Senior DevOps Engineer

About Topsort

At Topsort, we believe in the mission of democratizing the secret technologies of the walled gardens and creating a privacy-first cookie-free world of clean advertising with modern tech, friendly products, and AI. We believe in making advertising intuitive, intelligent, and genuinely cool, without any of the creepy ads or cookie-obsession (well, maybe just the chocolate ones). In a rapidly changing industry, we're on a mission to democratize monetization access for all and ensure that advertising doesn't leave any brand or seller feeling confused or overwhelmed.

Today, Topsort has 5 major hubs worldwide, and employees in 13 countries, including Menlo Park, Boston, Santiago Chile, Sao Paulo Brazil, Barcelona Spain, and Sydney Australia. We are a truly global company that was born in the pandemic that's had rapid growth since out of a genius product, a customer-first mentality, and a hardworking team of talented individuals. Since our founding in 2021, we've gained customers in retail, marketplaces, and delivery apps in 40 countries and quickly approaching the #1 position in the industry.

Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment? Do you like seeing your work create real-time impact, being part of a rocket ship from the very beginning? Let's do the unimaginable - let's make ads clean and cool again, with AI and modern technology.

What it's like to work at Topsort

Our team is all about straightforward communication, embracing feedback without taking it personally, and fostering a super collaborative environment. It's a sports team that's hyper focused on winning, collaborative internally, and competitive externally - never the other way around. We thrive on working in the open, lifting each other up, and getting things done with a sense of urgency. We're the kind of team that loves making bold choices, sharing extraordinary opinions, and maintaining a 100 mph pace. No endless meetings here – if it can be done today, we're all about getting it done today.

What is this role like?

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure that powers our products. Your role will be essential in ensuring that our systems are scalable, secure, and highly available. We are looking for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, has a passion for automation, and can lead technical initiatives that directly impact the success of our products.

• Design and maintain scalable cloud architectures, implementing solutions that ensure high availability and optimal performance.
• Develop and enhance our CI/CD pipelines, automating processes to increase the efficiency of the development team.
• Implement and manage monitoring and observability systems to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives in our DevOps practices and system architecture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
• Mentor other team members and promote best engineering practices.

What (we think) you need to be successful - we're open to not checking all the boxes and be proven wrong by outlier candidates as well

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3 years of experience in DevOps / Platform / SRE roles, designing and maintaining cloud architectures.
• Strong experience with AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Proficiency in containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid experience in cloud networking and security (VPCs, subnets, ACLs, VPNs).
• Experience with service mesh (Istio, Consul, Linkerd) and API platforms (Kong, KrakenD, Tyk, Apigee).
• Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Tekton, ArgoCD, etc.).
• Deep knowledge of Linux/Unix and scripting (Bash).
• Strong programming skills in Python and Golang.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (openTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Excellent design and implementation of cloud architectures and DevOps practices (GitOps, etc.).
• Ability to design solutions that scale efficiently and ensure high availability.
• Experience in designing and implementing API and microservices architectures.
• Strong programming expertise in Python and Golang, including best practices and design patterns.
• Solid problem-solving skills and analytical thinking.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have:

• AWS Solutions Architect Certification (Associate or Professional).
• Experience with multiple cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of microservices architectures.

Why it's awesome to work at Topsort

• Direct Feedback and Rapid Growth: We work hard, set aggressive goals and execute flawlessly to accomplish them. We give candid feedback, push each other to set higher goals and produce more impact by always thinking "how do we do this faster and better".
• Be part of an elite and collaborative sports team: We believe startup scaleup is just like a team sport. It's been written in our motto since day 1 that we are collaborative internally, competitive externally, and never the other round around. You are ultimately surrounded by just different people that are all here to help you get the job done and shine as a team.
• Intellectual Rigor and Individuality: We were born in the pandemic by Stanford and Harvard alum cofounders who offer remote-working options with coworking memberships and (at least) once a year in person offsite gathering. You'll be welcomed by coworkers in 11 countries that all bring a unique perspective to the company from day 1.
• Company Offsite and Industry Exposure: Once a year Topsorters get together as a whole and also meet customers and really spend time to get feedback - in person events are a big part of how we build strong relationships and teams.
• Flexible PTO schedule with floating holidays: we encourage Topsorters to take time off and recharge, and respect different cultural norms so offer floating holidays to accommodate the celebrations you'd like.
• Working Equipment and Hubs: our team is global and also centered around hubs, that means you're welcome to create a hybrid work schedule, and encouraged to travel to other hubs to collaborate. We provide working devices of your choice and surprise swags for special events.
• Meditation App, Birthday and Anniversary Celebrations: we like little surprises and remember the key moments to celebrate with you