Senior DevOps Engineer

Funnel Leasing Inc., is hiring for an Senior DevOps Engineer that can 'work from anywhere' in the U.S. As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will guide and support the execution of our DevOps function. In this hands-on role, you will own and evolve our CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, cloud environments, and operational reliability practices. You’ll act as the technical lead for the team—driving implementation, setting standards, mentoring peers, and collaborating cross-functionally to enable secure and scalable engineering workflows. While this role does not have direct reports, you will be expected to drive operational and contingency planning for the DevOps team. This role reports to the Director of Engineering. The salary range for this role is $145,000.00 - $160,000.00.

Why Funnel?

We are a 'work from anywhere' in the U.S. SaaS company that centers our services on the renter experience. We develop amazing software that has revolutionized the #proptech industry. And did we mention we have an amazing team that is on #FunnelFire!? Oh, did we forget to tell you we have unlimited PTO, benefits that begin on your first day of employment, P.I.N.K. core values that ROCK, and our team puts the FUN in Funnel!

Who is Funnel Leasing?

Have you ever rented an apartment and wished the process could be better? At Funnel we do too. We know we need to make the process of renting an apartment as easy as purchasing socks on Amazon. We’ve created cloud-based marketing and leasing software that delivers the ultimate rental experience for everyone involved in the process. We’re in the process of transforming the real estate industry through cutting-edge technology built, sold, and supported by the most passionate people you’ll meet.

The Senior DevOps Engineer essential roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Roles and responsibilities:

Technical Execution & Ownership

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines
• Architect, provision, and maintain infrastructure in AWS using Terraform and other IaC tools
• Build and maintain production Kubernetes clusters (EKS), including networking, security, and scaling
• Implement observability solutions including monitoring, logging, and alerting for proactive operations
• Guide incident response and participate in on-call escalation when needed

Team Guidance & Best Practices

• Act as the day-to-day technical point of contact for the DevOps team
• Define and enforce DevOps best practices across infrastructure, automation, deployment, and security
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, architecture planning, and hands-on collaboration
• Contribute to planning and execution of sprint work, ensuring technical goals are clear and prioritized
• Serve as a key liaison between product engineering and platform teams for deployment and reliability concerns

CI/CD & Platform Reliability

• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure consistent, repeatable, and secure software delivery workflows
• Support incident management and root cause analysis for infrastructure and deployment-related issues
• Apply security best practices to infrastructure, OS, and application layers

Security, Scalability, and Performance

• Champion secure-by-default infrastructure and deployment patterns
• Tune infrastructure for cost-efficiency, scalability, and fault tolerance
• Contribute to database performance optimization and support PostgreSQL reliability
• Participate in SOC 2 or similar audit-related workstreams where infrastructure support is needed

Culture & Continuous Improvement

• Foster a culture of learning, experimentation, and operational excellence
• Promote knowledge sharing within the team and across engineering disciplines
• Stay current on DevOps trends and emerging technologies to inform ongoing improvements

Other Duties

• Perform other related responsibilities as assigned by management
• Travel: Up to 5% as needed
  

Education, Work Experience, and Certifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or infrastructure engineering roles supporting production workloads
• Proficiency with AWS services (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Expert-level Terraform skills and strong GitOps/IaC discipline
• Strong Kubernetes knowledge, especially with EKS in production environments
• Linux administration experience across major distributions
• Skilled in Python and Bash for scripting and automation
• Experience implementing CI/CD systems and optimizing build/test/deploy pipelines
• Understanding of secure infrastructure practices and container security
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL configuration and operational support
• Experience collaborating in agile development teams with strong communication skills
• Exposure to SRE methodologies and SLIs/SLOs is a plus
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks like SOC 2 or PCI-DSS is a plus

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Funnel, we are committed to building a proptech company that is as diverse as the multifamily industry we serve, and that means to not only live our inclusivity, but also to support and encourage it among all of society. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Funnel provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, age, sex, familial or marital status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, or any other legally-protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Employees must be able to perform all essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Job Responsibilities

The above statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position.  Funnel may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization. 

Benefits

Employees may be eligible for various benefits. Generally, we provide employee access to:

• Health insurance
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Company paid Life/AD&D
• Long-term Disability insurance
• Short-term Disability insurance
• Term Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Retirement Plan - 2% company match
• EAP

In addition to these benefits, we also offer

• Remote-first; work from anywhere within the US company culture
• Uncapped Discretionary Time off
• Sick Leave
• 13 paid holidays
• One time remote work stipend
• Employee recognition program
• Employee-led Groups (ELG’s)