Lead DevOps Engineer | Remote | ClimateTech

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Lead DevOps Engineer

We’re partnering with a high-growth, mission-driven technology startup that’s building a complex, data-heavy platform already used at serious scale. The product is live, growing fast, and now hitting the point where infrastructure, reliability, and developer experience really matter.


They’re looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to take ownership of how software is built, deployed, and operated — working directly with the CTO and engineering leadership.

This is a true hands-on leadership role: not managing tickets, but designing the platform, setting standards, and removing friction so engineers can move fast without breaking things.


What you’ll be doing

  • Owning cloud infrastructure and deployment strategy end-to-end
  • Building modern Infrastructure as Code and moving toward fully automated environments
  • Designing containerised deployments and scalable release workflows
  • Creating fast, reliable CI/CD pipelines with proper testing and rollback
  • Solving real-world problems around large datasets, migrations, and environment parity
  • Making local development and onboarding genuinely easy for engineers


What they’re looking for

  • Strong DevOps / platform engineering background (AWS-heavy)
  • Someone who enjoys designing systems, not just maintaining them
  • Experience improving reliability, automation, and developer productivity
  • Comfortable working in fast-moving startup environments
  • Able to balance pragmatism with long-term technical quality


Why this is interesting

  • Real ownership — you define how the platform runs
  • Direct access to decision-makers, no layers of management
  • Meaningful scale and complexity (not toy infrastructure)
  • A team that values engineering quality and autonomy
  • Clear opportunity to grow into a broader technical leadership role


If you enjoy building the foundations, taking responsibility, and leaving things better than you found them, this is a genuinely exciting opportunity.

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Location:
Leeds
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Technology

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