DevOps Lead (Player-Coach) | $180–240k + Equity | Remote (EST/CST)

A high-growth, globally scaled SaaS company (4,000+ customers, multi-year triple-digit growth, strong profitability and stability) is hiring a founding DevOps Lead for its US engineering function.

This is a true player-coach role, ideal for a senior DevOps / Platform engineer who wants to lead without giving up hands-on ownership.

The Role

You’ll spend 70–80% of your time hands-on, designing and operating production-grade cloud infrastructure while managing 1–2 engineers.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Designing & operating Kubernetes (EKS) in production
• Building GitOps pipelines (GitHub Actions + ArgoCD)
• Owning AWS infrastructure end-to-end
• Driving observability, reliability, and cost optimization
• Leading implementation of AI-assisted DevOps workflows
• Mentoring and growing a small DevOps team

This is not a people-manager-only role. We want someone who still loves building.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years in DevOps / Platform / SRE
• Deep Kubernetes experience in production (non-negotiable)
• Strong AWS experience
• GitOps experience (ArgoCD preferred)
• Terraform / IaC expertise
• 1–3 years of formal people management (direct reports required)
• Comfortable working EST hours

You should enjoy:

• Architecting systems yourself
• Solving scaling challenges
• Operating in a fast-moving, product-focused environment
• Leading by example, not just delegating

Why This Role Is Different

• Foundational hire for US engineering
• Small team leadership (1–2 reports)
• Significant ownership & visibility
• Stable, well-funded company with strong growth
• Role is business-critical (not a “nice to have” headcount)
• Equity included

📍 Location

Fully remote in EST or CST (must work EST hours).

Canada also considered.

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