10 Speed is looking for our first dedicated DevOps Engineer to join us as a part-time freelancer. This is a unique opportunity to take full ownership of our cloud infrastructure, define our DevOps culture from the ground up, and play a critical role in ensuring the scalability and reliability of our platform as we grow.
What You'll Do
- Own and evolve our multi-account, multi-region AWS infrastructure, including EC2, RDS, Aurora, S3, DynamoDB, and OpenSearch.
- Drive the improvement and automation of our CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to ensure fast, reliable, and safe deployments.
- Lead our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy, using Terraform for tenant provisioning and AWS SAM/CloudFormation for application deployments.
- Build and enhance our monitoring and observability stack (Sentry, CloudWatch, X-Ray) to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Champion security and compliance across the platform by implementing and enforcing best practices for access control, data encryption, and network security.
- Collaborate closely with the development team to streamline the developer experience and architect applications for scalability and resilience.
- Manage and automate our complex multi-tenant architecture, ensuring strict tenant isolation and efficient resource allocation.
What We're Looking For
- A proven track record with 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering role.
- Strong hands-on experience with a major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure), with a willingness to work deeply within our AWS environment.
- Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Proven experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
- A solid understanding of containerization technologies (Docker).
- Proficiency in a scripting language, preferably Python.
- A proactive and autonomous work ethic, with a passion for taking ownership and driving projects from concept to completion.
- Excellent communication skills in English and a collaborative mindset.
Nice to Have
- Direct experience with specific AWS services like Lambda, Aurora, Chalice, and QuickSight.
- Experience managing multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Knowledge of database administration and optimization (MySQL, OpenSearch).
Technical Stack
- AWS: Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, Aurora, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, IoT Core, QuickSight
- Infrastructure: Terraform, AWS SAM, CloudFormation
- CI/CD & Tools: GitHub Actions, Docker, ECR
- Languages & Frameworks: Python, AWS Chalice, SQLAlchemy
- Monitoring & Security: Sentry, CloudWatch, X-Ray, AWS Cognito, Auth0
Team & Environment
You'll be an early member of a small, agile team, with a high degree of autonomy and direct impact on our product's foundation.
Benefits & Compensation
- Flexible, remote work with a results-oriented culture.
- A pivotal role with high impact: Be the first dedicated DevOps hire and shape our infrastructure and company foundation.
- A collaborative and supportive team that values learning, growth, and open communication.
- The potential to transition to a full-time role as our company scales.
Work Mode
This is a fully remote freelance/part-time position.
10 Speed is an equal opportunity employer.
