Dev Ops Engineer

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

Job summary

Numerator is looking for a DevOps Kubernetes Engineer to join the Global DevOps Engineering team. This is a unique opportunity to work on infrastructure across on-premise and cloud environments for multiple products.

You will balance hands-on infrastructure-as-code deployments with architecture and technology advocacy, shaping delivery at scale and across Numerator’s product portfolio. This fast-paced role offers high visibility and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in cloud-based DevOps, IT, networking or software engineering.
• Strong focus on reliability, availability and performance engineering.
• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Sentry).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes in major clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Proficiency with Python and Golang for tooling and automation.

Responsibilities

• Participate in code reviews, design work and troubleshooting across teams.
• Improve observability and monitoring for large-scale systems.
• Create training materials and promote self-service DevOps culture.
• Build internal tools to demonstrate performance and operational effectiveness.
• Plan tasks and epics in sprint planning and drive vendor PoCs.

Skills

Cloud-based DevOps

Kubernetes

Observability

Automation

Python

Golang

Agile/Scrum

Documentation

Education

CS/Math/Data Security

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Sentry

Datadog

Mimir

Loki

Tempo

Job description

Dev Ops Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL, USA

Req#: 611371

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.

Job Description

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.

Skills & Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in cloud-based systems, working in DevOps, IT, Networking or Software Engineering positions.
• A passion for well architectured 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.

There is strength in numbers - We are the Numerati

Numerator is 2,000 employees strong. We have the confidence to be real and embrace what makes each Numerati unique. Our diverse experiences, ideas and backgrounds fuel our innovation.

Being part of the Numerati means that we’ll take care of you! From our Recharge Days, maximum flexibility policy, wellness resources for employees and their families, development opportunities and much more — we’re always finding ways to better support, celebrate and accelerate our team.