Senior DevOps Engineer (Trading Platform)

About the role

This Senior DevOps Engineer role focuses on building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports Crypto's trading platform. Responsibilities include designing and provisioning scalable systems, managing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring the stability and security of runtime environments. The position requires administering and tuning databases like AWS Aurora, PostgreSQL, and ClickHouse, as well as automating infrastructure using tools like Ansible and Terraform.

A key part of the role involves ensuring the reliability and cost-effectiveness of the platform. This includes building and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki, and continuously optimizing resource usage on AWS. The engineer will also manage backup and disaster recovery procedures for critical systems and collaborate with development teams to containerize services and improve performance.

Success in this role means contributing to a secure, stable, and efficient trading platform infrastructure. This involves enforcing GitHub standards, managing IAM governance, and integrating AI/LLM tools to enhance operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in high-availability, real-time systems and a commitment to maintaining performance within budget constraints.

The salary for this position ranges from $98,000 to $162,000 annually.

Skills that matter here

• Kubernetes: This role involves hands-on experience with Kubernetes for deployment automation and managing containerized applications.
• CI/CD: The engineer will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support the trading platform infrastructure.
• Ansible: This position requires skill in provisioning and configuration management using Ansible for EC2 and other resources.
• Terraform: Experience with Terraform is a plus for infrastructure-as-code automation.
• Docker: The role requires hands-on experience with Docker for containerization and deployment.
• Prometheus: The engineer will build and maintain system metrics and alerts using Prometheus.

Who this role suits

• Someone with at least five years of experience in DevOps or SRE, specifically with high-availability, real-time systems.
• An individual who is security-conscious and experienced in IAM, encryption, and secure system design.
• A person adept at monitoring and optimizing computing resources to manage performance within budget constraints.
• A candidate comfortable evaluating and integrating AI tools for automation and diagnostics.

From the employer

• Design, provision, and maintain scalable infrastructure for our trading systems, including CI/CD pipelines, observability stack, and runtime environments.
• Administer and tune databases such as AWS Aurora, PostgreSQL, and ClickHouse.
• Automate provisioning and configuration of EC2 and related resources using Ansible and other infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform).
• Ensure secure, stable environments through proper VPC design, IAM governance, and secret management.
• Build and maintain system metrics and alerts using Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki.
• Enforce GitHub repo and branching standards across development teams.
• Ensure cost-effective infrastructure usage through continuous monitoring, resource optimization, and cost control strategies across AWS and containerized deployments.
• Manage backup and disaster recovery procedures for all critical systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to containerize services and fine-tune runtime performance.
• Evaluate and integrate AI/LLM tools to improve automation, diagnostics, and operational efficiency.

• 5+ years of DevOps or SRE experience in high-availability, real-time systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS) and cost monitoring tools (e.g., AWS Budgets, Cost Explorer).
• Skilled in provisioning and config management using Ansible; Terraform experience is a plus.
• Proficient in ClickHouse and PostgreSQL; knowledge of kdb+ or InfluxDB is a bonus.
• Solid scripting skills (Python, Bash, or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and deployment automation.
• Familiar with monitoring and logging stacks; experience with Prometheus/Grafana is expected.
• Security-conscious and experienced in IAM, encryption, and secure system design.
• Able to monitor and optimize computing resources to maintain performance within budget constraints.
• Comfortable using AI tools for automation, diagnostics, or efficiency gains.

• Competitive salary
• Attractive annual leave entitlement including: birthday, work anniversary
• Work Flexibility Adoption. Flexi-work hour and hybrid or remote set-up
• Aspire career alternatives through us. Our internal mobility program can offer employees a diverse scope.
• Work Perks: crypto.com visa card provided upon joining.