Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer

About the role

Binti is a Series B startup on a mission to reinvent child welfare. We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our growing team and help us build and maintain a robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will collaborate with our development teams to ensure our systems are efficient and reliable as we scale our operations.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure as code using Pulumi and TypeScript to manage cloud resources efficiently.
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for application deployment, scaling, and monitoring.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using BuildKite to automate testing, building, and deployment processes.
• Set up and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using Honeycomb and Google Cloud Logging to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand their needs and provide effective infrastructure solutions.
• Plan and execute strategies for scaling infrastructure to meet growing demand and ensure high availability.
• Optimize cloud resource usage to control costs while maintaining performance and reliability.
• Develop and test disaster recovery and backup procedures to ensure business continuity.
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve operational efficiency and reduce errors.
• Document infrastructure configurations and procedures.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest DevOps technologies and trends.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with infrastructure as code, ideally using Pulumi.
• Proficiency in TypeScript for writing and maintaining infrastructure code.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster management and orchestration.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like BuildKite, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Honeycomb, Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack.
• Understanding of networking concepts and security best practices in cloud environments.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Participate in on-call rotations during working hours to support production systems.
• Please note that at this time, Binti is only able to accommodate candidates who are authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
• Final selected candidates who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to undergo a background and reference check, which could include verification of employment and education, criminal history review, and, where applicable, fingerprinting.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with our chosen technologies and services: Pulumi, GKE, TypeScript, BuildKite, Honeycomb
• Experience implementing security best practices to ensure compliance across the infrastructure.
• Experience with database management and optimization.
• Experience scaling Ruby on Rails applications.
• Scripting skills in languages like Ruby, Python, and Bash.

Benefits

• An above-market compensation package (salary + equity)
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and life insurance - 99% of insurance premiums covered for you + your dependents
• Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend
• 13 paid holidays; 11 federally observed holidays (including Juneteenth), plus Election Day and the day after Thanksgiving
• 16 weeks of paid parental bonding leave for the arrival of a newborn or newly placed infant
• Sick/mental health time separate