Devops Engineer - Remote Eligible

Spines: #1 Fastest-Growing Book Publishing Platform in the U.S.

At Spines, we're rebuilding publishing for a new era: powered by technology, guided by craft, and built around the author. Our next-generation publishing platform combines powerful AI with human expertise to help writers publish professionally across every format, language, and global market. The tools we're developing streamline editing, design, translation, production, and distribution, making a complex process simple, scalable, and author-first. Our mission is to make professional publishing possible for everyone, so no great story goes unheard. But what we're really building is bigger: a platform that transforms how books are made, shared, and experienced globally. We're growing a team of people who want to shape the future of publishing: creators, technologists, and storytellers driven by craft, purpose, and the opportunity to make a real impact for authors and readers everywhere.

Role Overview

We're looking for a skilled and hands-on DevOps Engineer to take ownership of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines in a fast-paced, cloud-native environment. In this role, you'll be responsible for managing and maintaining our CI/CD pipelines, driving system reliability and scalability, and supporting the development team's infrastructure needs. You'll lead critical initiatives such as monitoring, logging, and incident response ensuring our systems remain highly available, efficient, and cost-effective.

What You Will Do (Key Responsibilities)

• Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines for regular deployments.
• Oversee monitoring and logging to ensure high availability and fast incident response.
• Lead scaling initiatives to handle traffic growth efficiently.
• Structure deployment as part of our Scrum cycle (every 2 weeks).
• Support the development team's infrastructure and IT requirements.
• Drive improvements in system reliability while reducing cloud spend.
• Monitoring, logging, incident detection and remediation.

Our Stack

• Cloud: Azure
• (Advantage) E-Commerce & CMS: WooCommerce, WordPress
• Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
• (Advantage) Project Management: YouTrack
• Version Control / CI/CD: GitLab, GitHub, Git
• (Advantage) Languages: Python, NodeJS