DevOps Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: CA$135K - CA$160K

Hiive is a fintech/marketplace startup connecting buyers and sellers of stock in venture-backed pre-IPO companies. We are a rapidly growing business backed by US venture capital investors and ranked #4 startup in Canada for 2024. We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to play a crucial role in ensuring the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with Engineers, Product Managers, and other stakeholders to optimize deployment pipelines, enhance system performance, and maintain the security of our platform. You will take ownership of our CI/CD processes, automate infrastructure management, and support the Engineering team in delivering high-quality software at scale.

Requirements

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS): Strong proficiency in EKS, RDS, and VPC.
• Containerization: Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Linux Infrastructure: Experience working with Linux-based infrastructure.
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency in building Infrastructure as Code configuration with Terraform.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Experience building performant CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• Observability Tools: Experience with Datadog or similar observability tools.
• Communication & Documentation: Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Automating infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring to improve system efficiency.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable releases.
• Ensuring platform reliability by proactively identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborating with product engineers to improve infrastructure and developer experience.
• Supporting the Engineering team in delivering high-quality software at scale.
• Working closely with colleagues to improve system observability, troubleshoot production issues, and foster an excellent and supportive engineering culture.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of security best practices in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with incident response and on-call rotation processes.
• Knowledge of networking concepts and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of Postgres database design and optimization.
• Experience with SOC2 or similar certifications.
• Experience working with Vercel and/or Cloudflare.
• Consider themselves highly capable at hands-on development in one or more programming languages.

Compensation, Benefits, & Perks

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing early-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.
• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.
• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly team lunches and monthly team events.