Lead Ops Engineer
Posted 9 days 18 hours ago by SOLANA FOUNDATION
Permanent
Full Time
Other
England, United Kingdom
Job Description
Lead Ops Engineer 
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Ops Engineer to help operate and maintain the foundation of our software platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in operational engineering, experience with Web3 technologies, and a passion for blockchain.
Responsibilities:
- Help operate and maintain the foundation of the Helio software platform
- Use initiative and experience to get things right from inception, with a high standard of operational excellence, logic, and engineering prowess
- Run and improve a platform that is led by engineering excellence paired with pragmatic approaches to solving problems and delivering financial grade quality throughout our products and services
Requirements:
- Leadership skills
- 5+ years of operational engineering experience in devops or SRE teams, with familiarity with full stack environments utilizing Node, JS/TS, and NoSQL
- Blockchain support utilizing BTC, EVM, and Solana, and debugging interactions across our systems (a plus)
- Natural ability to communicate and problem-solve, whilst being diligent and pragmatic in equal measure
- Experience working with large-scale systems serving 100,000s of customers, with fintech experience a plus
- Experience utilizing the latest CI/CD, APIs, security, collaborative IDEs/systems on public cloud platforms
- Experience using containers, deployment pipelines, focused around GH actions and automated tests
- Passion for automation and defining everything via CaC to drive platform consistency
- Great querying and database skills, predominantly NoSQL
- Ability to troubleshoot and investigate complex issues across systems
- Desire to build, maintain, and improve anything you work on with a high level of ownership
Benefits:
- Competitive pay with annual bonuses
Remote restrictions:
- Workday must overlap by at least 8 hours with London, UK
- Must be a resident of the United Kingdom