DevOps Engineer

Tactacam is a leading innovator in outdoor and action camera technology, dedicated to providing high-quality products that enhance the outdoor experience. With over 1,000,000 active customers, we continue to push the boundaries of technology, design, and functionality. Our team is passionate about developing cutting-edge products, and we offer exciting opportunities for career growth in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our team and help us build and maintain our data infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have experience leading focused technical projects as a Senior Engineer, or experience driving small to medium projects independently. They will be self-sufficient, resourceful, and eager to learn. As a DevOps Engineer at Tactacam, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our AWS and Lambda-based stack. Your expertise in AWS, GitHub Actions, Security, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Shell scripting will be instrumental in driving our continuous improvement efforts. Your understanding of monitoring and observability will help us maintain a high level of system reliability, so we can focus on continuous improvement instead of firefighting.

• →Maintain a high security bar for new and existing infrastructure in your capacity as an infrastructure and logging expert.
• →Design, implement, and maintain robust AWS infrastructure to support Tactacam's services and applications.
• →Help us implement DevOps best practices across various software teams, as we continue to prove the value of the “shift left” and “self service”
• →Collaborate with backend, frontend, hardware, BI, and ERP teams across multiple product lines to streamline workflows and tooling for developer and DevOps use.
• →Help refine and maintain monitoring and “monitoring-adjacent” tooling to help triage issues, estimate impact, establish root cause, and resolve issues efficiently.
• →Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to automate software deployments and ensure code quality.
• →Help us manage our fleet of end-user devices by building robust processes around internal and vendor-provided tooling.
• →Contribute to identifying unmanaged infrastructure and resources, and build IAC and monitoring around those ghost resources, improving AWS governance.
• →Help monitor and manage AWS and other cloud costs.
• →Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, recommending innovative solutions to enhance our DevOps practices.

• Proven experience with AWS services and infrastructure management.
• Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipelines or other platforms
• Proficiency in scripting languages–including JavaScript, bash/shell, or Python–for automation and infrastructure as code.
• Familiarity with serverless and event-driven architectures, particularly AWS Lambda.
• Experience with AWS CDK
• Experience with DataDog
• Experience with Terraform
• Familiarity of Kubernetes
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills to effectively interact with cross-functional teams.
• MUST be motivated to drive change and influence improvements across many internal processes. Tools can be taught, but mindset is harder to change.

• Experience with user-facing applications serving over 1 million users
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer)
• Experience with ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
• Experience testing and deploying device firmware
• Experience with traditional QA workflows is a plus.
• Experience with iOS/Android build pipeline

Please note at this time, we are not accepting applications from candidates based in Alaska (AK), Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Massachusetts (MA), New Mexico (NM), and South Dakota (SD) 

Tactacam is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status. We are committed to providing a fair and inclusive work environment for all, and we encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply for our open positions. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know, and we will be happy to assist.