Staff Devops Engineer

As our Staff DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in architecting our cloud infrastructure, optimizing our deployment pipelines, and contributing to our overall technical strategy. You'll lead (without direct management responsibilities) a more junior DevOps engineer, mentor team members, and collaborate closely with our development teams to ensure smooth, efficient, and scalable operations for our GenAI applications.

The Impact You Will Have

• Lead and implement technical discussions and DevOps best practices, focusing on infrastructure as code, CI/CD and cloud-native technologies
• Architect, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure on GCP using Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, and ArgoCD
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to more junior DevOps engineers, assist in resource allocation planning, and take part in interviewing candidates.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability
• Own our monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using ELK stack, Grafana, InfluxDB, and Telegraf
• Contribute to backend development projects as needed, primarily using Python
• Continuously evaluate and introduce new technologies and methodologies to improve our DevOps and backend practices
• Identify and mitigate risks that may impact the successful delivery of software projects
• Work with Product Managers to advise software development projects, including planning, executing, monitoring, and delivering projects on time
• Work with stakeholders, customers, and team members to establish project goals and timelines

What Are We Looking For?

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or similar roles
• Expert in Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Terraform, GitHub Actions and CI/CD standards
• Deep understanding of containerization technologies, highly-distributed backend systems and microservice architecture
• Experience in backend engineering and strong programming skills
• Familiarity with data stores: Mongo, Postgres, Redis
• Proficiency with ELK stack and Grafana
• Ability to act independently, proactively, and in ambiguity to anticipate & solve problems before they arise

Bonus Skills

• Experience working with InfluxDB and Telegraf for monitoring and observability
• Familiarity with security best practices in cloud environments
• Experience with MLOps and GenAIOps

What We Bring to the Table

🏡 Fully Remote: We may be based in Toronto, but we're a remote team with colleagues across Canada and the U.S.

💸 Competitive Pay: We believe in rewarding hustle and giving credit where it's due. Our salaries are highly competitive and reflect your hard work and expertise.

❤️ Benefits from Day One: Our plans are available as of your first working day. In addition to health, dental, and vision care, we provide access to counselling services, financial advice, and resources to support your overall well-being.

🌴Unlimited PTO: We believe in work-life harmony. Minimum 3 weeks of PTO? Sure, but that's just the starting line. If you need more, take it. No limits, no strings.

⛄️ Winter Break: We call it TealWeek, but you know it as that nebulous time between Christmas and New Year's when time has no meaning. Yeeeeah, we take that week off. And it's paid!

💼 GRSP/401k: We've got future you covered with our GRSP/401k plans, complete with employer matching.

💻 Tech: We're an Apple company. Expect a MacBook Pro and all the gear you need for your home office to be sent right to your home before your first day. We also have a work-from-home allowance to help if you need something we don't have.

📈 Equity: You won't just enjoy competitive compensation but also have a vested interest in the growth and prosperity of TealBook.

🎓 Learning & Development: We have an L&D budget available to you so you always keep your skills razor-sharp!

What We Value

Our values were developed by our team, and we’re committed to living them every day. We’ve built a culture dedicated to celebrating each other. We see failures as learning opportunities, welcome feedback and new ideas, and set clear goals and expectations so every team member feels empowered to succeed.

Tealwork is Teamwork

The impact we have is always greater when we work together. We bring our authentic selves, unique experiences, perspectives, and passions across teams, functions, and geographies to solve problems and deliver better results.

Trust Through Transparency

We build trust through communicating honestly, authentically, and with respect. We hold ourselves accountable, admit to our mistakes, and do what we say we'll do. Our success is rooted in trust through transparency.

Deliver Delight

We are all customers. We listen to needs, challenge our ideas of what's possible, and prioritize work that will drive success and build satisfaction. We constantly look for ways to differentiate ourselves and ensure interactions and experiences deliver delight.

Will to Win

Change is the only constant. We don't just believe this; we face the unknown head-on. We have the courage to challenge the status quo, continuously adapt, change, and evolve. We act with urgency, align our priorities with the company deliverables and drive decisions backed by data.

Grit

We embody two characteristics of grit: passion and perseverance. Passion comes from intrinsic interest in our craft and from a sense of purpose—the conviction that our work is meaningful and helps others. Perseverance takes the form of resilience in the face of adversity as well as unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.

TealBook is a respectful, caring, and inclusive workplace. We are committed to championing accessibility, diversity, and equal opportunity. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process, provided the applicant has met the position requirements. Applicants need to make their requirements known when contacted.