Staff Engineer, DevOps
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Staff Engineer, DevOps at LearnUpon in Dublin. Lead DevOps architecture, drive technical strategy, and mentor engineering teams. Focus on cloud infrastructure (AWS), Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, and automation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure with business goals. Hybrid role, 1+ day/week onsite.
- Drive technical innovation and shape long-term DevOps architecture and strategy
- Establish and scale CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation
- Champion code quality, system design, scalability, and production reliability
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineering teams
- Collaborate with product engineering and leadership to align infrastructure with business goals
Key requirements
Must-have
- Expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
- Production experience with Kubernetes and Helm
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code frameworks such as Terraform or Ansible
- Experience designing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred)
- Engineering automated tooling using Bash, Python, or Go
- Success leading large-scale technical initiatives
- Track record of mentoring and coaching senior technical talent
- Experience using AI tools to streamline tasks
Nice-to-have
- Familiarity with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD or FluxCD)
- Experience optimizing multi-tenant platform infrastructure in B2B SaaS
Role signals
- Technical focus
- DevOps architecture, automation, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure
- Leadership
- Mentoring
- Architecture / system design
- Indicated in the listing
- Hands-on vs management
- Hands-on
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Full job description
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** Work Mode:** Hybrid 1+ day per week in our Dublin office
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** Department:** Engineering
About the Company
LearnUpon partners with over 1,600 organisations globally to unlock the potential of employees, customers & members through learning that’s easy, scalable and focused on results.
Read more about life at LearnUpon here.
About the Team
Our Engineering team builds and delivers our best-in-class, world-scale Learning Management System (LMS). We focus on architectural excellence, reliability, and technical innovation across multiple teams and services. Operating with high ownership and deep technical expertise, we champion engineering best practices, seamless automation, and a strong culture of collaborative mentorship to support LearnUpon's global product growth.
About the Opportunity
As a Staff Engineer, DevOps, 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.
In addition, you’ll be responsible for:
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Architecture & Strategy: Drive technical innovation, shape our long-term technical roadmap, and establish scalable DevOps architecture across multiple platform services
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Automation & CI/CD: Establish and scale robust CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation, driving best practices across the engineering organization
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Operational Excellence: Champion absolute standards for code quality, system design, scalability, and cloud production reliability
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Mentorship & Leadership: Provide strategic technical guidance, acting as a prominent role model to uplevel the skills of our entire engineering and senior technical talent pool
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Stakeholder Alignment: Collaborate closely with Product Engineering and cross-functional leadership to align infrastructure capabilities with business goals
Skills & Experience
** Must-Haves **
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Proven expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly within AWS environments, with an advanced understanding of production scalability, security, and reliability
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Strong production experience working with Kubernetes and Helm charts as the foundational layer for container platform orchestration
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Deep proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks like Terraform or Ansible, focusing on modular and reusable architecture patterns
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Extensive background designing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred) and engineering automated internal tooling using Bash, Python, or Go
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Demonstrated success leading large-scale technical initiatives that span across multiple engineering squads and services
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Track record of mentoring, coaching, and elevating senior-level technical talent
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Experience using AI tools to streamline tasks and improve efficiencies
** Nice-to-Haves **
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Familiarity with GitOps deployment workflows using tools such as ArgoCD or FluxCD
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Prior experience optimizing massive multi-tenant platform infrastructure within a high-growth B2B SaaS architecture
** If you don’t tick every box but believe this role is a mutually good fit, please don’t hesitate to apply. We’d love to hear from you.*
Why choose LearnUpon?
From comprehensive rewards and generous time off to meaningful investment in your growth and development, LearnUpon gives you the support, trust, and opportunity to do the most impactful work of your career.
Learn more here.
Hiring Process
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Qualified applicants may be invited to an initial screening call with a member of our TA Team.
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Successful candidates will be invited to a series of practical interviews.
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Finally, candidates will have an interview with our CTO.
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Successful candidates will be contacted with an offer to join our team.
*Note: At LearnUpon, we utilise AI to enhance the speed and quality of our screening and assessment practices, but our hiring decisions are always human. *
If you need any accommodations during the hiring process, please reach out to us at peopleops@learnupon.com.
** 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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Your interview focus
Based on this listing, the Staff Engineer, DevOps role at LearnUpon is a senior technical leadership position focused on shaping DevOps architecture, driving automation and CI/CD best practices, and mentoring engineering teams within a cloud-native, AWS-based environment.
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)·Medium
- Kubernetes & Helm·High
- IaC & Automation·High
- Technical Leadership·Medium
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Your 30-minute plan
Review AWS, Kubernetes, and Helm Experience
0–8 minList and summarize your most relevant projects involving AWS, Kubernetes, and Helm, focusing on scalability, reliability, and production challenges.
Prepare IaC and CI/CD Case Studies
8–15 minSelect 1-2 examples where you designed modular IaC and automated CI/CD pipelines, and outline the problems solved and outcomes achieved.
Reflect on Leadership and Mentorship Stories
15–20 minIdentify specific instances where you mentored senior engineers or led cross-team initiatives, noting your approach and the impact.
Research LearnUpon's Engineering Culture
20–25 minExplore LearnUpon's careers site and social channels to understand their engineering values, team structure, and current initiatives.
Formulate Role-Specific Questions
25–30 minDraft thoughtful questions about DevOps strategy, technical challenges, and leadership expectations to ask during your interviews.
Talking points
, 6 itemsCloud Infrastructure Design and Scalability (AWS)
You should be ready to discuss your experience architecting and scaling production systems on AWS, as this is a core requirement for the role.
Kubernetes and Helm in Production
Prepare examples of how you have used Kubernetes and Helm to orchestrate containers and manage deployments at scale.
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible)
Demonstrate your proficiency in building modular, reusable IaC solutions and how you have automated infrastructure provisioning.
CI/CD Pipeline Design and Automation
Be ready to explain how you have designed, implemented, and scaled CI/CD pipelines, especially using GitLab, and automated internal tooling.
Technical Leadership and Mentorship
Share stories of leading cross-team initiatives, mentoring senior engineers, and elevating engineering standards.
Leveraging AI Tools for Efficiency
Discuss how you have used AI tools to streamline DevOps tasks or improve engineering workflows.
What to research
, 5 itemsAWS Cloud Architecture
Review your experience designing, scaling, and securing AWS-based infrastructure, focusing on production reliability and cost optimization.
Kubernetes and Helm Deployments
Prepare to discuss your hands-on experience with Kubernetes clusters and Helm chart management in production environments.
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible)
Refresh your knowledge of modular IaC patterns, code organization, and best practices for automation and collaboration.
CI/CD Pipeline Automation
Be ready to explain your approach to designing and scaling CI/CD pipelines, especially with GitLab, and integrating automated tooling.
Technical Mentorship and Leadership
Reflect on your experience mentoring senior engineers and leading cross-team technical initiatives.
Questions to ask
, 6 itemsHow does LearnUpon's engineering team approach cross-team collaboration on DevOps initiatives?
Why ask this? To understand the company's culture of collaboration and how DevOps strategy is aligned across teams.
What are the biggest technical challenges currently facing your DevOps architecture?
Why ask this? To identify where your expertise can have the most immediate impact.
How does the team measure the success of DevOps improvements and automation?
Why ask this? To learn about the metrics and KPIs that matter most to the organization.
What opportunities exist for driving technical innovation within the DevOps function?
Why ask this? To gauge the company's openness to new ideas and your potential influence on technical strategy.
How is mentorship and technical leadership fostered within the engineering organization?
Why ask this? To understand expectations for leadership and how you can contribute to team development.
What is the roadmap for adopting or expanding AI tools in DevOps workflows?
Why ask this? To clarify the company's vision for AI integration and your role in shaping it.
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