Senior Engineer - DevOps
Hard Rock Digital, LLC2 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate the internal developer platform on Backstage, including its software catalog, templates, plugins, and scorecards.
- Create golden-path templates and self-service workflows using Backstage Software Templates, Terraform/Terragrunt modules, and CI/CD scaffolding.
- Architect and implement scalable AWS and hybrid-cloud infrastructure exposed through self-service platform interfaces.
- Build and optimize highly available containerized environments using EKS, Kubernetes, and Docker.
- Lead the automation strategy for CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and similar tools.
- Embed security, compliance, identity and access controls, and policy-as-code guardrails into platform workflows.
- Partner with product engineering, SRE, QA, security, and operations teams to convert friction points into platform capabilities.
- Define and track developer experience and platform adoption metrics such as lead time, self-service usage, and ticket deflection.
- Use AI coding assistants, agentic automation, and LLM-powered tooling to accelerate platform delivery and reduce toil.
- Mentor engineers and influence technical direction across cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar roles, including at least 2 years in a senior or lead capacity.
- Hands-on experience building or operating an internal developer platform, with Backstage strongly preferred, including catalog design, software templates, and custom plugin development.
- Demonstrated experience designing self-service workflows and golden paths that reduce toil and ticket volume.
- Expert-level AWS and cloud-native architecture knowledge, including multi-account setups, VPC design, IAM policies, and networking.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, preferably EKS, along with Docker and Helm.
- Advanced Terraform/Terragrunt Infrastructure as Code expertise, including modular and reusable designs for self-service consumption.
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, TypeScript, Node.js, or other relevant scripting and automation languages.
- Experience leading CI/CD initiatives and designing scalable self-service delivery pipelines with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or comparable tools.
- Strong understanding of observability and performance monitoring using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, and Datadog.
- Knowledge of networking, security hardening, and compliance in regulated industries, including automated guardrails.
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction in cross-functional teams.
- Practical fluency with AI development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar tools, including integration into infrastructure workflows, platform tooling, code review, incident response, or documentation.
- AWS Professional Certification, such as Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or SysOps Administrator, is strongly preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits.
- Flexible vacation allowance.
- Hybrid or remote working environment.
- Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand.
- Diverse and inclusive equal opportunity workplace.
Tech Stack
AWSBashDatadogDockerGitHub ActionsGrafanaHelmKubernetesNode.jsPrometheusPythonTeamCityTerraformTypeScript
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About Hard Rock Digital, LLC
Hard Rock Digital builds and operates the Hard Rock brand’s online sportsbook, real-money casino, and social casino products for U.S. customers, including the Hard Rock Bet app. The company develops an in-house odds and pricing platform and other backend systems that power live wagering. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Hollywood, Florida, it serves regulated U.S. markets and is aligned with Hard Rock International and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.