Job description

Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Location: Remote (EST Time Zone)
Salary Range: up to 4500 USD

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM (EST), Flexible, as long as its consistent, and includes at least 3 hours of overlap with 9 AM - 12 PM EST for potential daily touchpoints

NOTE: INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR POSITION

Company Overview:

Sagan is an exclusive membership community for top executives, founders, and CEOs seeking to hire and maximize the impact of international talent. We bridge the gap between global talent and US-based businesses, connecting candidates from vibrant regions like Latin America, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Africa with leading American companies. Discover a world of career possibilities with Sagan.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong full-stack development expertise to join our team. This role is ideal for someone with 5+ years of experience who thrives in a collaborative environment and can help improve our development processes, infrastructure, and deployment workflows. You'll work closely with our team to build and scale a modern web application and Chrome extension, while implementing best practices in DevOps and CI/CD automation.

Tech Stack:

Backend: Node.js with TypeScript (potentially using Firebase)
Frontend: React with TypeScript and React Router
Chrome Extension: React/TypeScript
Build Process: Vite for bundling
Infrastructure & DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, dependency management, testing environments
Additional Considerations: Experience with event-driven systems, distributed systems, and web workers is a plus

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain both the frontend (React/TypeScript) and backend (Node.js/TypeScript) components of our application
Optimize and manage DevOps pipelines, including CI/CD automation, dependency management, and testing environments
Improve system reliability, scalability, and deployment efficiency
Work closely with the team to establish best practices for infrastructure, deployment, and monitoring
Ensure seamless integration between backend services, frontend applications, and Chrome extensions
Troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks in both the application and infrastructure

Skills & Qualifications:

Required:

5+ years of full-stack development experience (flexible based on skill level)
Strong expertise in Node.js and React, particularly in a TypeScript environment
Hands-on experience in CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and cloud infrastructure
Experience with Firebase.
Experience with Google Cloud Platform for AI workloads
Strong team collaboration experience, comfortable mentoring and helping establish best practices
Proactive problem-solver with a strong ability to optimize development and deployment workflows

Nice-to-Haves:

Experience with event-driven systems, distributed systems, or web workers
Prior work with serverless architectures or microservices
Knowledge of security best practices in cloud infrastructure
Experience with Vite for bundling and optimizing build processes

Please note: To ensure prompt processing of your application, we kindly request that you submit your resume and an introductory video in English format.

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