Senior DevOps Engineer
Ladders · New York, NY · Yesterday
On-siteEngineering$230k–$320k/yrFull-time
About the role
This role will lead operational priorities focused on execution quality, efficiency, safety, and measurable performance outcomes. You will collaborate with field leadership, support functions, and cross-functional stakeholders to improve accountability, service delivery, and operational consistency. The position offers the opportunity to influence operational scale, customer outcomes, and organizational performance within a technology-driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and improve infrastructure using AWS and modern DevOps practices
- Design and implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response systems to ensure high availability
- Automate deployment pipelines and manage CI/CD workflows
- Collaborate with engineers to identify and resolve performance, scalability, and reliability issues
- Improve system security and auditability across environments
- Evaluate and introduce new tools and technologies to enhance operations
Qualifications
- 3+ years of DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience, preferably at a high-growth startup
- Strong AWS experience, including services like EC2, ECS, RDS, Lambda, and IAM
- Proficiency in scripting languages (ideally Python) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform)
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with debugging and optimization skills
- Experience with CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions or similar
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and own large initiatives
- Willingness to work in-person at the office 4-5 days a week
Benefits
- Equity in the company in the form of stock options
- Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%
- Fully paid parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- 401k benefits
- Monthly fitness stipend
- Collaborative in-office environment with open floor plan and fully stocked kitchen
- Fun company social events through the Elise and the City program
- Unlimited vacation and paid holidays
- Relocation packages covered
Location: New York, NY - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $230,000 – $320,000 annually