Zippy is focused on making the process of obtaining loans for manufactured homes simple, fast, and fully online.
The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX, with an office in Tempe, AZ, and operates with a remote-first team across various cities in the United States.
The Staff DevOps Engineer will collaborate with the VP of Engineering and internal stakeholders to define a DevOps roadmap, clearly outlining value propositions and tradeoffs.
This role involves guiding engineers in adopting DevOps best practices related to observability, monitoring, alerting, SLO/SLIs, CI/CD, IAC, performance, and security.
The engineer will build, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and related vendor integrations.
The position requires leading cross-functional initiatives with SRE, security, and development teams while mentoring on DevOps practices.
The engineer will deliver solutions for critical projects such as cloud migration, disaster recovery, and infrastructure scaling.
The role includes owning technical decisions and driving cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and observability strategies aligned with Zippy’s vision.
Requirements:
Candidates must have 10+ years of DevOps experience.
A minimum of 5+ years of production experience with non-trivial AWS infrastructures is required.
Candidates should have at least 3+ years of production experience with Terraform.
Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as code, observability tooling for logging, tracing, monitoring, and alerting, infra and network security best practices, disaster recovery, managing DevOps vendor relationships, and cloud platform cost optimization is essential.
Proficiency with Zippy’s technology stack, including AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Datadog, and Postgres, is required.
Nice to have skills include experience with Ruby and related build systems, Python and related build systems, Microsoft stack experience, and experience with monorepos and related tooling.
Candidates must reside in specific states as listed in the job posting.
Benefits:
Zippy offers competitive compensation with the potential for annual bonuses and variable pay based on skills and experience.
All employees receive equity in the company, promoting shared success.
The position allows for remote work in a dynamic, remote-first environment.
Comprehensive health coverage is provided, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with company-subsidized benefits like STD, LTD, and life insurance.
Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care are available to help manage expenses.
The company invests in professional growth with resources for training and licensing support.
Generous paid time off is offered, and employees are encouraged to use it.
Access to various wellbeing programs is provided, including mental health resources and fitness programs.
Paid parental leave is available to support employees and their families.
Zippy has a "No Meeting Wednesdays" policy to allow employees to focus and recharge.
Employees can engage in a vibrant Slack community with channels for shared interests.
Opportunities for career growth are available, with a focus on promoting from within.
The company emphasizes core values that guide its culture and decision-making.
Employees can be part of a growing team making a significant impact in the manufactured housing financing space.
Zippy is committed to diversity and inclusion, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for all employees.
