Staff Development Experience Engineer (DevOps)

TL;DR

Staff Development Experience Engineer (DevOps): Leading the design and implementation of developer experience initiatives to make software teams faster and safer with an accent on CI/CD standardization and GitOps at scale. Focus on building consistent workflows across AWS and on-prem environments, optimizing EKS guardrails, and integrating AI to improve team productivity.

Location: Remote (Must be based in the US)

Company

hirify.global is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, providing solutions that accelerate progress in finance and artificial intelligence.

What you will do

• Set technical direction and lead engineers through the design and rollout of DevEx initiatives.
• Standardize CI/CD build, test, and release workflows using Jenkins and GitHub Actions/Apps.
• Operate and evolve Flux-based GitOps for environment promotion, rollback, and drift detection.
• Design guardrails, multi-tenant patterns, and golden templates for Kubernetes on EKS.
• Build consistent developer workflows spanning AWS and on-prem datacenter/virtualization platforms.
• Embed security scanning, SBOMs, and policy-as-code into pipelines and cluster admission.

Requirements

• 7+ years in platform, DevOps, or SRE roles, with 2+ years of experience leading or mentoring engineers.
• Significant hands-on experience with AWS and On-Prem physical datacenters/virtualization platforms.
• Deep expertise in GitHub, Jenkins, Flux, Helm, and Kubernetes (specifically EKS).
• Proven track record of delivering platform capabilities adopted by multiple teams.
• Strong ability to write crisp design documents and manage stakeholders.
• Eligible for US-based employment benefits (e.g., 401k)

Nice to have

• Experience with GKE, Rancher, or other managed/self-hosted Kubernetes distributions.
• Exposure to Azure and Google Cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of policy engines (OPA, Gatekeeper, Kyverno) or service mesh technologies.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript for platform automation.
• Experience with Terraform or Crossplane.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus.
• Unlimited paid vacation (Flexible Time Off) and 11 company-paid holidays.
• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and dependents.
• 3% company contribution to 401(k).
• Generous paid parental leave and company-paid sick leave.
• Free virtual coaching and counseling sessions via Headspace.