DevOps Engineer

About Harbor.ai

Harbor.ai is an Insur Tech startup aiming to revolutionize the enterprise insurance market. Our technology simplifies the process for insurance brokers to identify optimal coverage for their clients continuously, and this is just the beginning. Our mission is to revolutionize underwriting for better, faster, and smarter processes. As we pursue this goal, we are implementing a data-driven business model that fundamentally reshapes how insurance products are sold.

Established in 2018, Harbor.ai is venture-backed and based in New York.

This position is 100% on-site at our New York City headquarters.

We’re looking for a Dev Ops Engineer to own the cloud infrastructure that supports our engineering teams. In this role, you’ll design and maintain AWS environments, run production Kubernetes clusters, and build automation that lets developers ship code confidently. You’ll create CI/CD systems, set up monitoring and alerting, and respond to incidents while building the tools and processes that prevent future issues.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll write Infrastructure as Code, optimize containers, and work directly with engineering to keep our platform reliable as we grow.

• 2+ years in Dev Ops roles
• Strong AWS expertise (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, VPC, IAM, Cloud Formation)
• Kubernetes administration and container orchestration in production
• Hands-on containerization experience (Docker, registries)
• Solid grasp of cloud security, networking, and compliance
• Production Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform/Terragrunt
• CI/CD pipeline development (Git Lab CI/CD, Git Hub Actions, or Jenkins)
• Python and Bash scripting for automation

• CI/CD:
  Git Lab CI/CD (primary)
• Containerization:
  Docker
• Cloud Platform: AWS
• Infrastructure:
  Terraform, Terragrunt, AWS Cloud Formation
• Monitoring abilities

• Built production environments from scratch
• Platform engineering for microservices architectures
• Advanced monitoring and observability
• Database operations (Postgre
  
  SQL, Redis, Mongo
  
  DB)
• Startup or fast-growth company experience
• Compliance implementation (SOC II, GDPR, HIPAA)
• Git Ops and modern deployment patterns

• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure
• Run production Kubernetes clusters and optimize container performance
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe deployments
• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
• Automate infrastructure and configuration management
• Handle incidents and run post-mortem reviews
• Implement security controls and maintain compliance
• Optimize infrastructure spending and performance

Please note that any emails from recruiters will be printed, then ceremoniously disposed of.

Harbor.ai is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to

Individual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable; bonuses are not guaranteed.

Harbor.ai is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We may use your information to maintain the safety and security of Harbor.ai, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law. Additionally, Harbor.ai in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.

Accommodations
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