DevOps Engineer

Company: Zip
Location: Washington
Posted on: December 31, 2025

Job Description:

Join Zip’s Engineering function and put your name to solving fascinating challenges at scale in an agile, test-driven development environment. If you value good domain-driven design and enjoy delivering quality work at pace, you’ll be a great fit with the squads responsible for building cloud-native software applications that serve millions of customers and process billions of dollars in payments. We are seeking a seasoned leader with extensive senior leadership experience to spearhead our Infrastructure projects and mentor our engineering team. This role requires a deep understanding of DevOps and the ability to lead initiatives from inception to completion. Collaboration is key in our environment, so we need someone who excels in a team-oriented setting. As we aim to double our footprint this year, you will encounter complex challenges that demand innovative solutions and strategic insight. If you are passionate about driving infrastructure excellence and nurturing talent within a dynamic team, we would love to hear from you. Interesting problems you’ll get to solve • Work within an infrastructure that is capable of handling billions of dollars in transactions quickly and securely • Collaborate with engineering teams to design and deploy integrated solutions for Fortune 100 companies • Develop automated upgrade systems for a constantly evolving Azure architecture • Maintain a complex event sourcing environment using CQRS principles • Design tooling to enable quick engineering turn-around using technologies like AWX, Terraform, Atlantis, ArgoCD, and Azure DevOps Pipelines • Monitor for service health and create automatic recoveries using metrics-based canaries to ensure reliable code deployment What you’ll bring to the team • 5 years of experience in DevOps or Systems Administration • 2 years of experience using Kubernetes or a similar microservice architecture • 2 years of experience working in an Azure environment • Experience working in an agile environment and knowledge of agile practices • Jira experience with project management and story creation is a plus • Knowledge of IaC and CaC best practices and experience with IaC tools like Terraform, Chef, Puppet or Ansible • Experience with CI/CD systems, preferably using Azure DevOps • Strong understanding of networking and routing protocol,s especially those involved in Service Mesh architectures • Experience incorporating AI tools such as ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, or GitHub CoPilot into your day to day work. • Must be able to work in an on-call rotation What you’ll get in return Zip is a place where you’ll get out what you put in. The newness of our sector means we need to move at a fast pace and embrace change. Our promise to you when you join the team is that you’ll feel empowered and trusted to make big things happen quickly. We want you to feel welcome and as though you have the support to be yourself and care for yourself at work. Because it’s important to us that you make the most of the opportunities you’ll get to grow your skills and your career, and be surrounded by smart, friendly people and leaders that have your back. We think these are just some of the best things about being a Zipster. We will also offer you: • Flexible working culture • Incentive programs • 20 days PTO every year • Generous paid parental leave • Leading family support policies • Company-sponsored 401k match • Learning and wellness subscription stipend • Beautiful Union Square office with a casual dress code • Industry-leading, employer-sponsored insurance for you and your dependents, with several 100% Zip-covered choices available

Keywords: Zip, Ellicott City , DevOps Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Washington, Maryland