Staff DevOps Engineer

Posted Mar 27

Updater is seeking a talented and experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in driving our long-term business outcomes, improving deployment velocity, ensuring system reliability and stability, and implementing cutting-edge system observability practices. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to delivering cutting-edge solutions. 

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage all DevOps and adjacent codebases.
  • Lead deployment automation of all solution components.
  • Implement and administer comprehensive system monitoring and logging.
  • Accelerate feature development and bug fixes from design through deployment.
  • Build and maintain cross-functional relationships within the engineering team.
  • Support the architecture, deployment, and continuous improvement of deployment and monitoring/alerting technologies.

Qualifications

Must-Have Skills and Experience

  • Proficiency in Terraform or Cloudformation.
  • Expertise in containerized workloads and orchestration tooling (Kubernetes) 
  • Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
  • Familiarity with cloud technologies, preferably AWS.

General Skills and Experience

  • Strong experience with Git via Gitlab, Github, or Bitbucket.
  • Familiarity with GitOps tooling like Flux or ArgoCD
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools like DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana.
  • Ability to work cross-organizationally and within a team.
  • Creative problem-solving skills and independence in solving complex issues.
  • Eagerness to learn new and evolving technologies.

Soft Skills

  • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
  • A natural curiosity and determination to understand how things work.
  • A team player mindset, valuing the importance of learning from and supporting each other.

About Updater

Updater makes moving easier for the 12 million households that relocate every year in the US. With Updater, users seamlessly forward mail, transfer utilities, connect TV and internet, and much more. Thousands of the most prominent real estate companies in the US (from real estate brokerages to multifamily and relocation companies) rely on Updater’s real estate products to save clients hours with a branded and personalized Updater moving experience.

Headquartered in New York City, Updater has raised over $450 million from leading investors, including SoftBank Capital, Vista Credit Partners, IA Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Second Century Ventures (the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors®), and more. Updater has ranked on Crain's Best Places to Work in NYC in 2016, 2018, & 2021. For more information, please visit www.updater.com.

Updater is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants regardless of color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, actual or presumed belonging to an ethnic group, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.