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