Senior DevOps Engineer

Localcoin, founded in 2017 with headquarters in Toronto, is on a mission to simplify the process and experience of buying or selling digital currencies globally. We envision bringing digital currency to the mainstream financial market through partnerships with leading corporate and franchised retail spaces. With terminals across Canada, Poland, and the APAC region—including Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand—Localcoin is now the fastest-growing Bitcoin ATM operator in the world.

At its core, Localcoin believes that everyone should be able to own cryptocurrency and have a deep understanding of blockchain technology. As a member of our rapidly growing team, you'll join a talented, dynamic group of team members who will encourage you to learn, grow, and thrive in your career every step of the way.

If you're a self-starter looking to hone your skills in a startup environment that fosters innovation, transparency, and team connectivity, we look forward to hearing from you!

THE ROLE
Salary Range:  $150,000 - $180,000

We are seeking a  Senior Dev Ops Engineer  with deep AWS expertise, multi-account architecture experience, and strong leadership capability. This role owns our cloud infrastructure strategy, CI/CD systems, security posture, observability stack, and infrastructure governance across production and regulated environments.

This is a hands-on technical role with a strong emphasis on execution (80%), complemented by mentoring, coaching, and knowledge transfer (20%) to other team members. The role is responsible for designing and delivering resilient systems that meet SLAs while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.

This position will be based out of our Etobicoke, ON office, with an expectation of working in-office two days per week.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
Cloud Architecture & Multi-Account Strategy
Design and manage AWS Organizations across multiple accounts
Architect multi-region, highly available systems aligned with defined SLAs
Implement expert-level IAM governance (least privilege, Verified Permissions, SSO)
Continuously evolve cloud architecture to support fintech-grade reliability and compliance

Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD Leadership
Lead advanced Terraform implementations across multi-account environments
Design scalable module architecture and state management strategies
Own and scale Git Lab CI/CD pipelines and SaaS runners
Build AMI pipelines and infrastructure automation using Python, Go, or Bash aiming deterministic builds
Improve deployment velocity without compromising security

Containers, Orchestration & Observability
Architect and operate Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS environments
Implement observability using Datadog (preferred) or Prometheus/Thanos
Define SLIs/SLOs aligned to business SLAs
Lead incident response and root cause analysis
Architect and operate RDS databases

Security & Compliance
Resolve CIS Benchmark and Security Hub findings
Harden AWS environments and container workloads
Manage secrets via Vault or AWS Secrets Manager
Support PCI or regulated fintech/crypto requirements
Strengthen our cloud security stack across infrastructure and pipelines

Edge, Connectivity & Cloudflare
Design secure edge networking and connectivity patterns
Support secure connectivity for crypto infrastructure components
Lead cloud migration efforts when required

Fin Ops & Governance
Implement cost optimization and tagging strategies
Clean up unused resources and reduce cloud waste
Build architecture documentation and operational runbooks
Drive infrastructure governance and platform standards

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
7–10 years in IT infrastructure/cloud engineering
5+ years owning production AWS environments
Deep AWS architecture expertise (multi-account, security stack, networking)
Advanced Terraform…