DevOps & QA Automation Engineer (Remote)
About the Role: We are looking for a DevOps & QA Automation Engineer to join our team during a pivotal architectural transformation. You will be directly responsible for building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines, integrating automated testing and validation, and driving best practices in release governance and infrastructure automation. As we migrate from a fragmented set of tools to a productised platform, your work will enable high-confidence deployments, reduce risk, and ensure engineering discipline during rapid change. This is a hands-on role requiring initiative, attention to detail, and comfort working across build systems, cloud infrastructure, and test environments. This role is best suited to an engineer (3–5 years’ experience) with a strong foundation in DevOps and a genuine interest in embedding quality throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Key responsibilities ●Designing and owning end-to-end CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions ●Integrating and maintaining test automation into pipelines (unit, integration, system checks) ●Supporting the engineering team to create unit tests, enforce test coverage, quality gates, and release readiness ●Implementing environment provisioning, config-as-code, and infrastructure automation ●Working with data and software teams to support secure, reproducible deployments of services and pipelines ●Collaborating on the re-architecture initiative by helping define pipeline governance, release controls, and rollout safety mechanisms ●Supporting the evolution of infrastructure and test-related standards and documentation ●Participating in team ceremonies, reviews, and ongoing cross-functional collaboration Skills and experience●Prior work in an early-stage or growth-stage startup environmen●3–5 years’ experience in DevOps, QA automation, or platform engineering ●Deep experience with CI/CD tooling — ideally GitHub Actions ●Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go for automation scripting ●Experience with infrastructure as code – SAM, AWS CDK ●Familiarity with test automation frameworks (pytest, unittest, etc.) ●Understanding of modern software delivery workflows and testing strategies ●Experience with cloud environments (AWS preferred), including basic IAM, S3, and EC2 ●Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration (Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes)●Familiarity with relational databases and test data handling (we use AWSRDS / MySQL)●Dashboarding and monitoring with AWS platform and tools●A pragmatic, reliability-focused mindset, with high attention to detailNice to haves●Experience embedding quality assurance into pipelines (test coverage enforcement, flaky test detection, etc.)●Mobile app automated test technologies, particularly Android Java●Familiarity with system monitoring and alerting tooling●Exposure to data pipelines or scientific computing environments●Previous involvement in platform re-architecture or CI/CD transformationprojects●Experience building release governance or audit mechanisms●Prior work in an early-stage or growth-stage startup environments●Prior work in an early-stage or growth-stage startup environm●Prior work in an early-stage or growth-stage startup