Sr. DevOps Engineer

Evolus is a performance beauty company with a customer-centric approach focused on delivering breakthrough products. We are seeking an experienced and driven DevOps Engineer. This role demands technical depth, principled thinking, a high bar for quality, structured communication, bold innovation, and a mentality of starting with the customer and working backwards. You should be comfortable in uncharted territory as we envision unique and differentiated solutions for our customers in an otherwise legacy market. If you join our team, you will be working on some of the most exciting opportunities and challenges we face, with a team that values growth, recognition, and camaraderie. In this role, you will be challenged to drive the success of Evolus to build a brand like no other.

Let’s talk about some of the key responsibilities of the role:

• Support the creation and improvements of CI/CD build pipelines and software delivery.
• Ensure seamless integration between databases and APIs for efficient data communication and processing.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including knowledge base articles and best practices.
• Serve as a support point of contact for other teams for all matters related to DevOps.
• Contribute to data driven decision making throughout the engineering team.
• Help automate and develop tools that ensure the rapid, safe, and high-quality delivery of features.
• Security minded, working with members of IT/Security to ensure that compliance and security are of industry standard.
• Keep up to date on latest tech and best practices, continuously improve and challenge yourself.

Your Skills and Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics (STEM) or relevant experience.
• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, with a focus on AWS and serverless applications, and experience in building brand-new environments.
• SOX/SOC compliance experience is a plus.
• Deep expertise and understanding in software development architectures such as Microservice architecture, Serverless architecture, Event-Driven architecture, and distributed systems.
• Proficiency with AWS container orchestration services including EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) and ECS (Elastic Container Service).
• Demonstrated experience in managing and optimizing monorepos.
• Expertise in developing, deploying, and optimizing APIs using Amazon API Gateway.
• Knowledgeable of modern CI/CD tools and experience in an environment with rapid deployments (CircleCI, GitHub Actions).
• Extensive experience with GitHub, NoSQL (DynamoDB) databases, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, transactional databases, caching, logging, monitoring and alerting systems (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SQS, SMS).
• Experience with Cloud functions (AWS Lambda, Serverless, etc.).
• Have a great habit for documenting ideas and commenting code, fostering an environment that promotes greater understanding and collaboration between other engineers.
• Strong organizational skills, tracking multiple development tasks simultaneously and synthesizing concrete results.
• Possess outstanding verbal, written, and interpersonal skills to articulate ideas effectively, and be able to work with others at all levels.
• CI/CD Management: Implement and manage complex CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, CircleCI, and other tools to ensure efficient deployment processes.
• Dev Sec-Ops: Experience in working with security tools like Sonar Qube and security best practices.
• Deployment modes: Experience in Blue / Green deployment models. Setting up Active-Active and Active-Passive cloud environments.
• Networking Skills: Experience of managing AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, security groups, and load balancers.
• Tech Stack awareness: Expertise in AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, etc.), Node.js, React, Golang, GraphQL, Apollo Server.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Experience implementing regulatory controls within DevOps practices and working in a regulated environment following SOX or other compliance-driven processes.

A Few Other Items Worth Mentioning:

• Office location – Newport Beach (Hybrid: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday onsite).
• Position reports directly to our Executive Director, Engineering.

Compensation & Total Rewards:

The expected pay for this position is $140,800 to $170,000 annual salary. Your actual base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on several considerations including but not limited to role relevant knowledge and skills, experience, education, certifications, and more.

We offer more than just a paycheck, and your base salary is just the start! Stay happy and healthy with our competitive suite of medical, dental and vision benefits to help you feel your best and be your best. We also provide those benefits you shouldn’t have to worry about, from employer covered life insurance to short-term disability. Take advantage of the 401k match offered by Evolus and let us invest in your future. You may also be eligible for new hire equity and long-term incentives in the form of RSUs, stock options, and/or discretionary bonuses. We offer mental health and wellbeing resources for you to develop skills to find your calm, boost your confidence, and show up as your best self in work and life. Travel or relax and come back feeling refreshed with our flexible paid time off program for exempt employees and a paid time off accrual plan for non-exempt employees. Did we mention the holiday soft closure between the Christmas and New Years holidays? We have that, too. Additional perks include regularly catered team meals at our Evolus Headquarters, a fully stocked kitchen (Kombucha & Coffee included), and the opportunity to join an organization where our values of Grit, Impact, Fun, and Transparency are displayed daily.

Evolus takes pride in being a company on the forefront of innovation, while being committed to conducting its business with the highest degrees of integrity, professionalism, and social responsibility. We are also committed to complying with all laws and regulations that apply to our business. Employee welfare is no different. Here at Evolus, we don’t just work together, we’ve built a culture of inclusion! Because of this, you’ll find yourself immersed in an environment that not only promotes respect, collaboration and team building, but a community too. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Join our team and see for yourself! EOE M/F/D/V. For more information, please visit our website at .