DevOps Engineer
James Adams
full-remotemidpermanentdevops United Kingdom 6 days ago via LinkedIn
50,000 - 50,000 GBP/annual
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DevOpsPlatform EngineeringAWSLinuxCI/CDMonitoringObservabilityIncident ResponseAutomationPerformance Engineering
About the role
Role overview
Hands-on DevOps / Platform Engineer role focused on reliability, performance, and continuous improvement for a live production system. You’ll help transition the team from reactive operations to a more robust, scalable, and automated infrastructure environment.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day platform reliability, performance, and monitoring
- Be the first point of contact for production issues and incident response
- Improve performance, stability, and scalability via proactive changes
- Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability tools
- Support and maintain CI/CD pipelines and release processes
- Manage AWS infrastructure and production environments
- Identify opportunities for automation and reduce manual operational work
- Collaborate with engineers on rollouts and fast feedback loops
- Participate in incident reviews and continuous improvement practices
- Support integrations, partners, and external data sources as needed
Requirements
- Background in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or a similar role
- Experience building and operating reliable systems
- Comfort taking ownership in a fast-moving environment
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in an SRE-like environment (the role is described as stepping into traditional SRE responsibilities without rigid definitions)
About James Adams
James Adams is recruiting for a fast-growing, product-led startup operating a high-traffic digital marketplace. The company is scaling from a founder-led engineering approach to a more structured, automated infrastructure setup, with a focus on fairness, transparency, and a customer-first ethos.
Scraped 4/16/2026