Senior DevEx Engineer

A Senior DevEx Engineer at Classy is responsible for designing and implementing robust cloud solutions, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, enhancing system performance, and developing an Internal Development Platform. You’ll be essential in shaping the engineering vision and ensuring our services run smoothly to help nonprofits thrive.

To qualify for the Senior DevEx Engineer role at Classy, candidates should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with at least four years in managing scalable cloud infrastructures, preferably in SaaS environments. Experience with cloud services like AWS, IaC tools like Terraform, and proficiency with container technologies is also needed.

Candidates for the Senior DevEx Engineer position at Classy should possess expertise in cloud infrastructure management, proficiency in IaC with Terraform, knowledge of container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, and experience with application performance management tools. Strong coding skills in Java, Kotlin, NodeJS, or PHP are also key.

Classy is dedicated to fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning. Senior DevEx Engineers will have opportunities to engage in professional development, collaborate with diverse teams, and lead initiatives that drive innovation, ensuring that your career can grow hand-in-hand with our mission.

The work environment at Classy for a Senior DevEx Engineer is dynamic and collaborative. You’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact, working in a supportive atmosphere that celebrates accomplishments and encourages innovation. Remote work is also available for this role.

In response, highlight specific projects or roles where you managed cloud infrastructures, focusing on your familiarity with services like AWS, and explaining how you maintained scalability and reliability.

Discuss your experience with automating deployments, ensuring fast and reliable rollout of applications, and how you incorporate feedback while continuously improving the process.

Provide examples from your past experiences where you identified, diagnosed, and resolved issues in diverse environments, emphasizing your analytical and problem-solving skills.

Mention tools like NewRelic, DataDog, or Splunk that you've used, and explain how you've leveraged them to enhance application performance and ensure reliability.

Share specific initiatives you've led or participated in that encouraged creativity and collaboration, illustrating how these efforts impacted the team's productivity.

Discuss your hands-on experience with tools like Terraform, describing how you’ve implemented IaC to improve consistency and streamline infrastructure deployment.

Outline your understanding of redundancy, automated recovery solutions, and monitoring strategies that contribute to the resiliency of systems under high loads.

Talk about the blogs, forums, webinars, or conferences you regularly follow to keep your skills current and how this knowledge informs your work.

Provide an example where you coordinated among diverse teams, focusing on your leadership style, the challenges faced, and how you achieved the project goals.

Discuss your passion for innovation and the excitement of solving problems in a startup context, and how these factors inspire you to deliver high-quality results.