Senior DevOps Engineer

High Country Search Group; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% annual bonus

80% employer-covered healthcare benefits

Job summary

High Country Search Group is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer (DevOps) in Denver, Colorado. The role focuses on platform engineering, cloud automation, and AI-driven development practices to enhance software delivery across fintech systems.

This position offers ownership and influence while working hands-on in building developer tools and automation frameworks. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years of software engineering experience, particularly with C#/.NET or Python, and will thrive in a hybrid environment.

The compensation package includes a competitive salary of $150k–153k and benefits such as healthcare coverage and a 10% annual bonus.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on development experience with C#/.NET, Python, or Typescript/Node.js.
• Experience building REST APIs and scalable cloud-native systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain platform tooling, APIs, and CI/CD automation.
• Develop and maintain internal developer tools and increase operational workflows.
• Support observability initiatives through telemetry and platform visibility improvements.

Skills

C#/.NET

Python

Typescript/Node.js

Infrastructure-as-Code

Automation services

Cloud-native systems

Generative AI tools

Tools

Terraform

Job description

A well-established, mission-driven fintech organization is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer (DevOps) to join its growing technology team. This company is investing heavily in modern platform engineering, cloud automation, and AI-driven development practices to improve software delivery and developer productivity across enterprise-scale financial systems. They are widely recognized as innovators within the fintech space.

This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering role for someone who wants ownership, visibility, and influence. Sitting at the intersection of platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and software development, this position will play a critical role in building internal developer tools, automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native platform capabilities that support large-scale engineering teams. This will be a hybrid onsite/remote position located in Denver, Colorado. As such, only candidates local to this area will be considered.

The ideal candidate is both strategic and execution-focused—someone with software engineering and DevOps experience.

General Responsibilities

• Champion modernization initiatives by accelerating adoption of cloud-native engineering and AI-assisted development practices.
• Spend the majority of your time hands-on designing, building, and maintaining platform tooling, APIs, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure frameworks.
• Develop and maintain internal developer tools and self-service capabilities that streamline onboarding, deployments, provisioning, and operational workflows.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions and cloud automation frameworks within Azure environments.
• Support observability and monitoring initiatives through telemetry, dashboards, alerting, and platform visibility improvements.
• Partner closely with engineering teams to improve developer workflows, platform reliability, and software delivery velocity.
• Research emerging technologies while mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practices.

Required Experience

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production-grade applications and platforms.
• Strong hands-on development experience with C#/.NET, Python, or Typescript/Node.js.
• Experience building REST APIs, automation services, and scalable cloud-native systems.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform.
• Recent experience leveraging Generative AI tools and prompt engineering techniques, including GitHub Copilot.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals including design patterns, automated testing, CI/CD, and version control.
• Familiarity with modern architectural approaches including Domain-Driven Design (DDD), event-driven systems, and Agile methodologies.

Compensation Package

• Salary $150k–153k base
• 10% annual bonus
• 80% employer-covered healthcare benefits