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Lead Engineer, DevOps

Code and Theory
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 3/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/29/2025

Our Engineering team ensures Code and Theory delivers scalable, high-performance, web applications that delight users. We always strive to balance the demanding nature of working on cutting-edge technologies with the real-world demands of high-performance web applications. Working in collaboration with our multi-disciplinary engineering, design, and quality assurance teams, you will build software that solves real-world problems for incredible clients.

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WHAT YOU’LL DO :

  • Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure
  • Understanding the needs of stakeholders and developing solutions for them
  • Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
  • Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
  • Monitoring the processes during the entire lifecycle for their adherence and updating or creating new methods for improvement and minimizing wastage
  • Mentoring and guiding the team member

WHAT YOU’LL NEED :

  • Extensive experience with provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, and Azure
  • Experience with IaC tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Ansible
  • Experience with git and managed git platforms like GitHub, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps
  • Experience building CI / CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, and Jenkins
  • Experience with application containerization and orchestration tooling like docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience with setting up and administering Linux-based systems
  • Experience with designing and implementing serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions
  • Experience with architecting, implementing, and maintaining high-availability systems
  • Experience with edge cloud platforms and CDNs like Fastly and AWS CloudFront
  • Experience with developer platforms like Vercel, Netlify, and WP Engine
  • Experience with security platforms like Snyk and SonarQube
  • Experience with observability platforms such as New Relic, Datadog, and AWS CloudWatch
  • Experience writing automation scripts to solve unique problems using bash, Python and other languages commonly used for automation scripting
  • Experience with configuring web servers, proxies, and load balancers like NGINX and Traefik
  • Experience with implementing cost optimization strategies for managing cloud infrastructure spend
  • Experience with secrets management tools like AWS Secrets Manager and HashiCorp Vault
  • Experience with auditing development workflows and improving developer experience and productivity throughout the software development lifecycle
  • Deep understanding of networking principles, cloud architectures, and web application design
  • Deep understanding of security best practices and experience implementing DevSecOps principles
  • Understanding of application development / deployment principles such as feature flags, blue-green deployments, and canary releases
  • Must be a compelling and clear communicator when collaborating with team members, discussing complex technical topics with others, and authoring architecture diagrams, documentation and PR descriptions
  • Self-motivated and focused on achieving excellence as a team
  • ABOUT US

    Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. With a remote-first approach to our people, we have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Mediacurrent, Rhythm, and TrueLogic.

    Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category : from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.

    The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.

    The target range of base compensation for this role is $140k-$170k. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.

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    Salary : $140,000 - $170,000

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