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# DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** HiringThing
- **Location:** Portland, OR, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Software as a Service, DevOps, Ruby on Rails, Ansible, Cloud Platform System, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-DevOps-Engineer-HiringThing-053314921093218/

## About the Role

+ 4 years of cloud experience (AWS preferred)
 + 2 years of Infrastructure automation (such as Terraform)
 + Familiarity with Ansible
 + Familiarity with Ruby on Rails
 + Experience managing hosting for SaaS applications
 + Strong written and verbal communication skills
 + Ability to work independently and within a small team
 + Ability to self-direct DevOps strategy
Technologies in Use

 + Ruby on Rails
 + EC2
 + ECS
 + RDS
 + Terraform
 + Ansible
 + Docker

## Description

HiringThing is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our Engineering team. This role will focus on improving our staging and production infrastructure hosted in AWS. This role is responsible for a vital part of our security and deployment procedures, working closely with our CTO and VP of Product to maintain and adjust our strategies as needed. You will deliver and support high-quality services and systems that exceed customer expectations and provide excellent internal stakeholder support. You'll have significant input into product direction, technology decisions, and infrastructure development priorities., HiringThing operates in a flexible environment where employees can be hands-on in helping build the company. This is a 100% remote position , so team members will thrive in a work-from-home (or anywhere) environment. Our team stays connected through daily communication and regular video calls.
Who you will be working with
You will work closely and collaboratively with our smart, thoughtful engineering team who take pleasure in tackling hard problems head-on. You will also work hand-in-hand with every department in the company to ensure that both our platform and our team are supported with the best technology and infrastructure we can provide.
Responsibilities

 + Design, implement, and maintain AWS-hosted, cloud-based infrastructure to support a reliable and scalable SaaS environment
 + Build and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, secure, and consistent software delivery (CI, staging, and production)
 + Monitor and implement metrics for system performance, availability, and security
 + Support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident follow-up activities
 + Plan and exercise our BCDR scenarios
 + Work with the engineering team to proactively identify performance issues
 + Maintain our security policies and SOC II compliance
 + Create and maintain internal documentation of systems, workflows, and operational procedures
 + Manage and participate in our on-call rotation
 + Formulate and present DevOps strategy
 + Identify opportunities to improve observability, scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency
 + Manage Bounty Hunter program


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