Founding DevOps/Platform Engineer

7 days ago

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada TeamBuilder Consulting Full time $1,800,000 - $2,000,000 per year

About the Role

Our client is seeking a
hands-on DevOps Leader
to drive operations and systems while contributing directly as a power IC (individual contributor). This is a
founding-level role
that focuses on
building, scaling, and maintaining cloud infrastructure
while ensuring reliability, scalability, and security across our systems.

You'll be the first DevOps hire, responsible for
owning the infrastructure (GCP, Postgres, OpenAI integrations, etc.)
and setting the foundation for world-class operations. The right candidate thrives in fast-moving environments, takes ownership, and ships quickly without sacrificing quality.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the
    lead for operations and systems
    , owning all aspects of infrastructure.
  • Build, scale, and support our
    cloud environment
    (GCP, Postgres, OpenAI integrations).
  • Architect and manage
    CI/CD pipelines
    (Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, or similar).
  • Ensure
    operational excellence
    : monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving outages (including off-hours support if needed).
  • Implement containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and automated testing for cloud deployments.
  • Drive adoption of observability practices (Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Alerting).
  • Implement advanced
    security and compliance frameworks
    (SOC2, HIPAA, ISO).
  • Optimize databases for scalability, performance, and reliability.
  • Ship fast while balancing
    long-term reliability and quality
    .

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of professional engineering experience
    (Staff/Principal level).
  • Currently in an
    IC role
    and actively engaged in
    hands-on work
    (not management-only).
  • Strong DevOps/Infrastructure background with
    Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
    .
  • Experience with
    containerization and orchestration
    (Docker, GKE).
  • Advanced skills in
    Infrastructure as Code
    (Terraform, Pulumi, Deployment Manager).
  • Hands-on experience supporting
    cloud-based applications and databases
    (OpenAI, GCP, Postgres).
  • Familiarity with distributed systems and CI/CD practices.
  • Platform Engineering Expertise
  • Available to work onsite in
    Ottawa (150 Isabella)
    — relocation considered for exceptional candidates.

Bonus Skills

  • Full stack development experience (backend-leaning preferred):
  • Proficiency in
    TypeScript, ,
    .
  • Experience building APIs and backend services.
  • Experience with
    AI/LLM development
    :
  • Prompt engineering, Chain of Thought, Multi-Agent systems.
  • LLM orchestration tools (LangGraph, CrewAI, etc.).
  • Production experience with RAG, evals, and LLM-based applications.
  • Broader dev experience (mobile apps, Chrome extensions, telephony APIs).
  • Experience with additional GCP services like
    Cloud Run, BigQuery, CloudSQL
    .
  • Startup or founder experience.
  • Notable side projects or passion work.

Who You Are

  • A
    force of nature
    — a builder who ships fast and gets things done.
  • Obsessed with
    quality, scalability, and impact
    .
  • A
    true power IC
    who thrives in high-growth, startup environments.
  • Excited to set the
    foundation for infrastructure and engineering culture
    at a company built to scale.

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