Senior DevOps Engineer

About Tilt

We're building the next century of shopping - making it feel human, communal, and alive again. E-commerce has spent decades optimising for clicks, stripping away the trust, joy, and connection that once made shopping meaningful.

We've recently raised an $18M Series A from the world's best investors to build the next era of commerce. Now, we're hiring elite builders to make it happen

Your Mission

To build, own, and scale the platform that powers Tilt. This is our first dedicated DevOps hire; you'll shape how we deploy, monitor, scale, and speed up everything we ship. You'll be part of the core engineering team, working side by side with product engineers and data leads to keep Tilt lightning-fast and resilient as we grow.

This is a rare opportunity to build from the ground up. If you love creating clean systems, speeding up teams, and building tools that developers love, this role's for you.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will: ️ 0-3 months

• Drastically improve CI/CD pipeline speed to help us ship faster

• Level up monitoring and observability so we catch issues before users do

• Help transition from a legacy REST API to GraphQL infrastructure

3+ months

• Drive AWS cost optimisation and scaling

• Improve Docker builds

• Collaborate with data engineers to keep data synced across systems

• Introduce load testing and better testing environments

• Rework code build processes and make Tilt fully runnable locally

Our Stack

• Infrastructure & DevOps: AWS, Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, Docker, GitLab, CloudWatch, Prometheus

• Backend: Node.js / NestJS, Python, TypeScript

• Frontend: Vue, Nuxt

Who You Are

• Built and scaled cloud infrastructure using AWS

• Experienced in Terraform (or similar tools) in production environments to manage infrastructure as code

• Confident working with Docker and containerised environments

• Knowledgeable in how to set up and tune monitoring and observability tools, and care about catching issues before users do

• Understanding code well (especially TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python) and able to work closely with engineers, even if not writing production code

• Experienced in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, ideally at an early-stage startup or scale-up

• Comfortable being the first in a role and building things from scratch

• You value pragmatism, simplicity, and moving quickly

• Excited about introducing new tools, experimenting with AI, and improving developer experience across the board

Why Tilt

• You'll be joining a mission-driven team backed by world-class investors ( TechCrunch )

• You'll own meaningful systems from day one, with real scope and autonomy

• You'll work alongside curious, kind, and wickedly smart teammates

• You'll help redefine how millions of people shop online

Curious what it's like to work at Tilt? Start here .

Or just download the app on the UK App Store and see for yourself.

Location: Hybrid (3 days a week, including Monday and Thursday, in our Canary Wharf office)

Perks & Benefits

• 29 days off, plus UK bank holidays

• Your birthday off, no questions asked

• Share options to become a true stakeholder in our success

• 3% pension contribution from Month 2 (auto-enrolment)

• MacBook and tech budget to get you set up your way

• Gym membership, including Pelotons at FORA Canary Wharf

• Free Deliveroo if you're working late

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and we're committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse workplace.

If you don't meet every single requirement in the job description, please don't be put off from applying. We value potential and a willingness to learn over ticking every box. Your unique perspective could be exactly what we're looking for.

Let us know if you need any adjustments during the application process. We're happy to help.