Director of DevOps and SRE Engineering (Fintech)

TL;DR

Director of DevOps and SRE Engineering (Fintech): Guiding the adoption of infrastructure-as-code pipelines and expanding the EKS-based microservice platform across the hirify.global enterprise, with an accent on enabling autonomous teams, strengthening security with automated controls, and continuously improving scalability and observability. Focus on building and leading high-performing engineering teams, defining SLO/SLI, and fostering strong cross-organizational relationships.

Location: Remote (US) - Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Salary: $138,000.00 - $200,100.00

Company

hirify.global aims to transform financial lives by hirify.globaling its people with flexible work and career paths, fostering an inclusive environment.

What you will do

• Build, grow, and manage high-performing engineering teams, contributing to roadmaps and strategic planning.
• Partner with developers, quality engineers, security engineers, data engineers, DBAs, and product managers to deliver Infrastructure, Security, and Operation as Code.
• Lead adoption and expansion of CI/CD and IaC pipelines to support secure, scalable application delivery.
• Define and instrument end-to-end observability monitors, alerts, and practices, including recovery and incident run books.
• Define, validate, and instrument SLO and SLI across platform services.
• Provide engineering leadership and best practices, including code reviews and platform/SDLC practices, while mentoring individuals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent STEM.
• 10+ years of AWS experience, including designing, building, and operating large-scale applications.
• 6+ years of experience managing a DevOps/SRE or Engineering organization.
• Expertise building fully automated infrastructure, preferably using AWS, EKS, GitLab, and Terraform.
• Experience setting up observability tools (SRE) and driving adoption with development teams.
• Experience working with, operating, and deploying CI/CD and IaC pipelines, Istio, and AWS IAM.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.
• For remote positions, you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• A background in retirement, finance, or the insurance industry.
• AWS Solutions or Developer Certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work environment with fluid career paths and internal mobility.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions and financial advisory services.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year.
• Generous paid time off, including a paid time off program, ten paid company holidays, and three floating holidays.
• Paid volunteer time (16 hours per calendar year) and various leave of absence programs.
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans.