DevOps Engineer

Summary

SmartRent is a rental housing technology company providing an integrated software, hardware, and support platform. The DevOps Engineer will accelerate infrastructure evolution by building scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions, automating deployments, and supporting AI, IoT, and smart-building systems. The role also focuses on observability, AIOps, cost optimization, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering teams to design, provision, update, and maintain multi-region AWS environments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to support microservices and business growth. Own and maintain our Terraform module library
• Design, build, and maintain Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) workflows across multiple environments, integrating continuous feedback loops and automated testing for rapid, reliable deployments
• Support the infrastructure footprint for smart-building data pipelines, IoT telemetry, and AI/LLM-powered feature rollouts
• Implement AIOps, predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and automated alert responses using DataDog (Logs, Metrics, APM) and CloudWatch to optimize system performance, observability, and uptime
• Drive self-healing infrastructure, intelligent auto-scaling, cost-optimization strategies, and automated incident response workflows. Implement best practices to create secure, observable, and scalable services
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to handle incident escalations, troubleshoot system outages, and ensure high platform availability. Perform other duties as required
• Perform other duties as required

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 2+ years of professional DevOps, Platform, or Cloud Engineering experience
• 2+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to manage cloud resources
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture principles on AWS, GCP, or other cloud computing platforms
• Hands-on programming experience (e.g., Python, Go, or similar functional/object-oriented languages)
• Experience with modern containerization and orchestration tooling (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Collaborative mindset and strong cloud solutions building skills
• Advanced experience maintaining and automating Terraform module libraries for declarative infrastructure deployments
• Deep background in building, securing, and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with AIOps, predictive analytics, and automated telemetry tracking
• Prefer a candidate in Phoenix, AZ to report to our HQ, but open to candidates outside of Arizona

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 2+ years of professional DevOps, Platform, or Cloud Engineering experience
• 2+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to manage cloud resources
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture principles on AWS, GCP, or other cloud computing platforms
• Hands-on programming experience (e.g., Python, Go, or similar functional/object-oriented languages)
• Experience with modern containerization and orchestration tooling (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Collaborative mindset and strong cloud solutions building skills

Nice to Haves

• Advanced experience maintaining and automating Terraform module libraries for declarative infrastructure deployments
• Deep background in building, securing, and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with AIOps, predictive analytics, and automated telemetry tracking
• Prefer a candidate in Phoenix, AZ to report to our HQ, but open to candidates outside of Arizona

Benefits

• For our US employees, this includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance with low deductibles and 75–100% employer contributions.
• Flexible and generous PTO
• A competitive 401(k) with employer contributions
• Paid parental leave
• Discounted insurance plans for pets and legal services
• An employee stock purchase plan