What We Actually Need
Smart people who know:
- Ansible - You can write playbooks in your sleep
- Kubernetes - You understand pods, deployments, and can debug cluster issues
- Linux - You're comfortable in the terminal and understand system internals
That's it. No laundry list of 20 technologies. If you're sharp and know these three well, you can figure out the rest.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain infrastructure automation
- Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters
- Fix things when they break (and they will)
- Make our systems more reliable and easier to operate
- Work with engineers who respect your expertise
Why This Role Doesn't Suck
Money:
- $150K - $220K base (depending on experience)
- Equity that might actually be worth something
- Annual bonus: 15-25% of base
Benefits:
- Full medical, dental, vision (we pay 100%)
- $2K annual learning budget (conferences, courses, whatever)
- Top-tier equipment - pick your setup
- 5 weeks PTO + holidays (and we actually want you to use it)
Work Style:
- Fully remote (we mean it - no "return to office" bait-and-switch)
- No useless meetings
- Async-first communication
- East Coast to West Coast hours work fine
What We Won't Do
- Waste your time with 5 rounds of interviews
- Ask you to reverse a binary tree
- Micromanage you
- Make you work weekends (unless something is literally on fire)
Interview Process
- 30-min chat with hiring manager (is this a fit?)
- 90-min technical discussion (real problems, not leetcode)
- 45-min with the team (do we want to work together?)
- Offer
Total time: ~3 hours over 1-2 weeks max
Requirements
- You know Ansible, Kubernetes, and Linux well
- You can explain complex things simply
- You give a damn about reliability
- You can work independently
- ANY timezone
No degree requirements. No years of experience requirements. Show us you know your stuff.
Apply
Send your resume and a few sentences about the most interesting infrastructure problem you've solved to: mauro@quicknode.com
Or just send us your GitHub and tell us which project shows your DevOps skills.