Senior DevOps Engineer

We're looking for a DevOps Engineer to work with our Software Engineers in building and delivering delightful software in a high-functioning team environment. You’ll need excellent interpersonal skills as you work directly with both individual engineers and across the team, presenting new techniques and tools.

If you’re a software developer who has a keen interest and some history in IT system operations, or are from an IT system operations background with some development experience, then this role could be for you.

The role is for someone with a primary interest in development tooling (eg. build software, scripts, dev environment automation), and secondarily in monitoring and infrastructure operations.

Learn more about our Product Vision here!

Responsibilities

A Senior DevOps engineer should be able to show the capability and knowledge required to deliver against these responsibilities.

Strategic Responsibilities

-Lead the creation of tooling to continually improve the development experience and velocity.

-Manage the delivery and operations of the product infrastructure to ensure it meets organizational needs, including delivery reliability, functionality and security.

-Lead the creation and improvement of software development process and quality assurance activities in order to improve product quality.

-Provide coaching, mentoring, and expertise across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Daily Responsibilities

-Manage and maintain the product infrastructure, improving scalability, and assisting and facilitating improved deployment.

-Manage and maintain the development pipeline - build tooling, CI, and automation.

-Implement new tooling and infrastructure configurations to improve development experience and velocity.

-Reviews and provides feedback as an authority, ensuring development standards are performed consistently in line with organization standards

-Fully participates in and provides feedback on the company's software development methodology, driving improvements as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (e.g. Bachelor/Grad Dip. Science/Computer Science/Software Engineering, IT Certification or similar) or equivalent practical experience.
• Either:
• Demonstrated ability and broad experience in software development, and a keen interest in development tooling and operations, or
• Demonstrated ability and broad experience in development tooling and operations, and proven development experience.
• Knowledge of DevOps principles, and experience with software development and quality assurance processes.
• 
  Knowledgeable in or familiar with
• Linux
• GCP or AWS, Kubernetes and containerisation
• PostgreSQL
• Jenkins and Groovy or other scripting languages / CI Platforms
• Bazel (as a plus)

Personal Attributes/Qualities

• Positive work attitude and keen to learn.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of clients and staff.
• Values good quality technical outcomes that meet team needs.
• Able to work both independently and with a team.
• A constructively critical thinker.

Working at HappyCo:

HappyCo strives to build better communities. So naturally, we are dedicated to making our own community an enjoyable place that lets us do our best work. We’re devoted to building an inclusive, supportive culture that empowers each HappyCo’er to succeed and grow. To learn more about our culture, check out our Glassdoor page! 

Our Benefits

++Work from anywhere!

++Opportunity to work for one of the fastest growing technology companies in the PropTech industry

++Generous paid parental leave

++Unlimited time off

++Monthly stipends to support Wellness and Home Office expenses

Find out more about our US benefits here!

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