Lead DevOps Engineer

WHO WE ARE

Equiem is a global SaaS Proptech company revolutionising the real estate industry. We empower property professionals with innovative solutions that streamline their workflows, enhance customer experiences, and drive business growth. Our technology has transformed how landlords digitise their buildings, making them exciting, productive, and vibrant workplaces. 

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team. Given our Global growth, this is the right time to join us and be part of something great!

Based in Melbourne, AUST., you will lead the DevOps team in creating, maintaining, and scaling Equiem’s AWS infrastructure and drive collaboration with our product development teams. Your leadership will focus on improving our automated processes and fostering a team collaboration culture.

This team's primary objective is twofold: first, to ensure a highly available and resilient Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosting infrastructure, and second, to develop platform code that automates infrastructure and builds solutions for the product development team.

This is a global role that requires working across different time zones. Flexibility is essential as you navigate Australian, European and US time zones, occasionally requiring early morning and late-night meetings. While adjusting to different time zones might be necessary, we're dedicated to creating an environment where your commitment is cherished and your well-being matters.

You will be required to complete an Australian Criminal History Check, which we’ll take care of.

Where You’ll Spend Your Time:

• Ensuring the security, availability and resilience of our AWS hosting infrastructure.
• Automating infrastructure (IaC)and optimising CI/CD pipeline to help our development teams move quickly.
• Coaching and mentoring other members of the development team on cloud best practices, emerging frameworks, services and trends.
• Partnering with our development team to build a great product.

Your New Team

• It is highly collaborative and agile.
• Uses a modern technology stack, architecture and practices.
• Has a flexible working culture - remote/office mix that will not change.
• Encourages and cultivates a culture of agility, autonomy and transparency by implementing agile and lean best practices.
• Is friendly, fun and motivated.

WHO ARE YOU?

A proactive leader with a passion for technology and a commitment to fostering team collaboration. You have a knack for problem-solving and a positive mindset, thriving in fast-paced environments.

You demonstrate ownership and pride in your work, with strong communication skills and an eagerness to support your team.

You feel comfortable operating in a dynamic setting alongside talented, motivated individuals.

• Have a strong sense of ownership and pride in the work you do.
• Possess a deep understanding of modern cloud architecture and web application development.
• Constantly learning and hungry for new knowledge.
• A strong sense of initiative and a focus on achieving outcomes.

The Essentials:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience automating infrastructure in a cloud environment on Amazon Web Services
• Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code tools - we use AWS CDK with typescript (other tools include Cloudformation, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Strong experience developing and maintaining CI/CD tools - we use CircleCI (other tools include Jenkins, BuildKite, etc.)
• Experience with programming languages - we use Node and TypeScript (other tools include Python, etc.) and scripting languages (e.g. Bash, PowerShell)
• Knowledge of different types of database systems (PostgreSQL, Elastic Search, etc.)

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

• A vibrant and inclusive work culture that fosters growth and development.
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional advancement.
• Flexible work arrangements for any roles where it makes sense. We are about outcomes, not clock-watching.
• It's important to prioritise our well-being, so take a paid day off annually.
• Paid volunteer leave.
• Paid parental leave - 12 weeks for the primary caregiver/ 4 weeks for the secondary caregiver.
• Ability to purchase additional leave - after 12 months of service.
• Team social events - we do hang out outside of work!
• Access to support from our Employee Assistance Program.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

As a company, we genuinely embrace diversity and inclusion daily. So much so that to us, this goes without saying. For our hiring process, this means that all candidates are accessed based on role requirements, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or on the basis of disability. If you require assistance to be included in our process, please contact people@getequiem.com, quoting the job title and reference number.

HOW TO APPLY

We move quickly and applications close upon discretion, so if you don’t want to miss out, apply today! We respect the time it takes to apply to roles, appreciate your interest in Equiem, and will respond as a matter of priority to all applications.

We can only accept applicants with full, unrestricted work rights in Australia. You will be required to complete an Australian Criminal History Check, which we’ll take care of.