Staff Backend Engineer, DevOps

Pulley

full-time

Posted on: 9/20/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $185,000 - $220,000 per year

Lead

CloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPrometheusTerraform

About the role

Design and implement scalable deployment infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and release automation systems
Set technical direction for platform infrastructure and lead architecture decisions that improve system reliability, observability, and operational excellence
Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging infrastructure to ensure high system availability
Develop internal tooling and platforms that accelerate engineering velocity and reduce operational overhead
Collaborate with backend engineers to optimize application performance and infrastructure efficiency
Establish best practices for infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration, and cloud resource management
Champion operational excellence through automated testing, deployment guardrails, and incident response procedures
Mentor engineers on DevOps practices and help establish a culture of reliability across the team

8+ years of experience building backend systems with strong focus on infrastructure and DevOps
Expert-level proficiency in Go, with experience building high-performance backend services
Deep experience with cloud platforms (GCP), container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
Strong background in CI/CD systems, automated deployment pipelines, and release management
Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, DataDog) and distributed system monitoring
Track record of improving system reliability, reducing deployment friction, and scaling infrastructure
Systems-thinking mindset with focus on automation, reproducibility, and operational efficiency
Ability to mentor engineers and drive technical excellence across infrastructure practices
Bonus: Experience in fintech or highly regulated environments
Bonus: Background with database performance optimization and infrastructure scaling
Bonus: Experience building internal developer platforms and tooling