DevOps Engineer
Location: Remote | Type: Full-time | Compensation: Competitive salary + stock option
🚀 About VELZI AI
At VELZI AI , we’re redefining finance for the modern business. Our mission is to eliminate manual accounting through advanced AI automation. From procurement to real-time financial reporting, our intelligent SaaS platform streamlines every operational workflow, so companies can focus on growth, not spreadsheets.
We’re a fast-growing, AI-driven fintech startup backed by innovation and a clear, ambitious vision. Now, we’re searching for a DevOps Engineer to help us scale our infrastructure, ensure reliability, and power our next generation of AI-driven financial systems.
💼 About the Role
As a DevOps Engineer at VELZI AI , you’ll build, maintain, and scale a secure, cloud-native infrastructure across GCP, Azure, and AWS . You’ll work closely with our engineering team to ensure seamless deployment pipelines, reliable environments, and high-performance systems that support our AI and fintech applications.
You’ll be the backbone of our infrastructure and enabling fast iteration, smooth deployments, and resilient architectures.
Tasks
🔧 What You’ll Do
☁️ Cloud Infrastructure & Systems
- Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure across GCP, Azure, and AWS
- Manage and optimize compute environments including Virtual Machines , Cloud Run , and container orchestration platforms
- Architect scalable, multi-region solutions with high availability, redundancy, and strong security practices
- Manage and monitor cloud storage solutions such as GCP Cloud Storage , Azure Blob Storage , and AWS S3
🐳 Containers, Orchestration & Scaling
- Build, deploy, and manage containers using Docker
- Deploy and manage services on Kubernetes (GKE / AKS / EKS)
- Implement auto-scaling strategies, load balancing, and autoschedulers
- Optimize resource utilization and cost efficiency across environments
🔄 CI/CD, Automation & Deployment
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, or similar)
- Automate deployments, updates, rollbacks, and environment provisioning
- Create infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform or Pulumi
- Push our platform toward full automation and self-healing systems
🔌 Networking, Security & Integrations
- Configure VPCs, VPNs, firewalls, DNS, subnets, and secure routing
- Ensure secure API communication between our Next.js app and backend services
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Logging, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, etc.)
- Ensure compliance, data protection, and identity management across clouds
- Work with Firebase Authentication , secure API gateways, and IAM policies
⚙️ Backend, APIs & System Support
- Collaborate with engineers to support API creation and deployments
- Optimize performance of server environments running in Cloud Run or VMs
- Implement failover systems, disaster recovery, and backup strategies
- Ensure reliable operation of services including SES / SendGrid , databases, and microservices
🤝 Collaboration & Reliability Engineering
- Work closely with backend, AI, and product teams to support rapid iteration
- Establish DevOps best practices, guidelines, and internal documentation
- Conduct root-cause analysis, implement fixes, and prevent future incidents
- Help shape the engineering culture by improving processes, scalability, and system observability
Requirements
✅ What We’re Looking For
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Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or Site Reliability Engineer
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Strong experience with GCP, Azure, and/or AWS (multi-cloud experience is a huge plus)
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In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Cloud Run, and container-based application delivery
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Experience with CI/CD tooling and automation frameworks
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Solid understanding of networking, firewalls, DNS, and cloud security models
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Experience with VM deployment , Cloud Run (or similar), autoscaling, and infra optim