DevOps Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Macedonia.

📋 Description

• Design and build cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS, overseeing projects from architecture to implementation.

• Manage complex projects with high-priority clients and troubleshoot critical technical challenges.

• Develop technical strategies, foresee future trends, align initiatives with business outcomes, and drive execution across teams.

• Address technical challenges or navigate challenging client situations in ongoing projects.

• Recruit, onboard, and nurture talent.

• Foster psychological safety, monitor team engagement, and mediate conflicts.

• Conduct one-on-ones, performance evaluations, and improvement plans, including complex performance cases.

• Coach senior engineers and manage teams while promoting best practices.

• Evaluate change implementation alternatives and suggest suitable approaches.

• Monitor KPIs and coordinate team workflows with strategic objectives.

• Facilitate high-pressure client engagements and ensure effective cross-functional collaboration.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of DevOps experience, including over 3 years in a leadership role.

• Practical experience with serverless computing, scripting, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Proficient in GitOps, CI/CD tools, and infrastructure-as-code (AWS CDK / Terraform / CDKTF).

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

• Proven history of building high-performing, inclusive teams and developing talent at all levels.

• Competence in managing budgets, KPIs, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.

• Strong interpersonal skills with clients and the ability to handle high-pressure situations calmly and effectively.

• Excellent English proficiency for meetings, client calls, and business communications.

• CV must be in English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Every other Friday off (26 additional vacation days per year).

• Remote-first culture.

• Explore and Relocation programs (three months of work abroad or full international relocation).

• Paid sick days and local holidays.

• Business English classes program.

• Continuous Learning Support.

• Fitness and/or Mental Health Subscriptions.

• Access to LokaLabs™, our internal research and development program.

• Clearly defined career path.