Designs, deploys, documents, monitors, and diagnoses cloud-based distributed services and client applications. Provides escalation support, supports AI-enabled software development, manages scaling and databases, maintains CI/CD environments, tests APIs, and monitors application releases and dependencies. The role collaborates across development and operations teams in a fast-moving product company.
At Qu you’ll find a fun, dynamic, and diverse culture that celebrates team and individual success. Our people are down to earth, trail blazin’ folks who value innovation.
While mostly virtual, we collaborate closely to produce leading-edge software solutions much needed in the restaurant industry.
Qu is seeking an enthusiastic DevOps Engineer who’s ready to join a talented, hard-working and ambitious operations team to build and support the next generation restaurant commerce and management engine and cloud-interactive applications.
What You’ll Do Here
- Design, Document, Deploy, and Diagnose cloud and distributed client services and act as escalation support for internal customer service, operations and development teams
- Support operations to accelerate AI-enabled SDLC
Experience We’re Looking For
- Cloud microservice structuring and deployment experience in AWS/Docker/Linux
- Design experience with service and database vertical and lateral scaling
- Service monitoring with CloudWatch, Elaticsearch, OTEL, OpenObserve, Sentry
- Windows 10/11 UWP/MAUI app deployment and OS servicing model
- REST Based Web Services (managing both services and clients of services)
- Database-connected applications in .NET Framework
- Familiarity with C#, Javascript, Python and whitebox debugging
- Testing of APIs using Postman, JMeter, Karate, Insomnia
- Gitflow and CI/CD environments servicing 24/7/365 application stacks, Azure DevOps & Gitlab
- Desired
- Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, Terraform infrastructure as code
- AWS, GCP, Azure
- MongoDB/NoSQL/LiteDB/DynamoDB Database
- AWS ControlTower well-architected framework
- Bedrock AgentCore, Kiro, OpenAI, and Anthropic APIs and models
The Type of Team Player We Need
- Excited and loves to understand complex software
- Proactive mindset - enjoys and exhibits a high-degree of ownership and initiative
- Experience working in a product company or product type software development experience
- Comfortable working in a small company, start-up, fast moving, ambitious environment
- Flexible mindset and able to deal with ambiguity
- Excellent communication - in person, on the phone, and in writing
- Comfortable communicating with a wide range of individuals - including customers, peers, juniors, and seniors and executives
- Intellectually curious, forward thinking, willing to suggest / try new technologies and creative approaches to problems
- Work in a small team and across development squads to monitor new software releases, configuration dependencies, and forecast operational difficulties
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