Devops Engineer

TL;DR

Devops Engineer: Building and maintaining secure, reliable cloud infrastructure that powers accounting software with an accent on AWS infrastructure, monitoring, and PostgreSQL optimization. Focus on designing scalable infrastructure-as-code solutions, ensuring high availability, and establishing robust security practices.

Location: This role is in-office in San Francisco at our headquarters, working five days per week. Remote candidates are not considered.

Company

hirify.global is on a mission to redefine the accounting software landscape by building modern accounting software for startups and mid-size tech companies, backed by prominent investors and a rapidly growing customer base.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using NewRelic, Sentry, and related tools.
• Automate deployment pipelines and operational tasks using Python scripting.
• Manage and optimize PostgreSQL databases, including backups, replication, and performance tuning.
• Establish security best practices across infrastructure, including IAM policies, network segmentation, and secrets management.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure smooth deployments and incident response, and maintain high availability and disaster recovery strategies.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM).
• Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Working knowledge of Python for automation and tooling.
• Experience with PostgreSQL administration and optimization.
• Familiarity with monitoring platforms (NewRelic, Sentry, or similar).
• Strong understanding of security principles and compliance requirements.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes a plus).
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to respond to production incidents.
• Must work onsite in San Francisco, California, five days per week.
• Remote candidates are not accepted for this role.

Nice to have

• AWS certifications.
• Experience with configuration management tools.
• Knowledge of additional scripting languages (Bash, Go).
• Experience with high-traffic, production environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to shape critical infrastructure decisions.
• Work with modern cloud technologies in a collaborative environment.