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Senior DevOps Engineer

Posted 21 Days Ago
Hybrid
Metropolitan Area Apt, ON
Senior level
Hybrid
Metropolitan Area Apt, ON
Senior level
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will maintain and improve Frontify's cloud infrastructure, optimize web servers, manage databases, implement containerization with Docker, and enhance system performance monitoring. You will collaborate with developer support teams and document processes to streamline workflows and resolve issues.
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We're all about helping brands turn ideas into impact.


Frontify’s brand platform transforms how teams organize digital assets, collaborate on projects, and create engaging campaigns. Our people empower thousands of marketers and designers — including teams at Uber, Microsoft, Volkswagen, and Telefónica — to build engaging brands.


With headquarters in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and offices in London and New York City, we share a vibrant culture built on creativity, collaboration, inclusion, and joy. And we’re on the lookout for new team members to share our vision. If you’re ready for a brand-new adventure, keep reading!


Your team

Your new team is a group of motivated, collaborative, and innovative people. They are Designers, Product Managers, and Developers from more than seven different countries. They enjoy working together to create and evolve a well-loved product but always keep room for new ideas and approaches. Outside of work, some of them are parents, gamers, bookworms, adrenaline junkies, and so much more.


Your Mission

You’ll ensure that Frontify’s system infrastructure is cared for, maintained, and improved – it’s a fast-changing infrastructure, so there’s always something going on. Working closely with the R&D team, you’ll find the root cause of bugs and help the team fix them as well as document relevant processes. Beyond managing the daily infrastructural needs, you’ll be the first point of contact for our Europe- and US-based teams about anything related to the technical aspect of our platform.

Your responsibilities

  • You'll leverage your experience in DevOps to design, maintain, and improve cloud infrastructure.
  • You'll help develop and maintain a robust monitoring and observability framework to ensure system performance, reliability, and early issue detection.
  • You'll manage and optimize web servers, relational databases, and Linux-based systems.
  • You'll utilize expertise in Docker for containerization and manage orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or AWS ECS to ensure smooth deployment and scalability.
  • You'll work with AWS services to build and maintain scalable and secure cloud-based solutions.
  • You'll collaborate closely with Developer Support and Deployment Support teams to streamline workflows, troubleshoot issues, and enhance system deployment processes.

Your story

  • You can work in a hybrid or on-site format within Switzerland where you’re able to work in our St. Gallen office on a regular basis. 
  • You have 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or Systems Engineer role – ideally in the SaaS space.
  • You’re comfortable with web servers (Nginx), relational databases (e.g., MySQL, including replication and performance tuning), and Linux (Amazon Linux/CentOS/RedHat).
  • You have knowledge and experience with Docker containerization, including container orchestration and management (e.g., Kubernetes or AWS ECS).
  • You have worked with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Cloudfront or OpenSearch).
  • You’ve worked with Terraform in the past and can create infrastructure as code for scalable environments.
  • You have knowledge of CI / CD pipelines and have implemented automated build and deployment processes.
  • You have knowledge of Puppet configuration management (Bonus).You’ve worked cross functionally with Developer Support and Deployment Support roles.
  • You’re an IT generalist who’s comfortable shaping and defining the role with us.You have a strong understanding of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog or Grafana).
  • You have experience applying SRE principles such as SLOs, and error budgets.
  • You have worked with incident management processes, including conducting postmortems and driving improvements.
  • You’re comfortable working in a fast-paced, distributed team environment.
  • You speak English fluently.

Why join us?

- Thrive with the tools and support to shape your future at Frontify.

- Be part of a product that connects brands and people with a human touch.

- Enjoy flexibility, opportunities to grow, and exposure to innovative technologies and ideas.

- Join a vibrant, social team—whether you love animals, yoga, or travel, we’ve got the Slack channels for you!


What we offer

- At least 5 weeks of holiday (PTO)

- Paid educational and well-being days off

- Home office setup budget

- Annual salary review

- Localized benefits

- Invite to our summer company meet-up in Switzerland


Important to us

At Frontify, we believe in being true to ourselves: We are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment of vibrant individuals whose diverse perspectives build our collective future. We aim to provide equal opportunities and nurture a workplace free of harassment and discrimination.


Next Steps

Apply: Submit your CV and answer a few questions. We’ll update you on your application.

Talent Partner: Meet our Talent Team to discuss Frontify, the role, and your background.

Team Meetings: Connect with your future team, discuss the role, showcase your skills, and explore your potential new journey.

Join Us: If it’s a match, welcome to Frontify!


We are not here to solve one problem — we are here to change a system. Join us!


We also wanted to let you know that we may run preliminary checks on successful candidates. In the instance we run a preliminary check, it will depend on the role you are applying for and will be done in accordance with the applicable law of the country of employment. We’ll provide you with all the details about the next steps during the interview process

Top Skills

Aws,Docker,Kubernetes,Mysql,Nginx,Linux,Terrraform

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