Senior DevOps Engineer - Observability

  • Remote - Worldwide

Remote

DevOps

Senior

Job description

This is a contract full-time remote position for those based in Brazil.The initial contract runs through the end of 2025, with the possibility of extension.

About Nearform

Nearform is an independent team of data & AI experts, engineers, and designers who build intelligent digital solutions and capability at pace. We create AI-enabled solutions that enhance digital experiences, empower developers, and deliver measurable results. In these ways, we partner with ambitious enterprises to deliver enduring impact.

Our deep expertise in solving the world’s most complex digital problems, along with our collaborative, people-first approach, enables enterprises to build breakthrough products and modernise legacy systems by unleashing the power of AI.

Today, our team of 500 experts in 20+ countries is trusted by leading enterprises including Lululemon, Puma, Sun Life, Starbucks, Travelex, Virgin Media 02, and Walmart.

The Role

As part of our Engineering function, you will work closely with clients to translate complex business requirements into innovative digital products.

Whether you are a Senior Engineer, Tech Lead, or DevOps Engineer, you will collaborate with distributed teams, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build secure, high-performance applications. Our Nearform engineers are known for building high quality, scalable solutions that solve real world problems.

As a DevOps Engineer at Nearform, you will work on client projects developing infrastructure to support cloud-based applications, creating deployment architecture and continuous delivery pipelines, designing high-availability approaches, and implementing monitoring architecture (dashboards, alerts, escalations).

Essential skills

  • Proficient communication in English (oral and written)
  • Experience delivering at an enterprise level and in a remote agile environment
  • Experience with one or more of the following cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • Experience with observability tooling (Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus etc)
  • Knowledge of observability, monitoring, logging, tracing, and dashboard definition/Integrations
  • Experience working with containers and container orchestration
  • Experience with infrastructure as code technology
  • Experience with CI and building CD pipelines
  • Data storage experience with RDBMS and NoSQL technologies
  • Solid understanding of observability practices across the stack
  • Strong understanding of security best practices across CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and microservices.
  • Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills to work with stakeholders, feeling comfortable in client-facing roles where you will drive technical discussions and advise on best practices and approaches.

Interview Process

1. Talent Call (30 mins, Zoom) An introductory conversation with a member of our Talent Team to learn more about your background, experience, and career goals. We’ll also provide a high-level overview of Nearform and answer any questions you may have. This step helps us assess initial alignment.

2. Technical Assessment (1 hour, Zoom) A live coding challenge with one of our trained interviewers. You’ll be asked to build a working solution to a problem via screen sharing, demonstrating your [selected coding language] expertise, problem-solving ability, and coding best practices in a real-time environment.

3. Hiring Manager Interview (45 mins, Zoom) A conversation with a Hiring Manager focused on your approach to teamwork, client collaboration, and problem-solving in an enterprise development setting. We’ll also share more details about Nearform and the potential projects you may join.

There may also be an additional interview with the client depending on the project.

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re passionate about building high-quality applications, solving complex challenges, and driving innovation in enterprise development, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now via our careers page at Nearform and be part of a team that values technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Nearform is committed to shaping a better world in all that we do. Our global team is built based on respect, inclusivity, diversity and excellence.

If you require any adjustments to the interview process as part of your application, please let someone from our Talent Team know so they can help.

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