Senior Engineer, DevOps - UK

DISCO; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open culture

Medical & Dental Insurance

Salary + discretionary bonus

Startup environment in legal tech

Growth opportunities

Job summary

DISCO is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead AWS-based cloud infrastructure and the control plane for our growing platform. You will own automation, reliability, and performance, while guiding junior engineers and collaborating with product, security, and internal customers.

You will drive scalable design, implement best-practices for pipelines and observability, and shape our cloud strategy through hands-on leadership and cross-functional teamwork.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in DevOps/Infrastructure with emphasis on AWS and automation.
• Experience building and operating cloud-native platforms at scale.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and evolve scalable distributed systems on AWS.
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• Architect, deploy, and maintain platform infrastructure and control planes.
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• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in reliability and security.
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• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
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Skills

DevOps Engineering

AWS

IaC

Linux

Scripting

CI/CD

Observability

Containerization

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins

CodeDeploy

GitHub

OpenTelemetry

DataDog

New Relic

Sentry

Job description

Your Impact

At DISCO, our cloud infrastructure and system control plane are the backbone that enables us to deliver cutting-edge solutions to our clients. As a Senior Engineer on our growing DevOps team, you will be a technical leader, evolving and managing our AWS-based cloud infrastructure, focusing on our internal platform and control plane. Your expertise will deliver enhancements to our system's reliability, scalability, security, and the overall success of our cloud-based solution development. Your work will help shape our future cloud strategy through your collaboration with our internal customers, our fellow Engineers.

What You'll Do

• Deliver Systems: Engage actively in coding, code reviews, and technical discussions, ensuring high-quality output.
• Architect Systems: Lead the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, high-performance, easily modifiable distributed systems.
• Optimize Performance: Continuously enhance system performance, focusing on meeting internal customer needs using the best practices for designing scalable distributed systems.
• Provide Technical Mentorship: Share knowledge and mentor junior engineers, promoting a culture of technical & operational excellence, as well as continuous learning.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate business and non-functional requirements into robust technical solutions.

Who You Are

• A DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience (Infrastructure, CI/CD, Observability)
• 5+ years working with cloud-native applications in AWS
• 5+ years of writing Infrastructure as Code
• 4+ years of configuring and maintaining Linux Systems with Scripting/Automation
• 4+ years of automating deployment/scaling of containerised apps
• 4+ years of experience monitoring systems using modern observability tooling
• 3+ years Scripting Languages
• An Engineer who enjoys partnering with Engineers across the stack to build, deploy, and maintain highly performant systems
• An Engineer who prefers to work collaboratively, whether it's learning from or mentoring others.

Even Better If You Have...

• Experience building and managing PaaS (Platform as a Service) systems for internal customers
• Experience with Windows Servers, ASP.NET Deployments (WebDeploy)
• Experience with other cloud platforms such as Azure & GCP
• 4+ years of experience managing Jenkins
• Experience with Software Development, any tech stack
• Experience with Cloud Networking (vlan, routing)

Experience with Windows Administration (Active Directory, Group Policy Objects)

DISCO's Technology Stack

• Cloud Provider - AWS: EC2, Lambda, Aurora, Redshift, DynamoDB, ECS, EKS, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, S3, CloudFront, CloudFormation, KMS, CodePipeline, etc.
• CI/CD: Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, CodeDeploy, GitHub, Artifactory, HashiCorp Consul
• Observability: ELK Stack, OpenTelemetry, DataDog, New Relic, Sentry.io
• Programming Languages: Python, Bash, Kotlin

Perks of DISCO

• Open, inclusive, and fun environment
• Benefits, including medical and dental insurance
• Competitive salary plus discretionary bonus
• Opportunity to be a part of a startup that is revolutionizing the legal industry
• Growth opportunities throughout the company

About DISCO

DISCO provides a cloud-native, artificial intelligence-powered legal solution that simplifies ediscovery, legal document review and case management for enterprises, law firms, legal services providers and governments. Our scalable, integrated solution enables legal departments to easily collect, process and review enterprise data that is relevant or potentially relevant to legal matters.

At DISCO, we believe AI is a core enabler of how work gets done. All employees are expected to proactively adopt and responsibly use AI tools to drive efficiency, improve outcomes, and continuously evolve how they operate in their role.

Are you ready to help us fulfill our mission to use technology to strengthen the rule of law? Join us!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.