DevOps Engineer (Remote, Portugal)

Lively; United States; Remote; USD 89,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, vision coverage

HSA and FSA

401k plan

Flexible vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Lively is a remote-first company with a Seattle/startup vibe, seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer. You will own AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes operations, implement Terraform and GitOps pipelines, and drive observability, security, and disaster‑recovery initiatives across US and Europe.

The role requires collaboration with cross‑functional teams and strong English communication. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Portugal.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE or platform engineering roles.
• Strong AWS experience (VPC, IAM, EKS, RDS, EC2, S3).
• Production experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm and ArgoCD (or similar GitOps tooling).
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions or equivalent.
• Solid Linux and scripting skills (Bash, plus Python, TypeScript or Go).
• Experience with monitoring, alerting and incident response.
• Security‑first mindset; fintech, healthcare or PCI experience is a plus.
• Excellent written and spoken English; overlap US time zones.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate AWS infrastructure with Terraform across accounts and environments.
• Operate and upgrade production EKS clusters; manage workloads with Helm and ArgoCD (GitOps).
• Improve GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines and self-hosted runner fleet.
• Own observability (Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and participate in on-call rotation.
• Drive security and compliance work: vulnerability remediation, runtime security, access controls and PCI/SOC 2 evidence.
• Lead resilience initiatives such as multi-region disaster recovery and data replication.
• Partner with engineering, data and security teams to ship fast and safe.
• Write clear docs and runbooks, and mentor others on infrastructure best practices.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Linux scripting

Monitoring

Security

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Helm

ArgoCD

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

GitHub Actions

Job description

Описание

Lively set out to raise the bar on benefit solutions, because we believe no one should have to sacrifice personal wellness for financial wellness. While traditional benefits focus more on transactions and less on the humans using them, Lively harnesses user‑centric design and innovative technology to deliver an effortless experience for employers and account holders alike. Our modern HSA is consistently top‑rated, and we have since expanded our offerings to provide a full suite of other benefits and services for companies, consumers, and financial institutions. Lively is a remote‑first company, headquartered in SanFrancisco with employees across the US. We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer based in Portugal to help us run and evolve the platform behind Lively’s HSA, FSA, card and benefits products. You’ll own infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes end‑to‑end – from Terraform and GitOps delivery to observability, security and disaster recovery – working with a small, senior team and engineers across the US and Europe. The base salary listed is a range for this position. Actual pay will depend on the candidate’s location and experience. €80.000—€90.000 EUR.

Задачи

• Design, build and operate AWS infrastructure with Terraform across multiple accounts and environments
• Operate and upgrade production EKS clusters; manage workloads with Helm and ArgoCD (GitOps)
• Improve our GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines and self-hosted runner fleet
• Own observability (Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and take part in the on‑call rotation
• Drive security and compliance work: vulnerability remediation, runtime security, access controls and PCI/SOC 2 evidence
• Lead resilience initiatives such as multi‑region disaster recovery and data replication
• Partner with engineering, data and security teams to make shipping fast and safe
• Write clear docs and runbooks, and mentor others on infrastructure best practices

Требования

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE or platform engineering roles
• Strong AWS experience (VPC, IAM, EKS, RDS, EC2, S3)
• Production experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm and ArgoCD (or similar GitOps tooling)
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions or equivalent
• Solid Linux and scripting skills (Bash, plus Python, TypeScript or Go)
• Experience with monitoring, alerting and incident response
• Security‑first mindset; fintech, healthcare or PCI experience is a strong plus
• Excellent written and spoken English; able to overlap a few hours a day with US time zones
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Portugal; we are unable to offer visa sponsorship

Условия

• We offer competitive salaries, stock options, medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage
• An HSA with employer contribution, FSA, paid parental leave, medical travel benefits, a 401k plan, flexible vacation policy, lifestyle spending accounts, and more!
• At Lively, we believe having diverse teams in which everyone can be their authentic self is key to our success
• We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply
• Pursuant to the SanFrancisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records
• Lively Inc. participates in the E‑Verify program. Learn more about E‑Verify here: https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf
• Remote role; applicants must be legally authorized to work in Portugal