Senior DevOps Engineer Beyond Finance · Chicago · DevOps & Release $120,000–$160,000 3mo ago

Devopsroles; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Generous PTO and holidays

401(k) matching program

Career development & training

Job summary

Beyond Finance is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer who specializes in AWS and containerized environments. Our team operates infrastructure as a software project, deploying cloud resources using Infrastructure As Code and a GitOps model to advance scalable, reliable services.

You will develop and maintain our cloud infrastructure, implement and maintain continuous delivery pipelines, and automate provisioning with Terraform or CloudFormation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a DevOps or Platform Engineering role.
• Terraform/Open Tofu and Helm infrastructure expertise.
• Strong SDLC mindset with ownership.
• Experience guiding teams through execution and roadmapping.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for rapid releases.
• Automate provisioning using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Monitor performance, ensure high availability and reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering to optimize performance and scalability.
• Implement security best practices across cloud environments.
• Contribute to a high quality codebase via reviews and documentation.
• Rotating on-call duties.

Skills

DevOps mindset

AWS

CI/CD

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

Leadership

Roadmapping

Project prioritization

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Spacelift

CircleCI

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

EKS

Helm

Job description

At Beyond Finance, we've made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care,a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user-centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we've helped over 1 million clients on their path to a brighter future.

While we're proud of what we've already accomplished, we're searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you're looking to join a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who specializes in AWS and containerized environments. Our team runs infrastructure as a software project, deploying cloud resources using Infrastructure As Code and a GITOPS model. We leverage best in class tools, and press to eliminate entire classes of problems, rather than execute one off remediations. Our company and team are growing, we need strong contributors for major initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or Platform Engineering role.
• Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform/Open Tofu, Helm).
• A strong Devops SDLC mindset.
• Seasoned in orchestrating project prioritization and guiding teams through execution.
• Strong focus on fostering collaboration and developing strategic roadmaps
• Extensive experience with AWS and its core services (ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda, Etc.).
• Solid experience with CI/CD tools (AWS Codepipeline, Spacelift, CircleCI).
• Strong experience with containerization technologies like Docker, ECS, and Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with RDS/Aurora infrastructure management.
• Strong Debugging, Monitoring, and Triage skills.
• A track record of taking ownership of projects and seeing them through from design to production deployment.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain our cloud infrastructure, focusing on AWS services.
• Implement and maintain our Continuous Delivery pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software releases.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues, ensuring high availability and system reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize application performance and scalability.
• Implement and manage security best practices across our cloud environment.
• Promote and contribute to a High Quality Code Base through code reviews, best practices, and clean documentation.
• Rotating On-Call duties

Tools We Use

• AWS - Major Services
• Terraform / Open Tofu / Spacelift
• ECS & EKS / Kubernetes / Helm
• Cloudflare - Datadog - Wiz - Circle CI - Artillery - Github & GH Copilot - Infisical - Lens - Linear - Pagerduty - Gemini

The base annual salary range is listed below. This role is eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus.

Base Salary Range$120,000—$160,000 USD

Why Join Us?

While you make a difference for others, we’ll work to make a difference for you, providing an uplifting, collaborative work environment and benefits that reflect your value to us. For eligible full-time employees, we offer:

• Considerable employer contributions for health, dental, and vision programs
• Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave
• 401(k) matching program
• Merit advancement opportunities
• Career development & training

And finally, our team spirit and culture! We cultivate an environment of community, connection, and belonging across our entire organization.

Beyond Finance does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job positions. No fee will be paid to their parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Beyond Finance employees or the Beyond Finance HR team. No placement fee will be paid to any third party unless such a request has been made by the Beyond HR team.