Tired of the inefficiencies and complexities of traditional finance? We are too. At Superstate, we create investment products that benefit from the speed, programmability, and compliance advantages of blockchain tokenization.
As a Staff DevOps Engineer at Superstate, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining highly reliable, scalable infrastructure that powers our financial products. You'll architect robust systems that ensure our platforms deliver exceptional performance, availability, and security at scale. You’ll be wearing many hats across general devops, security, observability, and reliability and help lead these initiatives.
What you'll do
Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure for our web applications and blockchain systemsBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure as codeDevelop comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to ensure system reliabilityLead incident response efforts and conduct post-incident reviews to improve system resilienceImplement security best practices across all infrastructure and deployment processesCollaborate with engineering teams to optimize application performance and reliabilityEstablish SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to measure and improve service reliabilityAutomate operational tasks and reduce manual toil through tooling and process improvementsManage capacity planning and cost optimization for cloud resources
What you'll bring to the team
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field8+ years of professional software engineering or infrastructure experienceExtensive experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure managementExtensive experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi)Strong background in systems engineering, networking, and distributed systemsExpertise in containerization and orchestration (ECS, EKS)Proficiency in languages (Java, Go, Rust, or similar) for automation and toolingDeep understanding of security principles and secure infrastructure practicesExperience with high-availability systems and disaster recovery planningExceptional problem-solving skills with a reliability and security focused mindset
Bonus points if you have experience with these technologies
Microservices architecture and service decomposition strategiesObservability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, etc.)Database administration and optimization (PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS RDS)AWS security services (GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF, Shield, Config)Cloudflare optimization and security configurationsGithub Actions workflows and deployment strategiesCompliance automation for financial services (SOC2, ISO, PCI DSS)Chaos engineering/resilience testing and reliability best practices
Benefits & Perks
Competitive compensationEquity ownershipFlexible vacation policyPaid parental leaveFull medical, dental, and vision insuranceProfessional development and security certification budget
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We welcome qualified candidates of all races, creeds, genders, age, veteran status and sexuality to apply.
Founded in 2023, Superstate is backed by leading investors including Distributed Global, CoinFund, Breyer Capital, Galaxy, ParaFi, 1kx, and Cumberland.
