DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer
EMURGO, a founding entity of the Cardano Blockchain, is hiring a DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer for a full-time remote position across the APAC region. As a key member of the global infrastructure team, you'll support mission-critical blockchain services including Yoroi Wallet, Cardano staking pools, and developer integrations. This role emphasizes maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines, ensuring infrastructure availability, and collaborating cross-functionally with development teams and leadership. EMURGO offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced Web3 environment, participate in open-source projects, and contribute to one of the most utilized applications in the Cardano ecosystem.
The ideal candidate will have at least 5+ years of experience in DevOps, backend development, or infrastructure administration. Expertise in cloud services like AWS, Heroku, and Google Cloud is required, along with deep understanding of Unix/Linux administration, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Docker, Terraform), and foundational knowledge of networking and database performance. Proficiency in Git/GitHub and fluency in English communication are also essential. Bonus skills include programming in Python or JavaScript, experience with blockchain infrastructure, and managing mobile app CI/CD pipelines.
Join EMURGO to build resilient and scalable blockchain systems in a diverse, innovative environment. As part of this globally remote team, you'll have options to expand into backend development, work on pioneering technologies like asset tokenization, and collaborate on multiple high-impact projects in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space.
About Us:
EMURGO is a leading global blockchain technology company and a founding entity of the Cardano blockchain. Our flagship product, Yoroi, is a light wallet for Cardano and is one of the most widely used applications in the Cardano ecosystem with over 500k users. We maintain a global infrastructure that supports browser extension and native mobile versions of Yoroi, blockchain nodes, Cardano staking pools, and numerous enterprise-level and public-facing cloud services.
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer to help maintain, improve, and scale our development processes, CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and third-party integrations. This role is crucial in ensuring the availability and resilience of our infrastructure, which spans across continents and supports mission-critical blockchain services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Learn, understand, and maintain the company’s existing infrastructure, deployments, and internal tools.
- Ensure top availability of all running infrastructure; proactively identify and address weak points.
- Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines and development integrations with third-party services.
- Collaborate with Development and QA teams to identify bottlenecks and implement process improvements.
- Work closely with tech leads and the CTO to enhance monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
- Participate in rotating weekend monitoring duties to ensure quick responses to infrastructure alerts.
- (Optional) Contribute to product development in Node.js and/or Rust if combining with a developer position.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in backend development, infrastructure administration, DevOps, or system administration.
- Strong production experience with CI/CD solutions.
- Hands-on experience with cloud providers such as AWS, OVH, Heroku, and Google Cloud.
- Deep understanding of web infrastructure: hosting, DNS, CDN, load balancing, and proxying.
- Advanced Unix/Linux administration and scripting (bash).
- Familiarity with containerization and infrastructure as code tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Vagrant, etc.
- Strong understanding of network fundamentals and eventual consistency models.
- Experience in database management, performance monitoring, and debugging.
- Proficiency with Git and GitHub (or similar platforms).
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
Bonus Skills:
- Experience with programming languages: Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Perl.
- Familiarity with package managers: npm, Cargo, Nix.
- Experience managing native mobile app CI/CD pipelines.
- Understanding of blockchain fundamentals and systems.
Why Join Emurgo?
- Work on a high-impact product within one of the fastest-growing blockchain company.
- Be part of a global team of passionate experts.
- Contribute to open-source projects and cutting-edge blockchain technology.
- Opportunities for growth into combined DevOps and backend development roles.
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