications
- CV written in English
Personality Profile
- Curious: Ambition to learn and grow into different industries with a modern tech stack.
- Autonomous and positive: We’re a fully remote, globally distributed team.
- Team player: Enjoy a collaborative approach.
- Adaptable: Operate with a startup mindset and move at a startup pace.
Benefits
- Every other Friday off (26 extra days off a year)
- Remote-first culture
- Explore and Relocation programs (three months work abroad or full international relo)
- Paid sick days and local holidays
- Business English classes program