Remote Head of DevOps
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Job description
- Define and execute our DevOps strategy to align infrastructure growth with our business objectives
- Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team while fostering a culture of automation and accountability
- Oversee multi-cloud Kubernetes clusters and ensure environmental changes are managed through automated IaC and GitOps
- Standardise deployment processes and build self-service tools for secrets management and infrastructure provisioning
- Define and implement SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure the stability and performance of critical services
- Oversee our monitoring stack and establish formal incident response and post-mortem processes
- Enforce security by design and maintain adherence to ISO 27001 and SOC 2 frameworks
- Lead infrastructure consolidation initiatives and monitor cloud expenditure to identify cost-saving opportunities
Technologies:
- AWS
- Blockchain
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- DevOps
- GCP
- GitOps
- Kafka
- Kubernetes
- NATS
- Security
- Terraform
- Web3
- microservices
- AI
- Support
Requirements
- 8+ years in DevOps or infrastructure, including 3+ years in a management role
- Proven experience scaling DevOps teams in fast-paced, high-growth tech environments
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes cluster management, networking, and security
- Extensive experience with Terraform and GitOps practices
- Proficiency managing multi-cloud environments, including AWS, Hetzner, and GCP
- Strong understanding of service mesh and microservices architecture
- Solid experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and tracing
- Practical experience implementing security best practices within CI/CD
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Balanced strategic mindset with strong hands-on problem-solving ability
- Experience building developer-centric platform engineering tools
- Experience managing multi-provider cloud footprints and resource optimisation
- Experience leading high-pressure incident resolution and system recovery
- Experience coaching senior engineers and developing future technical leaders
- Experience designing standardised, scalable engineering workflows
- Nice to have: experience in blockchain, decentralised finance, Kafka or NATS, chaos engineering, CDN optimisation, edge-based service delivery, and knowledge of 1inch protocols and the Web3 landscape
Benefits & conditions
We are 1inch, a DeFi ecosystem building financial freedom for everyone. Our products help users and builders trade, hold, and track digital assets with self-custody, strong security, and an intuitive user experience. Our protocols and APIs provide core infrastructure across the DeFi industry and beyond. We are looking for a Head of DevOps to lead our infrastructure and platform engineering function, transforming it into a world-class platform team. We prioritise candidates based in Dubai, and we also consider remote candidates in our European hub locations in the UK, Spain, or Germany. Youll join a young, creative, and supportive team where we welcome new ideas, offer competitive pay, unlimited vacation days, and fully compensated work gear.