Senior Staff DevOps Engineer

THE WORK:

The Developer Operations (DevOps) at Ripple manages communication, collaboration, and integration between Development and Operations teams. They ensure infrastructures, tools, and processes are streamlined and effective for automated product delivery.

The Senior Staff Software Engineer, DevOps will contribute to the discovery, development, and implementation of solutions to improve infrastructure and release pipelines. These solutions will include developer infrastructure, production infrastructure layout and maintenance, capacity and load testing, CI/CD infrastructure, and release process automation. You will push the boundaries with new tools and technologies and use a data-driven approach for achieving desired results. Candidates should enjoy working openly and collaboratively with a team with varied strengths and possess an ability to encourage and drive engineering standard processes.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Develop, deploy, and maintain Ripple’s multi-region, multi-provider service platforms

Supply build and development of tools for automation, monitoring, and instrumentation to reduce operational friction and increase engineering efficiency

Lead discovery of next-generation solutions and work with wider engineering teams on implementation, adoption, and continuous improvements

Build and automate new and existing platform and application lifecycle services, using data to converge on declared states with minimal human interaction

Collaborate with product engineering to ensure code is production-ready

Participate in the adoption of DevOps-first principles within the organization

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

12+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps or related roles

Strong experience in either Python, Go, or Java

Experience managing extensive, multi-region service platforms

Proficiency in Kubernetes and background in managing cloud infrastructure, especially AWS

Experience with container schedulers and runtimes such as Docker, Rkt, or OCI running on Kubernetes, Rancher, or Mesos

Experience building deployment pipelines using common CI/CD tools

Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)

Security awareness, with an emphasis on crafting for security standard methodologies

Experience with Agile development of distributed services, with a focus on robust software build, scalability, and security

A positive demeanor and a passion for sharing knowledge

For positions that will be based in NY, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.

NY Annual Base Salary Range

$220,000—$260,000 USD