Senior DevOps Engineer
Handoff.com
Office
São Paulo
Full Time
Why join us?Handoff is the AI agent that runs a construction company. We help remodelers automate estimating, streamline operations, and win more work - backed by real-time cost data, intuitive design, and workflows that “speak contractor.” With over 10,000 monthly active users and $6B in annualized project volume already flowing through our platform, we’re becoming the trusted partner for the people who build our homes.We are backed by $25M+ raised from Y Combinator, Initialized, and Greycroft. Our team is distributed across hubs in Austin, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires, and we are deeply focused on building intuitive, high-impact solutions that make a real difference for our users.
Senior DevOps Engineer at HandoffThis is a hands-on, ownership-driven role focused on keeping Handoff’s platform reliable, fast, and cost-efficient as we scale.You’ll own production infrastructure, observability, and deployment systems, ensuring engineers can ship safely and customers can rely on the product during mission-critical workflows. You’ll work closely with Backend, Frontend, QA, Data, and AI teams to reduce operational risk, improve developer velocity, and continuously simplify how the platform is run.This is not a “ticket-taker” role. You’ll help shape how we operate production.
Senior DevOps Engineer at HandoffThis is a hands-on, ownership-driven role focused on keeping Handoff’s platform reliable, fast, and cost-efficient as we scale.You’ll own production infrastructure, observability, and deployment systems, ensuring engineers can ship safely and customers can rely on the product during mission-critical workflows. You’ll work closely with Backend, Frontend, QA, Data, and AI teams to reduce operational risk, improve developer velocity, and continuously simplify how the platform is run.This is not a “ticket-taker” role. You’ll help shape how we operate production.
What you'll do
- Build, operate, and evolve cloud infrastructure that supports backend, data, and AI workloads
- Own production reliability through strong observability, alerts, and incident response practices
- Improve CI/CD pipelines so teams can ship frequently and safely with confidence
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues across Kubernetes, cloud services, databases, and caching layers
- Reduce cloud spend through practical, data-driven cost optimizations
- Automate operational work to eliminate manual processes and prevent recurring issues
- Create and maintain runbooks and operational documentation to speed up incident resolution
- Partner with engineering teams to identify reliability risks early and address them proactively
About You
- Bachelor’s degree (or similar) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles operating production systems
- Strong experience with AWS, including core services for compute, networking, storage, IAM, and managed infrastructure
- Solid experience running Kubernetes-based systems in production
- Proven ability to own and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
- Strong background in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
- Comfortable debugging complex production issues across infrastructure and application boundaries
- Experience building monitoring, logging, and alerting systems that prioritize signal over noise
- Practical experience with cloud cost optimization and tradeoff-driven decision making
- Comfortable automating operational tasks using Python, Bash, or Go
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment where systems are evolving and priorities shift
What we offer
- 💸 Competitive salary in USD
- 💰 Attractive stock options
- 🌴 Unlimited PTO
- 🚛 Relocation allowance
- 👨💻 Top-notch equipment
- 🧳 Team offsites around the world - we've already been to more than 5 countries!