Sr. DevOps Engineer
About Almabase
At Almabase, we are dedicated to making quality education accessible to everyone by empowering universities and schools to cultivate stronger relationships with their alumni, resulting in increased donations. Our mission is driven by key principles:
Democratizing Quality Education: We believe quality education is a powerful equalizer. By enabling alumni to provide scholarships, we foster a cycle of giving that benefits future generations. This mission is inspired by generous acts like this.
Building a Large Profitable Business: We aim to build a capital-efficient, large, and profitable business to support our mission. This approach, which we refer to as Value SaaS, reduces reliance on external investors and fosters greater ownership within our team.
Employee Wellness <> Customer Success: We prioritize the well-being and professional growth of our team members alongside our customers’ success. Our work-from-home policies reflect our commitment to balance.
Our Impact So Far:
3 million alumni connected
450,000 students impacted
$25 million in donations raised
54 million engagement opportunities created
32 months of profitability
Why Should You Join Almabase?
Freedom & Responsibility: We value individuals who are eager to tackle challenging work and push their boundaries. If you thrive on taking ownership and driving your personal growth, this is the place for you. Growth Mindset
Great Salary & Equity: Top performers receive stock options, offering a real opportunity to build wealth as Almabase grows.
Holistic Growth: We support the nurturing of personal goals alongside professional success. Professional success is worth when personal goals are nurtured with equal importance.
Transparency: Experience the entrepreneurial journey first-hand by working closely with us.
Food & Snacks: Enjoy tasty home-cooked food and snacks throughout the day when in the office. Food Culture
Health Insurance: Comprehensive coverage for you and your dependents.
Unlimited Leaves & Work-From-Home: Use your judgment to manage your time effectively. We care about the work being done well and on time.
Comfort of Home: Take breaks, jog, shower, or play on PS5 at work. Occasional Perks
If this excites you, join us for a fulfilling journey at Almabase!
The Opportunity
Almabase is expanding and evolving, and we need dynamic DevOps Engineers to help us make our product offerings more reliable and scalable as we enter new markets. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is eager to grow alongside our company.
As a DevOps Engineer at Almabase, you'll be an integral part of our engineering team, working on projects that directly impact our mission. You will collaborate closely with other developers, product managers, and designers to build scalable, high-quality software solutions. Your daily work will involve:
Infrastructure Optimization: Monitor and optimize our infrastructure for peak performance, ensuring a seamless user experience.
DevOps Pipeline Development: Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes.
Process Automation: Identify opportunities to automate and improve development and release processes, reducing manual effort and increasing efficiency.
Security and Compliance: Identify and implement security measures to protect our systems and data, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Responsibilities
As a DevOps Engineer at Almabase, you core responsibility will be to Enhance Product Reliability and Efficiency which includes:
Release Engineering: Audit and stabilize flaky pipelines. Automate build, test, and deployment workflows.
Infrastructure Management: Manage Azure VMs and bare-metal Ubuntu servers. Monitor usage, plan scaling, and optimize costs.
Automation (Python): Write scripts for deployments, monitoring, backups, health checks, and other recurring tasks.
Nginx Management: Configure routing, SSL, caching, and load balancing. Troubleshoot performance and security issues.
Monitoring and Observability: Use Datadog and Sentry for visibility. Build dashboards, alerts, and diagnostics.
Incident Response: Investigate issues, run root-cause analysis, and implement preventative fixes.
Security and Compliance: Manage secrets, implement network policies, and support SOC2, ISO, and HIPAA requirements.
Technical Problem Solving: Identify and resolve technical issues, leveraging your problem-solving skills to contribute to a seamless user experience.
Collaboration: Work closely with software developers and engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended.
Requirements
Must Have Skills
Min 3 Years of Proven experience as a DevOps engineer.
Proficiency with cloud platforms (at least one of AWS, Azure, GCP)—including typical VM management and basic networking tasks.
Scripting and automation, with Python, Bash, or similar languages.
CI/CD pipeline setup and maintenance using popular tools relevant to the stack (Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.).
Experience with configuration management or Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.).
Understanding of Linux system administration and troubleshooting.
Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK).
Managing and deploying web servers like NGINX.
Handling self-managed databases (basic administration, backup, restore, disaster recovery).
Communication Skills: Strong written communication skills.
What Does Your 1st Year Look Like at Almabase?
Month 1–3 (Foundation & Assessment)
Audit current CI/CD pipelines and release process; document pain points.
Assess infrastructure (Azure + bare-metal), Nginx configs, and monitoring setups.
Identify immediate security gaps and critical reliability issues.
Shadow on-call rotations and learn existing incident response processes.
Deliver small automation scripts to reduce repetitive manual tasks.
Month 4–6 (Stabilization & Early Improvements)
Fix key pipeline flakiness and implement automation for releases.
Harden Nginx configurations and improve deployment scripts.
Implement or improve monitoring dashboards and alerting rules.
Address urgent security gaps (secrets management, network policies).
Start contributing to reliability improvements for seasonal peak traffic.
Month 7–12 (Ownership & Optimization)
Own release engineering process end-to-end with minimal supervision.
Lead initiatives to improve infrastructure scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
Drive automation for recurring operational tasks across teams.
Collaborate with security/compliance teams to ensure SOC2/ISO/HIPAA readiness.
Mentor junior engineers on DevOps practices and on-call best practices.
This role offers a chance to make a significant impact as we grow. If you're passionate about building scalable, reliable systems and eager to be part of a dynamic team, apply now!