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DevOps Engineer
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Motion Recruitment . A fast-growing AI-driven fintech startup headquartered in
Downtown Boston
is hiring a
DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer
for a
full-time onsite direct hire
role. As the
first DevOps hire , you’ll take full ownership of the cloud infrastructure and CI/CD strategy powering real-time AI and finance tools used by SMBs across the country. This role is onsite in the Back Bay area and offers a
$170,000–$200,000 base salary , depending on experience. This is a rare opportunity to build and lead the DevOps foundation at a high-impact startup that's redefining how businesses access capital. You’ll work directly with engineering and product leadership to design secure, scalable infrastructure, automate deployments, and drive observability across systems. If you're excited by complex, high-ownership challenges—like migrating from DigitalOcean to AWS ECS, scaling Django-based underwriting engines, and designing IaC with Pulumi—this is the place to do your best work. Required Skills & Experience
5+ years of hands-on DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience Deep AWS expertise (ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, MWAA) Strong experience with Django applications in production environments Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi or Terraform) Experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions Skilled in Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes a plus) Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices Python/Django test automation experience Desired Skills & Experience
SOC2 or other compliance familiarity Database performance optimization Experience leading cloud migrations (DigitalOcean → AWS ECS) Monitoring setup with Prometheus/Grafana What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown
40% AWS Infrastructure (ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3) 25% CI/CD & IaC Automation (Pulumi, GitHub Actions) 20% Data Pipeline & Underwriting Engine Support (Airflow, Django) 10% Monitoring & Security 5% Cross-Team Enablement / DevOps Culture Daily Responsibilities
80% Hands On 10% Strategic DevOps Planning 10% Team Collaboration / Cross-functional Support The Offer
Salary, Bonus, Equity You Will Receive The Following Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Paid Vacation Time Equity Options Posted By: Shane Tomlinson Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Engineering and Information Technology Industries
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DevOps Engineer
role at
Motion Recruitment . A fast-growing AI-driven fintech startup headquartered in
Downtown Boston
is hiring a
DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer
for a
full-time onsite direct hire
role. As the
first DevOps hire , you’ll take full ownership of the cloud infrastructure and CI/CD strategy powering real-time AI and finance tools used by SMBs across the country. This role is onsite in the Back Bay area and offers a
$170,000–$200,000 base salary , depending on experience. This is a rare opportunity to build and lead the DevOps foundation at a high-impact startup that's redefining how businesses access capital. You’ll work directly with engineering and product leadership to design secure, scalable infrastructure, automate deployments, and drive observability across systems. If you're excited by complex, high-ownership challenges—like migrating from DigitalOcean to AWS ECS, scaling Django-based underwriting engines, and designing IaC with Pulumi—this is the place to do your best work. Required Skills & Experience
5+ years of hands-on DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience Deep AWS expertise (ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, MWAA) Strong experience with Django applications in production environments Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi or Terraform) Experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions Skilled in Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes a plus) Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices Python/Django test automation experience Desired Skills & Experience
SOC2 or other compliance familiarity Database performance optimization Experience leading cloud migrations (DigitalOcean → AWS ECS) Monitoring setup with Prometheus/Grafana What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown
40% AWS Infrastructure (ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3) 25% CI/CD & IaC Automation (Pulumi, GitHub Actions) 20% Data Pipeline & Underwriting Engine Support (Airflow, Django) 10% Monitoring & Security 5% Cross-Team Enablement / DevOps Culture Daily Responsibilities
80% Hands On 10% Strategic DevOps Planning 10% Team Collaboration / Cross-functional Support The Offer
Salary, Bonus, Equity You Will Receive The Following Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Paid Vacation Time Equity Options Posted By: Shane Tomlinson Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Engineering and Information Technology Industries
Staffing and Recruiting
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