DevOps Principal Engineer

Paxful is the world’s largest people-powered marketplace, connecting over 14 million users across 140+ countries to move, save, and store money - even without a bank account. Founded in 2015 and based in the United States, Paxful offers safe, fast, and reliable access to the global economy through cryptocurrencies bought and sold on a borderless peer-to-peer payment network. With over 500 payment methods for accessing Bitcoin, USDT, and other popular digital and local currencies, Paxful is building a financial system allowing all users to participate in the digital economy.

The DevOps Principal Engineer is responsible for overseeing the strategy, architecture, and operations of Paxful’s DevOps environment. This role requires deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, security protocols, and monitoring tools, alongside exceptional leadership skills to guide a high-performing team. The ideal candidate ensures reliability, scalability, and compliance for Paxful’s cryptocurrency services while driving team collaboration and technical innovation.

What will you do:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive DevOps strategy to ensure scalability, uptime, and security for Paxful’s cryptocurrency platforms and services.
• Oversee the design, deployment, and optimization of AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring high performance, cost efficiency, and alignment with cloud-native architectural best practices.
• Drive the adoption and implementation of observability tools like Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana, enabling proactive monitoring, alerting, and rapid issue resolution.
• Build and manage automated workflows and event-driven systems using Apache Airflow and AWS Lambda to streamline operations and enhance system reliability.
• Implement robust data visualization and reporting solutions with Superset, delivering actionable insights for transaction metrics and operational KPIs.
• Conduct regular security audits, enforce compliance with cryptocurrency regulations, and implement data protection best practices to safeguard user and system integrity.
• Act as the primary escalation point for critical incidents, leading swift resolution efforts and driving improvements through comprehensive post-mortem reviews.
• Report key DevOps metrics, operational performance updates, and technical strategies to senior leadership, aligning team efforts with company goals.

Who you are:

• Proven leader with expertise in cloud platforms, DevOps best practices, and AWS services.
• Skilled at fostering collaboration, mentoring team members, and resolving critical issues.
• Passionate about innovation and optimization in high-security, high-availability environments.

Requirements

What we are looking for:

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or related fields, with 3+ years in leadership roles, demonstrating the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams, prioritize tasks, and manage escalations.
• Advanced expertise in AWS services, including EC2, S3, Elasticache, ECS, DynamoDB, Route 53, WAF, SNS, CloudWatch, and ELB, for designing and managing scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud architectures.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps best practices, including GitOps, CI/CD methodologies, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Proficiency in workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow and event-driven architectures using Kafka and AWS Lambda.
• Expertise in monitoring and visualization tools, including Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and Apache Superset, to ensure comprehensive system visibility and actionable insights.
• In-depth knowledge of security protocols and tools, such as KMS, Certificate Manager, CloudTrail, and WAF, for safeguarding infrastructure and ensuring compliance.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency-specific systems, including wallet security, transaction processing, and compliance standards, with an emphasis on adhering to global regulations.

Benefits

We encourage a remote-first approach for geographically distributed teams, being open to skilled professionals from around the world. Beyond that, we are committed to transparency, openness, and supporting each other to build great things together.

You can expect:

• Competitive salary
• Fully remote work environment
• Flexible working hours with a 4-hour overlap in Eastern Time (EST)
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies on impactful projects
• Collaborative, innovative, and supportive work culture
• Opportunity to mentor and lead a team of talented engineers
• Professional growth and development opportunities

We are a fully remotely distributed team. However, we are currently unable to provide visa sponsorship for employment.

Due to legal restrictions, we are unable to hire individuals residing in countries currently under international sanctions.

Upon submitting your application, you consent to receive future communications. The communication will depend on the alignment of your qualifications with this position. Only eligible candidates will receive correspondence.

Interested in Paxful but don't think this role is the best fit for you? View our other positions: https://paxful-crypto.workable.com

Base compensation is dependent on the candidate's residence.

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To recruitment agencies and outsourcing entities: Paxful maintains a strict policy of not accepting third-party applications from recruitment agencies or individual recruiters. Furthermore, any collaboration with outsourcing partners remains outside of our strategic planning.

Paxful is the world’s largest people-powered marketplace, connecting over 14 million users across 140+ countries to move, save, and store money - even without a bank account. Founded in 2015 and based in the United States, Paxful offers safe, fast, and reliable access to the global economy through cryptocurrencies bought and sold on a borderless peer-to-peer payment network. With over 500 payment methods for accessing Bitcoin, USDT, and other popular digital and local currencies, Paxful is building a financial system allowing all users to participate in the digital economy.