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LearnUpon is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer, DevOps to lead the technical strategy and DevOps architecture for their Learning Management System in Dublin.

Responsibilities: Drive DevOps best practices, provide technical guidance and mentorship, collaborate on technical strategies, and resolve complex challenges within the engineering organization.

Skills: 12+ years of DevOps/SRE experience, expertise in AWS and IaC tools, strong CI/CD pipeline optimization skills, and outstanding communication abilities.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include experience in leading engineering initiatives across multiple locations and contributions to open-source projects.

Location: Dublin, with no remote option specified

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between €90,000 - €130,000.

LearnUpon is seeking an exceptional Senior Staff Software Engineer, DevOps to join our Engineering team in Dublin. 

LearnUpon LMS helps organizations train their employees, partners, and customers. Businesses can manage, track, and achieve their unique learning goals — all through a single, powerful solution.

With offices in Dublin (our HQ), Belgrade, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City and Sydney, we are a global team with lots of diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences that puts our customers' experience at the heart of everything we do. Our culture fosters an open, collaborative and supportive environment where our accomplishments are celebrated and encouraged. We're always striving for the best solution (not the easy one). We’re proud of our success and we’re humble and hungry to achieve more. 

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you'll be a key technical leader and role model within LearnUpon. You'll shape the DevOps architecture of our best-in-class LMS, influence our technical strategy, and elevate the skills of our entire engineering organization. Your impact will extend beyond our product, contributing to our mission of building robust, lovable learning products that help customers achieve results.

What will I be doing?

• Drive DevOps best practices around CI/CD, automation, scalability and reliability across LearnUpon's infrastructure and pipelines
• Drive technical innovation and strategic initiatives across multiple teams and services
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to uplevel the entire engineering organization
• Collaborate with Product Engineering teams and cross-functional partners to shape our long-term technical roadmap and strategy
• Identify and solve complex technical challenges that significantly impact LearnUpon's growth and success
• Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, system design, and operational excellence
• Mentor and coach engineers across the organization, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth
• Resolve conflicts and drive alignment between teams, building a cohesive engineering culture

What skills do I need?                                                                               

• 12+ years of exceptional DevOps/SRE experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership in large-scale, distributed systems
• Expertise in cloud platforms (preferably AWS), IaC (terraform, ansible) and strong networking and security experience (VPCs, IAM etc.)
• Strong experience designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines with a focus on Gitlab, FluxCD, python and Go
• Experience with DevSecOps practices and tooling and knowledge on how to build these in to our CI/CD
• Demonstrated success in leading technical initiatives that span multiple teams and services
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Track record of mentoring and elevating the skills of other engineers, including senior-level talent

Don’t worry if you don’t tick every box in order to apply, we’re always happy to review applications and take all experience into consideration. We do our best to provide feedback where we can!

Not required but considered a big plus

• Experience leading engineering initiatives across multiple locations
• Contributions to open-source projects or thought leadership in the software engineering community
• Experience with FinOps around cost management for cloud infrastructure.

Why work with us?

• Competitive salary and company ESOP.
• Comprehensive private health insurance scheme and Company pension scheme.
• 25 days annual leave + 1 annual company wellness day off. 
• Work in a fun and supportive environment with regular team events.
• Excellent career progression - take LearnUpon where you think it can go.

What is the Hiring Process?

Our typical process generally works as follows:

• Qualified applicants will be invited to schedule a screening call
• Successful candidates will then be invited to a series of practical interviews
• Finally, candidates will have a short interview with a member of our C-Suite Team
• The successful candidate will be contacted with an offer to join our team

LearnUpon is an Equal Opportunities Employer. 

We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, age disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, membership of the Traveller community, or any other legally protected status.

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