Remote Forward Deployed DevOps Engineer

Description:

• Forge is building the world’s first AI-native DevOps workspace, a unified environment that learns from every deployment, automates runbooks, and gives engineers superpowers.
• The position is fully remote.
• As a Forward Deployed DevOps Engineer, you will embed directly with companies, shipping infrastructure that keeps them moving fast without sacrificing reliability, best practices, or security.
• You will own green-field and brown-field infrastructure, designing, building, and operating CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), monitoring, and incident response.
• You will lead “day-zero” engagements, running a lightweight discovery in your first week on a new account, drafting a 30–60–90-day infrastructure plan, and driving executive buy-in.
• You will ship fixes instead of tickets, holding the pager, debugging outages, and pushing code that prevents future issues.
• You will level-up teams by pair-programming, running brownbags, and writing concise runbooks to help founders stay focused on product.
• You will create a feedback loop back home by capturing patterns from the field to improve internal tooling and playbooks.

Requirements:

• You should have 4+ years of experience building and operating production cloud infrastructure.
• Proven success in juggling multiple projects or consulting engagements is required.
• You must have deep experience with at least one major cloud provider and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform (or Pulumi/CDK) and modern CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, GitLab, or Buildkite is necessary.
• You should possess observability skills with tools like Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog, or OpenTelemetry.
• Strong fundamentals in networking, Linux, containers, and security are essential.
• Titles and exact years of experience matter less than demonstrated skill and learning speed.

Benefits:

• The position offers the opportunity to work in a fully remote environment.
• You will have the chance to shape the future of AI-powered infrastructure.
• The role provides a variety of challenges, including both green-field and brown-field projects.
• You will be part of a team that values clear communication and ownership of work.
• There is an emphasis on personal and professional growth through hands-on experience and collaboration with teams.