Welcome to Islands, where innovation meets execution, and bold ideas are turned into world-class products. We’re not your typical tech company—we’re a Product and Venture Studio that works with startups, scale-ups, and also seeds our own SaaS ventures. In just 18 months, we’ve scaled rapidly, building revolutionary software that solves real-world problems across industries. Our global team of 35+ brilliant minds spans Canada and Brazil, and we’re expanding fast. We’re looking for someone like you to help lead the charge.
Our culture is simple:
* Break the rules — be bold, experiment, and push beyond expectations.
* Embrace imperfection — progress trumps perfection in everything we do.
* Have fun along the way — whether it's product sprints or team retreats in exotic locations like Bali or Florianopolis.
Position Overview
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of Islands’ technical innovation, architecting and refining cloud infrastructure to support our groundbreaking products—both client-facing and internal. You’ll design and scale microservice-based architectures, work hands-on with AWS, and ensure our CI/CD pipelines are robust. This role is flexible, suitable for full-time or part-time candidates.
We’re offering an opportunity to redefine how the future works, collaborating with a team that embraces experimentation and innovation at every turn.
Responsibilities
* Design and implement scalable, highly-available cloud infrastructure using AWS and microservices architecture.
* Collaborate with developers to manage cloud resources for core projects, including Frameflow, our AI-powered QA Engineer.
* Lead CI/CD pipeline development, ensuring seamless continuous deployment.
* Oversee infrastructure-as-code practices using Terraform and modern tools.
* Optimize for performance, security, and scalability as products expand into new markets.
* Experiment with the latest DevOps technologies to continually improve infrastructure.
Qualifications
* 5+ years of DevOps experience with hands-on cloud architecture in AWS.
* Proficiency with microservices, containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
* Expertise with CI/CD pipelines and automation, including scalable IaaC with Terraform or similar.
* Experience with version control (Git, Mercurial, SVN), reverse proxies, gRPC, K8s, Github Actions.
* Familiarity with our tech stack and experience as a developer in React, Node.js, Typescript, or Python for Machine Learning.
* Excellent problem-solving skills and an innovative mindset.
* Experience with AWS and GCP.
Why Islands?
* Unlimited vacation — work-life balance is essential for creativity and growth.
* Micro-promotions — continuous growth through small, frequent promotions.
* Annual retreats to Bali, Florianopolis, and other island locations.
* Cutting-edge projects — working on products pushing the boundaries of software development and AI.
* Culture of innovation — we break things fast, fix them faster, and love to experiment. We work hard and have fun.
If you’re ready to join a team building the future of tech and reshaping industries with AI-powered QA solutions, we’d love to meet you.
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