Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD Leader

NOCD; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) match

11 holidays

PTO accrual

Startup environment

Downtown Chicago office with gym

Parental leave

Job summary

NOCD is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure in Chicago for a hybrid role (3 days/week). You will own and evolve AWS infrastructure, Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines while delivering secure, scalable backend and frontend features.

You’ll collaborate with engineering, product, and design teams to solve complex technical problems, mentor others, and drive engineering best practices across the platform.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering.
• Strong experience with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or similar.
• Experience with React or similar frontend frameworks.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident response skills.
• Experience owning technical initiatives and working cross-functionally

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production full-stack features and services.
• Develop APIs and microservices using Python, TypeScript, or similar technologies.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, code reviews, and engineering standards.
• Own and evolve AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
• Design and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and developer tooling.
• Manage Kubernetes and Docker environments.
• Build scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure patterns for engineering teams.
• Improve observability, monitoring, and production reliability.
• Lead troubleshooting, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
• Implement cloud security and infrastructure best practices.
• Partner with Security and Engineering to support HIPAA, SOC 2, and other compliance requirements.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Design to solve complex technical problems.
• Mentor engineers and help establish scalable engineering practices.
• Take ownership of technical initiatives from design through production.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Python

TypeScript

React

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

Tools

Datadog

CloudWatch

Prometheus

Grafana

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

ArgoCD

GitOps

Job description

NOCD is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure in Chicago for a hybrid role (3 days/week). You will own and evolve AWS infrastructure, Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines while delivering secure, scalable backend and frontend features.

You’ll collaborate with engineering, product, and design teams to solve complex technical problems, mentor others, and drive engineering best practices across the platform.