DevOps Engineer

Leonardo.Ai; Hamilton; Hybrid; NZD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-focused company in New Zealand is seeking a DevOps Engineer to scale and automate infrastructure on AWS and GCP. You'll join a diverse team, enhance CI/CD pipelines, and support GPU optimization for AI workloads. Ideal candidates have cloud experience and a collaborative mindset. Enjoy flexible work, continuous learning opportunities, and a range of inclusive benefits to support your professional growth.

Benefits

Impact the future of AI

Equity reward package

Inclusive parental leave policy

Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance

Flexible leave options

Support for professional development

Company events, virtual and in-person

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS, GCP, or multi-cloud environments is required.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, like Terraform.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerization is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale infrastructure across cloud platforms.
• Support GPU optimization for AI workloads.
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines and improve developer velocity.
• Strengthen observability and monitoring systems.
• Contribute to integration projects with cross-functional teams.
• Maintain documentation and DevOps best practices.
• Participate in learning and sharing within DevOps Guilds.

Skills

Experience with AWS services (ECS, EC2, S3, IAM)

Experience with multi-cloud environments (GCP, GCore or Cloudflare)

Practical experience with Terraform

Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

Understanding of Linux and containerisation

Good communication and documentation skills

Problem-solving and teamwork

Adaptability and curiosity towards new tools

Job description

Join the Revolution at Leonardo.Ai

At Leonardo.Ai, we’re building a generative AI platform that empowers millions to bring their ideas to life. Now part of the Canva family, we’re scaling our engineering teams to design the systems and infrastructure that keep creativity limitless for hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

The Role

We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Tribe, the foundation that powers everything from Leonardo’s AI generation features to enterprise APIs and mobile experiences.

Leonardo’s engineering structure is built around tribes and squads, each focused on a product goal. The Platform Tribe supports every other tribe, ensuring our infrastructure scales smoothly as new creative tools are launched.

Our DevOps engineers embed directly within product squads to deliver new features quickly and safely, while leading core platform work that keeps our systems reliable, secure, and efficient. This includes evolving infrastructure standards, improving tooling, and strengthening the everyday DevOps practices that help teams ship software with confidence.

You’ll work on scaling infrastructure, automating systems, and continuously improving how we build and release. Over time, you’ll rotate through different squads, gaining exposure to diverse technologies and challenges while shaping the next generation of infrastructure behind products used by millions.

You’ll join a small, empowered team that values curiosity, collaboration, and care. We move fast but thoughtfully, working transparently and supporting one another to deliver outstanding results while maintaining a healthy pace.

What You’ll Do

• Build and Scale Infrastructure: Work across AWS, GCP, GCore, and Cloudflare to help scale the hybrid systems that power our AI workloads.
• Support GPU Optimisation: Contribute to scaling and tuning GPU infrastructure for AI model training and inference to improve speed, reliability, and efficiency.
• Improve CI/CD Pipelines: Collaborate with senior engineers to enhance our pipelines, simplify deployments, and boost developer velocity.
• Strengthen Observability: Help improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response to give teams clearer visibility and faster recovery.
• Contribute to Integration Projects: Work with Canva engineers and the Platform team to align infrastructure systems and adopt shared tooling.
• Uphold DevOps Best Practices: Maintain documentation, reusable standards, and workflows that keep systems stable and scalable.
• Keep Learning and Sharing: Participate in DevOps Guilds, deep dives, and innovation sessions that explore new tools and AI-driven automation.

Skills We Love

• Experience working with AWS services such as ECS, EC2, S3, and IAM, with some exposure to multi-cloud environments like GCP, GCore, or Cloudflare.
• Practical experience using Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools to manage and automate infrastructure.
• Familiarity with building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally within a collaborative engineering environment.
• Good understanding of Linux, containerisation, and cloud networking fundamentals.
• Clear and thoughtful communicator who documents work and shares knowledge openly.
• Collaborative teammate who enjoys problem-solving and helping others succeed.
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to explore new tools, technologies, and approaches.
• Bonus: Interest or experience with GPU infrastructure or AI-driven automation.

Our Culture

• Inclusive Culture: We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered. At Leonardo AI, we welcome and value your unique perspectives and experiences, as they are essential to our success.
• Flexible Work Environment: We understand the importance of work-life balance. Enjoy the flexibility to work remotely or from our vibrant offices. We have employees across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring you can thrive both personally and professionally.
• Empowering Growth: Your development is our priority. We offer continuous learning opportunities and career growth tailored to your goals. You’ll be encouraged to grow and excel in your career at Leonardo AI.
• Impactful Work: Join us in shaping the future of AI. You'll work on innovative projects that have a meaningful impact, and your contributions will help drive advancements in AI creativity.

What's in it for you?

A range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work. Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Impact the future of AI
• Reward package including equity - we want our success to be yours too
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers with 18 weeks paid leave
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally, including remote working abroad
• Support with your professional development
• Fun and engaging company events, both virtual and in-person

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