Polygon Labs06.03.26
AI SCORE 8.5

Senior DevOps Engineer - Remote Position at Polygon Labs

$140K–$200K/year

About the Role

We're hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to join Polygon Labs' innovative team. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing and building a secure, scalable, and cloud-native foundation for our new payments platform. This Senior DevOps Engineer remote position offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of finance and decentralized technology.

What You'll Do

  • Design, build, and operate the cloud infrastructure powering Polygon Labs’ payments platform, focusing on Google Cloud Platform.
  • Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, emphasizing modularity, reusability, and long-term scalability.
  • Collaborate closely with application engineers to define infrastructure requirements and support CI/CD pipelines, observability, and runtime operations.
  • Apply security-first principles across networking, compute, and deployment workflows to ensure high availability, integrity, and performance.
  • Automate deployment and operational processes to improve reliability and developer experience.
  • Establish and evolve infrastructure best practices aligned with site reliability engineering principles.

Requirements

  • 6 or more years of experience building and operating cloud-native infrastructure in production environments.
  • Strong hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, container orchestration, and CI/CD systems, including Terraform and Kubernetes.
  • Professional experience operating workloads on Google Cloud Platform or another major cloud provider such as AWS or Azure.
  • Demonstrated ability to design secure, highly available systems and apply site reliability engineering best practices.
  • Experience working in fast-paced, product-focused engineering teams with a strong bias toward automation.

Nice to Have

  • Experience supporting production systems that handle financial or other sensitive data.
  • Familiarity with observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
  • Google Cloud certifications, such as Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer or Cloud Architect.
  • Exposure to blockchain infrastructure or decentralized finance systems.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working across functions and disciplines.

What We Offer

  • Remote first global workforce with a flexible work environment.
  • Industry-leading Medical, Dental, and Vision health insurance.
  • Company matching 401k with 3% match.
  • $1,500 Home Office Set Up Allowance (lifetime max).
  • $200 Annual Book Allowance Program.
  • $75 Monthly internet or phone reimbursement.
  • Flexible Time Off and a company-wide wellness Friday day off per quarter.
  • Company issued laptop and various employee wellness benefits.
Why This Job8.5 of 10

This Senior DevOps Engineer role at Polygon Labs offers a unique opportunity to work remotely on cutting-edge blockchain technology with excellent benefits.

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Who Will Succeed Here

Proficient in Terraform and Kubernetes, with hands-on experience in deploying and managing scalable applications in cloud environments such as GCP, AWS, or Azure, ensuring a solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Self-motivated and disciplined to work effectively in a remote setting, demonstrating strong time management skills and the ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues.

A mindset geared towards continuous improvement and innovation, actively seeking out new technologies and methodologies in Site Reliability Engineering to enhance system reliability and performance.

Learning Resources

Terraform Documentationguide

Career Path

Senior DevOps Engineer(Now)Lead DevOps Engineer or Cloud Architect(1-2 years)Director of DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering(3-5 years)

Market Overview

Market Size 2024
$7.5B
Annual Growth
22.5%
AI Adoption
45%
Investment
+150%
Labour Demand
+35%
Avg Salary
$145K

Skills & Requirements

Required
TerraformKubernetesGoogle Cloud Platform
Growing in Demand
GitOpsKubernetes SecurityServerless Architecture
Declining
Traditional System AdministrationManual Deployment Processes

Domain Trends

Increased Adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Over 60% of organizations are adopting IaC tools like Terraform to manage their infrastructure, leading to faster deployment times and reduced operational costs.
Shift Towards Multi-Cloud Strategies
Approximately 70% of enterprises are implementing multi-cloud strategies, necessitating skills in Terraform to manage resources across platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Growing Emphasis on Security in DevOps
Around 55% of organizations are integrating security practices into their DevOps pipelines, increasing the demand for security-focused tools and practices in Terraform and Kubernetes.

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