Remote Senior DevOps Lead & Backend Engineer

Russell Tobin; United States; Remote; GBP 71,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible rates

High ownership role

Technical impact opportunities

Fully remote work

Job summary

A world-leading strategy and finance organization is looking for a Senior DevOps & Back-end Engineer. This fully remote role balances DevOps leadership and backend development, requiring expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and Scala/Python. Candidates will design cloud infrastructure and manage CI/CD pipelines, contributing to high-impact projects. The role offers competitive rates in a fast-paced environment that values autonomy and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
• Solid experience with Docker and Linux-based systems.
• Experience managing PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Kafka.
• CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions preferred).
• Strong understanding of monitoring and logging.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS-based cloud infrastructure.
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters for microservice orchestration.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps practices.
• Contribute to backend development using Scala and Python.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux systems

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Kafka

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Scala

Python

Job description

A world-leading strategy and finance organization is looking for a Senior DevOps & Back-end Engineer. This fully remote role balances DevOps leadership and backend development, requiring expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and Scala/Python. Candidates will design cloud infrastructure and manage CI/CD pipelines, contributing to high-impact projects. The role offers competitive rates in a fast-paced environment that values autonomy and technical excellence.