Lead DevOps Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Enhance the developer experience at EP by implementing workflow automation, self-service tools, reusable infrastructure patterns, and diligent standardization.

• Maintain and improve EP’s GitHub Actions-based build and deployment pipelines to boost engineering productivity and product quality.

• Ensure efficient utilization of third-party services, including AWS, Datadog, and Akamai, while monitoring and optimizing cloud expenditures.

• Establish and uphold high technical standards within the engineering team, focusing on performance, reliability, security, and maintainability.

• Create comprehensive infrastructure designs that meet the ongoing scalability, reliability, security, and performance requirements of the platform.

• Collaborate with various teams and functions to define our architecture and technical roadmap.

• Assist in the design and enforcement of security controls to ensure compliance with essential frameworks, such as ISO 27001 and GDPR.

• Take ownership of the end-to-end availability, reliability, security, and performance of the EP platform.

• Develop automation, observability, and processes to maintain EP's high availability, scalability, and resilience.

• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response activities.

• Educate and empower software engineers to adopt an operational mindset when designing services and to effectively operate their creations.

• Integrate AI into the development toolchain, including AI-driven security reviews, code analysis, policy enforcement, and observability, utilizing AI to enhance both personal and team productivity.

• Cultivate a healthy and collaborative culture that aligns with EP’s core values.

• Make practical decisions and reasonable trade-offs that align with overarching business objectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in designing, developing, and operating cloud software and build tools at scale.

• Profound knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and infrastructure as code methodologies.

• Experience in building continuous deployment pipelines, automated quality and compliance checks, and AI-driven workflow automation.

• A strong security mindset with experience in industry-standard security protocols and frameworks, along with familiarity in DevSecOps practices.

• Experience in leading initiatives and continuously enhancing observability, logging, alerting, and incident response strategies.

• Background working in a distributed, cross-functional engineering environment.

• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Capability to manage risk, ambiguity, dependencies, and engage with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Ability to align engineering efforts with high-level organizational objectives.

• A strong sense of ownership and accountability.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employee Equity Bonus Plan: Participate in our success through equity bonuses that promote ownership and collective growth across the company.

• Christmas Shutdown Leave: Enjoy a complete company shutdown during the week of Christmas, including an additional 3 days of paid leave to cover non-public holidays.

• Volunteer Day: One paid day per year for volunteering to give back to the community.

• Purchase Extra Leave: Option to buy an additional week of annual leave, with payments distributed throughout the year.

• Work From Anywhere: Flexibility to work up to 90 days per year from different states or countries—ideal for combining work and travel.

• Wellness Bonus: Receive a pre-tax $750 NZD End-of-Year Wellness Bonus to support your health and well-being.

• Health Insurance: Access our fully funded Southern Cross Wellbeing 1 plan ($500 excess), with optional add-ons and family coverage.

• Home Set-Up Support: Remote and hybrid employees may qualify for assistance in establishing a productive and comfortable home workspace.

• Communication Allowance: Receive $50 NZD/month towards phone and internet expenses if working remotely or in a hybrid setup.

• Parental Leave Support: We assist growing families with up to 12 weeks of full-pay top-up for primary caregivers, 3 weeks of paid leave for secondary caregivers, and an additional 5 days of New Parents Leave for both, all available after your first 3 months. Returning primary caregivers also receive enhanced pension contributions for financial well-being.

• Employee Assistance Program: Access 24/7 confidential support via Sonder for mental health, safety, and medical needs—available globally and fully funded by EP.

• Learning & Development: Participate in engaging internal workshops, performance reviews, and ongoing development discussions to advance your career.

• Tenure Recognition: Celebrate your milestones with bonus leave and cash rewards at 5, 10, and 15 years of service.

• Referral Bonus: Recommend outstanding candidates and earn a $2000 NZD pre-tax bonus when your referral is hired and passes their trial period.

• Workride: Gain access to a bike, e-bike, or scooter through a temporary pre-tax salary sacrifice, saving 32–63% due to tax benefits.

• EP Support Groups: Engage with Mana Wahine, DEI, Environmental Impact, and Wellness Committees.

• The chance to work within a growing global company with Diversity Works accreditation, Carbon Net Zero BCorp status, Digital Promise certification, and a steadfast commitment to our mission, people, and community.