Interop Labs: DevOps Lead

Headquarters: Remote

About the Role

As DevOps Lead, you will drive our DevOps strategy, ensuring the reliability and scalability of Axelar’s infrastructure. You’ll lead a team of engineers, fostering a culture of automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. You’ll work closely with engineering teams to support development and production environments, optimizing deployment pipelines and improving system reliability.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, guiding best practices in infrastructure automation, security, and reliability.
Own and enhance our CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth and automated deployments across multiple blockchain ecosystems.
Improve monitoring, alerting, and observability across the stack using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and other monitoring solutions.
Optimize infrastructure for scalability, security, and cost-efficiency, leveraging Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud services like AWS.
Drive automation initiatives, minimizing manual operations and improving deployment workflows.
Collaborate with engineering teams to improve DevOps practices, troubleshooting issues and enhancing development workflows.
Ensure high availability and reliability of our services, proactively identifying and addressing infrastructure bottlenecks.
Stay ahead of emerging technologies in Web3 DevOps, continuously improving our stack to support blockchain interoperability.

Requirements

Proven experience in DevOps with a strong background in infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and cloud services.
Experience leading a DevOps function or team, mentoring engineers, and driving strategic improvements.
Hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or similar).
Strong scripting, automation and IaC skills (Bash, Python, Javascript, Terraform, etc.).
Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or similar).
Understanding of blockchain networks, DeFi protocols, or decentralized infrastructure is a plus.
Self-starter with a problem-solving mindset, thriving in a fast-paced, distributed team.

Benefits

Autonomous, distributed environment with the opportunity to work collaboratively in a diverse team worldwide.
The scope to contribute to high-impact work and make a difference in a decentralized protocol.
The chance to challenge yourself whilst learning heaps of stuff in the process.
Unlimited time off throughout the year to rest and recharge.
Competitive compensation with stock options, experiencing growth from the initial phase.

To Apply

https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/interop-labs-devops-lead