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Senior Software Engineer, DevOps

Muck Rack
Location
Remote (Bulgaria, Ireland, United Kingdom)
Posted
24 days ago
Department
Engineering - Software Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering roles
  • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
  • Solid experience working with AWS (e.g., EKS, S3, IAM, RDS, VPC, Route53)
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, or Argo CD
  • Experience working with containerized systems such as Docker and containerd
Nice to have
  • Experience improving developer workflows and reducing friction in deployment and infrastructure processes
  • Familiarity with tools in the Kubernetes ecosystem such as Helm, Argo CD, and Karpenter
  • Experience enhancing observability through monitoring, alerting, and logging systems
  • Experience contributing to infrastructure documentation and internal enablement efforts
  • Interest in continuously evaluating and adopting new technologies where they provide clear value
What the job really is

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Muck Rack, you will enhance the engineering organization's capabilities by building and improving infrastructure, tooling, and deployment systems. Your role involves collaborating with application engineering teams to design scalable and cost-efficient container-based infrastructure, managing AWS cloud infrastructure, and improving observability and incident readiness. You will also mentor teammates and participate in a shared on-call rotation.

Benefits
  • Remote Work, Forever
  • Home office stipend, phone and internet reimbursement, coworking membership
  • Virtual and in-person team bonding
  • Competitive geo-neutral pay in the U.S.
  • Annual reviews to ensure equity and market alignment
  • Standardized bonus or commission structure
Things to weigh
  • Salary range provided only for Ireland and Bulgaria, may vary based on experience
  • Role involves participating in an on-call rotation, which may require availability outside regular hours
  • The company has a fully distributed team, which may require strong self-management skills
Job score3.6/5
Benefits5/5
Freshness4/5
Career value4/5
Role clarity5/5
Pay transparency0/5

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