Dev Ops Engineer

Numerator; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Numerator seeks an experienced DevOps Kubernetes Engineer to scale infrastructure from on‑premise to the cloud across multiple product teams in Chicago. You will improve reliability and observability, build self‑service tooling, and contribute to architectural decisions that impact large‑scale data platforms.

You will work with AWS/Azure/GCP, Terraform and Ansible, and collaborate with software engineers to drive automation, QA, and rapid delivery.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in cloud-based DevOps or related roles.
• Strong understanding of reliability, availability and performance engineering.
• Experience with Kubernetes in major cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Familiarity with observability tooling (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Proficiency in Python and Go for tooling and automation.
• Experience with IaC and CICD practices in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews, troubleshooting and documentation across teams.
• Improve observability and monitoring for large-scale systems.
• Build internal tools for performance, training and adoption.
• Plan and scope tasks during sprint planning and drive epics.
• Lead PoCs with third-party tools and vendor selections.
• Mentor teammates and advocate DevOps best practices.

Skills

Cloud-based systems

DevOps experience

Observability & monitoring

AI coding tools (Copilot)

Kubernetes deployments

Scripting (Python, Golang)

Agile methodologies

Documentation

Mentoring teammates

Infrastructure as code

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Sentry

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

Tempo

Mimir

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

We’re reinventing the market research industry. Let’s reinvent it together.

At Numerator, we believe tomorrow’s success starts with today’s market intelligence. We empower the world’s leading brands and retailers with unmatched insights into consumer behavior and the influencers that drive it.

Numerator is looking for an experienced, talented and quick-thinking DevOps Kubernetes Engineer to join the Numerator Global DevOps Engineering team. This is a unique opportunity where you will get the chance to work on the infrastructure of both established and greenfield products. Our technology harnesses consumer-related data in many ways including gamified mobile apps, sophisticated web crawling and enhanced Deep Learning algorithms to deliver an unmatched view of the consumer shopping experience.

As a member of our team, you will make an immediate impact as you help build out and expand our technology platforms from on-premise to the cloud across a wide range of software ecosystems. This is a fast-paced role with high growth, visibility and impact. Many of your decisions will shape how new projects are delivered at scale to meet our clients demands.

This role requires a balance between hands‑on infrastructure‑as‑code deployments as well as involvement in operational architecture and technology advocacy initiatives across the Numerator portfolio.

What You’ll Do:

• Participate in code reviews, design work and troubleshooting across business functions, multiple teams and product groups to help communicate, document and address infrastructure issues.
• Look for innovative ways to improve observability, monitoring of large scale systems over a variety of technologies across the Numerator organization.
• Participate in the creation of training material, helping teams embrace a culture of DevOps with self‑healing and self‑service ecosystems. This includes discovery, testing and integration of third party solutions in product roadmaps.
• Build internal‑facing tools that demonstrate performance and operational effectiveness to improve training, adoption and understanding of common Software Development and DevOps challenges.
• Drive the team forward by helping refine and plan out tasks and epics during regular sprint planning.
• Expose the team and wider application teams to new tools and technologies when possible and to drive PoCs with third party vendors during the vendor selection process.

What You’ll Bring to Numerator

• 4+ years of experience in cloud‑based systems, working in DevOps, IT, Networking or Software Engineering positions.
• A passion for well architected software and good understanding of software development practices specifically around reliability, availability and performance engineering.
• Working knowledge of networking, operating systems and packaging/build systems, databases and production‑grade telemetry systems such as Sentry, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo and Mimir.
• Ability and knowledge of using AI coding tools such as Copilot and competency in pair‑programming, skills and agentic pipeline design using these types of tools.
• Strong working knowledge of deploying services with advanced Networking, IAM Role‑based access, Kubernetes preferably in a major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Ability to prototype initiatives using shell scripting and third party tools and specifically with Python and Golang.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and scrum‑mastering where the candidate can manage multiple projects and features for internal projects and across different teams within Numerator and raise technical issues proactively within the organization.
• Ability to quickly learn and deploy Kubernetes based applications and third party services in AWS Cloud using a variety of tools including Terraform and Ansible.
• Mentor and provide support of tools and solutions to product teams looking for infrastructure solutions.
• Capacity to quickly create clear and concise documentation and build out solutions for technical and non‑technical audiences including fellow team members, end‑users and developers.
• Undergraduate or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Security or Information Security.