Senior DevOps Engineer

Skimmer; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay + bonus potential

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO

Remote work friendly

Learning and development budget

Manager dedicated to your development

Job summary

Skimmer, an Austin-based innovator in pool service platforms, seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to own infrastructure behind a new product line. You’ll report to the CTO and collaborate with engineering, QA, and product teams to drive scalable deployments.

You’ll build CI/CD pipelines, manage Azure resources with Pulumi, and implement observable, secure, high-performance systems that directly impact customer experience.

Qualifications

• Experience managing Azure environments (VMs, services) and monitoring tools.
• Proven ability to build and optimize CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps.
• Experience creating and refining Node applications with performance focus.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code and scripting; Pulumi preferred.
• Strong analytical skill to identify bottlenecks and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Build and own CI/CD pipelines for new product line using Azure DevOps and related tools.
• Manage Azure resources (App Services, PostgreSQL) via infrastructure as code (Pulumi).
• Design deployment workflows prioritizing security, speed, and reliability.
• Stand up monitoring and alerting across applications and databases.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual processes and improve developer experience.

Skills

Node.js development

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud infrastructure management

Observability & monitoring

Communication & collaboration

Tools

Pulumi

Azure DevOps

Azure App Services

Azure PostgreSQL

Front Door

Sentry

New Relic

Datadog

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer

Skimmer is on a mission: to modernize the pool and spa service, repair, and construction industry. We’re a private equity-backed company with 7000+ customers using Skimmer’s pool service platform to transform their businesses. But we’re not stopping there (there are over 70,000 pool service companies in this surprisingly large “niche” space).

Our customers love us almost as much as we love them (check out our reviews and our NPS score of 68!)

We are currently #615 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies (#74 in Texas and #63 in Software!), on the Deloitte Fast 500, one of Built In Austin's Best Startups, ABJ’s 6th Fastest Growing Company, and most importantly one of Austin's Best Places for Working Parents for the last 5 years. We’re proud of the incredible company we’ve built, and we’re just getting started.

Our New Product Development Team is building a new product line on Skimmer’s platform, and the infrastructure underneath it doesn’t exist yet. That’s this job: the pipelines, the environments, and the monitoring that new product ships on. You’ll build it on the architecture our engineers already work in every day — so there’s plenty to design, and a foundation to design it on.

We’re looking for big thinkers with small egos, so let’s dive in!

Our Values: At Skimmer we:

- Realize our customers' success is our success.

- Build humble, diverse teams who have fun winning.

- Drive results with urgency.

- Earn trust through transparent communication.

Who are you? / About You:

Skimmer is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer — a platform engineer — to build and own the infrastructure behind our newest product line. You will report to our Chief Technology Officer and partner closely with our development, QA, and Product teams.

The New Product Development Team owns new businesses that are connected to Skimmer’s platform and mobile app. You will be responsible for creating much of the CI/CD pipelines for this new product using Skimmer’s architecture — so you get to decide how it gets built, deployed, and monitored, on a foundation that already runs at scale.

You are an experienced DevOps professional who thrives on building systems, automating workflows, and ensuring smooth, reliable deployments. You’re naturally curious and motivated — the kind of person who notices inefficiencies and digs in to improve them before anyone asks. You enjoy working in an environment where you can take ownership, explore new tools and practices, and see your work directly impact system performance and customer experience.

You will be joining a company with a collaborative culture, focus on customers, and emphasis on having a good time together!

What you'll do:

Infrastructure & Deployment

• Build and own the CI/CD pipelines for our new product line using Azure DevOps and related tools.

• Manage Azure App Services, Azure PostgreSQL Server, and related Azure resources using infrastructure as code leveraging Pulumi.

• Design deployment workflows for security, speed, and reliability from the start, and keep refining them as the product grows.

Monitoring & Security

• Stand up monitoring and alerting across applications and databases.

• Use metrics and telemetry to proactively identify performance issues and drive improvements.

• Partner with engineering teams to ensure applications are observable and secure.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and act on opportunities to reduce manual processes.

• Develop scripts, templates, and tools that improve developer experience.

• Prioritize technical improvements that enhance uptime, performance, and observability.

Collaboration & Culture

• Partner cross-functionally to align deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure goals with business objectives.

• Share best practices, document systems, and contribute to a culture of learning and curiosity.

Your Experience:

• Experience managing Azure environments, particularly VMs hosting Node.js, Azure PostgreSQL, Front Door, and related monitoring tools.

• Proven expertise in building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps.

• Experience creating and refining applications and tools in Node, with an eye for performance and maintainability.

• Proficiency in infrastructure as code and scripting. Bonus for direct experience with Pulumi.

• Outstanding ability to analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement lasting improvements.

• Experience with observability platforms such as Sentry, New Relic, or Datadog.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Before You Apply:

Skimmer has downtown office spaces in Austin, TX and Toronto, ON, and remote-first employees around the US. Right now we can hire hybrid employees in Austin and Toronto, or remote employees in the following states: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

At Skimmer we are deeply committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace (it’s in our values). We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to identify and onboard people from all walks of life. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neurodiversity, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay + bonus potential

• Generous medical, dental, and vision plans (we pay 100% of your premium and 50% of your dependents’)

• Fantastic culture with a very strong eNPS- we work hard, celebrate wins, and learn as we go to always be improving to benefit our customers.

• Immediate access to 401(k) with company match

• Flexible PTO (MINIMUM of 10 days required every year)

• 12 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parent, 6 weeks paid leave for supporting partner

• Remote work friendly

• Comprehensive learning and development budget

• A manager dedicated to your development