Principal DevOps Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, SaaS)

Gearset Limited; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible home working

Personal development budget

Long Term Incentive Plan

Top-end hardware

Job summary

Gearset Limited is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to own and scale our multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure across regions using AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform. You’ll drive automation, security and reliability as part of a high-trust, fast-moving engineering culture.

You’ll collaborate with developers, data engineers and product teams to ensure safe, rapid releases, while shaping the technical roadmap and improving observability and incident response.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform in production.
• Proven ability to run production-grade, multi-tenant SaaS on a global scale.
• Strong CI/CD practices with secure, observable infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Operate and evolve our multi-tenant infrastructure across regions on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with developers to rollout safe, reliable changes and fast iterations.
• Lead security enhancements and incident response improvements for the stack.
• Build automation to empower the engineering team to release updates daily.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Security

SaaS architecture

Tools

Docker

PostgreSQL

EKS

Job description

As a product-driven company founded by engineers, we know the value of a great engineering culture, and we’re looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to join a team built from the ground up on trust, teamwork and tight feedback loops.

You’ll work collaboratively using a modern tech stack (Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, .NET) to help Gearset run a scalable, secure and reliable service, and enable development of the solution to scale with the rapid growth of the company.

We live by our core values, which aren’t just nice words - they guide us through day-to-day challenges and are the foundation of how we work together. Our pragmatic approach has allowed us to maintain the ability to release updates to our application multiple times a day, even as we add new features to the product and expand our global footprint.

WHAT’S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PRINCIPAL DEVOPS ENGINEER AT GEARSET?

• - Be an integral part of building and supporting our multi-tenant infrastructure, running in multiple regions across the globe, all powered by AWS and Kubernetes.
• - Enjoy high autonomy and real ownership to help shape and drive our technical roadmap based on where you see the greatest value and engineering impact.
• - Work on critical production infrastructure used by thousands of teams and help us to maintain our excellent reputation for delivering a service with minimal downtime, even when we’re making complex changes behind the scenes.
• - Get involved in building and maintaining the automation that allows our engineering team to safely release updates to our product multiple times per day.
• - Continuously improve the security of our infrastructure and our ability to detect and respond to issues.
• - Collaborate with and support teams across the organisation, including developers, designers, data engineers, marketers and salespeople, to make a real difference to our customers.

WHAT YOU’LL ACHIEVE

• - Operate and evolve our infrastructure to help scale for an ever-growing user base, and support a team developing our increasingly sophisticated SaaS
• - Work closely with developers to ensure our application and infrastructure work in harmony, using your expertise and rigour to make sure changes are rolled out safely and smoothly
• - Lead initiatives to fortify our security measures and keep our customers’ data secure
• - Work with teams across Gearset to deliver infrastructure that supports their impactful work
• - Contribute your experience and insight to a collaborative, self-directed team with autonomy over its roadmap and practices

ABOUT YOU

• - Have in-depth practical experience working on AWS (VPC networking and security, IAM, EC2, Postgres RDS, S3, EKS)
• - Have experience running production-level services in Kubernetes and managing and maintaining clusters
• - Practical experience automating the management of infrastructure with Terraform
• - Experience in the configuration and running of a CI/CD pipeline
• - Previous experience supporting the operation of a hosted, multi-tenant SaaS product at scale
• - Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback to make your work even better
• - Approach your work with pragmatism, prioritising iteration, and delivering value over process and deliberation

GREAT TO HAVES

• - Experience with .NET/C#
• - Experience working in an agile development team with a focus on delivering value early
• - Experience with building observability and alerting into systems

BENEFITS (THE STUFF YOU’D EXPECT!)

• - This is a full time opportunity, working Monday to Friday with the option of flexible home working (for most of us that looks like 1-2 days a week in the office).
• - Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year
• - Top end hardware provided
• - Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive Plan
• - Free lunch in the office
• - 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy an extra 5 each year)
• - Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%)
• - Bupa health care and dental insurance
• - Enhanced family leave from day 1, including 26 weeks full maternity/adoption pay, OTE-inclusive
• - Bupa Menopause Plan offering specialist consultations and support
• - Life Insurance & critical illness cover
• - Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits