What you will be doing

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI to support fast, reliable deployments.
• Collaborate with development teams to standardize software release processes and improve the overall developer experience.
• Work with senior engineers to create and maintain cookie-cutter templates and internal tooling to help developers adopt standard patterns, particularly for Python-based applications.
• Champion DevOps best practices across engineering teams, helping onboard new developers and promoting a DevOps-as-a-Platform approach.
• Manage access and usage of critical development tools, including Git, Sentry, CircleCI, and other day-to-day developer platforms.
• Support and enhance local development environments to ensure consistency and productivity across teams.
• Contribute to infrastructure and platform engineering efforts in AWS and Azure, supporting services such as:
• Compute: ECS, EC2, Lambda
• Storage & Databases: S3, RDS (PostgreSQL/Aurora), Redshift, Redis
• Monitoring & Observability: CloudWatch, Datadog, Sumo Logic, OpenSearch
• Networking & CDN: Fastly CDN, VPCs, load balancing
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
• Build and maintain containerized development and deployment environments using Docker, and support container orchestration platforms such as ECS.
• Interface with cross-functional teams including Data Engineers, Application Support, and Security to align infrastructure and tooling with broader organizational needs.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in DevOps, infrastructure automation, and release engineering.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Proven hands-on experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, preferably with CircleCI.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and software release lifecycle.
• Experience with Python development or working closely with Python-based teams.
• Experience in managing developer tools and platforms (e.g., Git, Sentry, CircleCI).
• Experience with infrastructure and services in AWS and/or Azure.
• Familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, and infrastructure automation practices.
• Experience with Docker and container-based development workflows.
• Understanding of container orchestration using tools like ECS or EKS.
• Passion for improving developer productivity and creating scalable, repeatable DevOps patterns.
• Experience working with monitoring/logging tools like Datadog, Sumo Logic, and CloudWatch.
• Understanding of security and observability in cloud environments.
• Experience working in a cross-functional engineering team.
• Self-starter with a strong implementation focus.
• Excellent communicator and team collaborator.
• Comfortable working across diverse teams and roles.
• Pragmatic problem-solver who can balance speed with quality.