Senior DevOps Engineer

commonsku; Toronto; Remote; CAD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in branded merchandise is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance their AWS infrastructure and CI/CD practices. This is a remote-first position ideal for candidates passionate about innovation and collaboration. The role offers competitive compensation between $135,000 to $155,000 CAD and a supportive work environment focused on community values.

Benefits

Health and dental benefits

Remote-first culture

Company-wide summits

RRSP contributions up to $3,000

Company-wide closure during holidays

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in a software development environment with 3 in a DevOps role.
• Extensive AWS expertise across multiple accounts and services.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, monitor, and evolve AWS infrastructure.
• Implement and optimize CI / CD pipelines.
• Research and evolve disaster recovery architecture.
• Manage and optimize cloud costs and resource utilization.

Skills

AWS expertise

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Containerization (Docker ECS)

CI / CD pipelines design and management

Networking security

Linux systems

Identity / access management

Collaborative mindset

Tools

Bitbucket

Redshift

Metabase

Snowflake

Job description

Ready to help reshape a $26B industry and build the future of branded merch

commonsku is revolutionizing the promotional products industry. Our platform empowers branded merch distributors to work smarter managing projects building quotes placing orders and collaborating with clients and suppliers seamlessly through the power of the Connected Workflow.

Were a remote-first community-driven team obsessed with elevating our customers their clients and the broader industry. Our values Community First Ten Steps Ahead Fast Forward and Delightful Work guide us. We believe you can innovate push forward and do more while also sharing a laugh supporting your colleagues and having a life outside of work.

If youre energized by ambitious work creative collaboration and helping to build something great youll want to keep reading.

About the Role: Senior DevOps Engineer

Were growing and were hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Engineering Team! In this role youll help us scale and secure our AWS infrastructure evolve our CI / CD practices and ensure reliability across our platforms.

Youll collaborate closely with developers testers and product stakeholders contribute to a high-trust environment and play a direct role in shaping how we deliver resilient scalable and cost-efficient systems.

About You

Youre not just looking for a job youre looking for a place to do your best work. You bring:

• A community mindset You see customers as partners and coworkers as collaborators. You lift others up always follow through on your commitments and thrive in a team that does the same. (Community First)
• Momentum and ownership You act with optimism take initiative and turn ideas into results. You move fast and bring others with you. (Fast Forward)
• Vision and boldness You dont just react you anticipate. You think big challenge the status quo and push the work (and the industry) forward. (Ten Steps Ahead)
• Joy in the craft You care deeply about what you build and how it makes people feel. You bring thoughtfulness transparency and a sparkling sense of humour to the table. (Delightful Work)

What Youll Do

• Maintain monitor and evolve our AWS infrastructure with a focus on scalability reproducibility and stability
• Implement and optimize CI / CD pipelines to support smooth reliable deployments
• Research and evolve disaster recovery architecture and ensure up-to-date security practices
• Manage and optimize cloud costs and resource utilization
• Partner with the DevOps team developers and testers to ensure seamless reliable deployments
• Advocate for DevOps best practices across the engineering team contributing to knowledge-sharing and mentorship
• Document and maintain architecture diagrams and infrastructure standards

What You Bring

• 7 years of experience in a software development environment with 3 years in a dedicated DevOps role
• Extensive AWS expertise across multiple accounts and services
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and containerization (Docker ECS)
• Proven track record in designing and managing CI / CD pipelines (Bitbucket preferred)
• Solid knowledge of networking security Linux systems and identity / access management
• Collaborative mindset leadership skills and a passion for mentoring others
• Comfort working autonomously while thriving in a collaborative team-first culture

Bonus: Experience with data warehouses (Redshift Metabase Snowflake) or working in fast-scaling SaaS environments.

Compensation & Perks

We believe in fair transparent compensation. Starting salary for this role is $135000 - $155000 CAD depending on previous experience and skillset.

New hires are expected to come in at the midpoint of this range. However if this role sounds perfect for you and your expectations are outside of this range we encourage you to apply and let us know in your application about your ideal package. If we agree that its a good fit we will have open discussion around whats possible.

• Remote-first culture (with plenty of excellent in-person experiences sprinkled in)
• Company-wide closure between December 25th and January 1st
• Health and dental benefits including a $1000 healthcare spending account
• RRSP / TFSA contributions up to $3000 a year (no employee contribution required!)
• Twice-yearly company wide summits (we call it HQ and youll love it )
• A delightful team of smart people who are good at what they do

Location

This role is open to candidates eligible to work in Canada with the exception of Quebec (were not set up to operate there yet désolé!).

Were remote-first but if youre based in Toronto even better. Thats where we were founded and where we maintain our HQ today!

A Bit More About Us

commonsku events education and shared knowledge and is core to who we are.

Weve grown by being for promo by promo and now were scaling our impact to elevating an entire industry. Wed love your help doing it.

Note About AI

We use AI every day at commonsku to be faster and better. If you use AI tools to help you draft your resume or cover letter thats totally fine just make sure what you submit reflects you . We want to hear your authentic voice not ChatGPTs.

How to Apply

If this role feels like a fit apply now at try our level best to review and respond to every application we receive. So once youve applied wait to hear from a member of our People team with an update. If it looks like a good fit expect a phone interview as the first step.

By the way you dont need to meet 100% of the requirements we value potential learning and diversity of thought. Tell us why youre excited and lets chat.

commonsku is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Were committed to building a diverse team that reflects the skummunity we serve. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds experiences and identities.