Principal DevOps Engineer

Hubstaff

Principal DevOps Engineer overseeing infrastructure and automation for Hubstaff's cloud platform. Collaborating with CTO and engineering teams to improve scalability and performance.

Posted 7/31/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS and GCP, with a strong focus on automation, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring solutions. Proficient in implementing security best practices and improving developer productivity through self-service infrastructure.

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AWS Cloud InfrastructureTerraformKubernetes (EKS)CI/CD PipelinesMonitoring and Observability

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Hard Skills

TerraformKubernetesDockerGitOpsCI/CDPostgreSQLRedisPrometheusGrafanaCloud Security

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingOwnership

Tools & Technologies

GitHub ActionsArgoCDHelmCloudWatchLokiBetter Stack

Industry Keywords

Cloud InfrastructureDisaster RecoveryNetworkingIAMEncryption

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJavaScriptKubernetesLinuxNode.jsPostgresPrometheusRedisRubyRuby on RailsRustTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and operate scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP.
Build and improve Kubernetes, Linux, and cloud networking environments.
Standardize infrastructure using Terraform, Terragrunt, Helm, and GitOps practices.
Improve CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and ArgoCD.
Build monitoring, logging, and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, CloudWatch, and Better Stack.
Strengthen security, disaster recovery, and platform resilience.
Drive platform strategy while remaining hands-on with implementation.
Improve developer productivity through automation and self-service infrastructure.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You've built and operated production cloud infrastructure at scale using AWS (GCP experience is a plus).
You're an expert in Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, Helm, and modern GitOps practices.
You've built reliable CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or similar tools.
You have experience supporting production PostgreSQL, Redis, and distributed systems.
You've implemented monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, CloudWatch, or similar platforms.
You understand networking, IAM, encryption, disaster recovery, and cloud security best practices.
You're comfortable supporting applications built with Ruby on Rails, Go, Rust, or Node.js.
You enjoy solving complex infrastructure problems through automation and ownership.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work alongside experienced engineering leaders on a platform used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.
Own projects from architecture through implementation.
Join a highly autonomous, remote-first engineering culture built on trust and ownership.
Work with modern cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and observability tooling at scale.
Make a direct impact on platform reliability, developer productivity, and customer experience.