Senior DevOps Engineer, Security

About AllTrails

AllTrails is the app for exploring the outdoors. We help people spend more time outside by connecting them to their next adventure. Home to the world’s largest outdoor community, with members and trails around the globe, you can find AllTrails in the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, and at alltrails.com.

Every day, our team works to get more people outside and help our members have better experiences on the trail. We lead with our values–positivity, innovation, humility, adaptability, inclusivity, and stewardship–in everything we do. Join us!

This is a U.S. based remote position. While this role does not require in-person attendance, we have a strong preference for candidates based in or near one of these cities: San Francisco CA, Portland OR, Seattle WA, Denver CO, and New York NY. Being in one of these cities creates opportunities to connect with teammates through Trail Days, co-working sessions, and local gatherings while still having the flexibility to work remotely. San Francisco employees are highly encouraged to come to the office one day per week. 

   

About the role

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Sr. DevOps Engineer, Security to join our infrastructure team. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative individual with a strong sense of ownership and a passion for building and maintaining robust, secure, and scalable systems. This role is integral to enhancing security of our data, reliability of our systems and developer experiences.

 

Due to high candidate volume and to ensure our hiring team has sufficient time to give every application the attention it deserves, we have set a closing date of July 31st for this position.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and contribute to projects focused on enhancing security, system reliability, release processes, developer experiences, cost optimizations, and observability

• Collaborate with various engineering, IT, and People teams to solve security challenges in infrastructure, CI pipelines, application, endpoint security, AI workloads, and general enterprise security

• Lead and implement our infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and compliance initiatives.

• Participate in security reviews of third-party vendors and services

• Improve the overall developer experiences by refining tools, workflows, and AI usage.

• Contribute to our on-call rotation

 

What you bring

• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience managing production workloads within containerized environments

• Demonstrated 5 years of experiences with Amazon Web Services (AWS) implementations via Infrastructure as Code with a strong emphasis on security best practices

• Proficiency with Docker, a container orchestration platform (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS), web proxy technologies (e.g., NGINX), and at least one programming language, such as: Python, Go, Ruby

• A solid understanding of relational databases

• Commitment to continuous improvements (picking up new technology stacks).

• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines

• Experience with monitoring, logging, and metrics-gathering tools such as Datadog, NewRelic, or CloudWatch

• A high degree of self-motivation and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.

• The ability to navigate ambiguous situations effectively and a proactive approach to problem-solving

Bonus points

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Familiarity with compliance processes

• Get the hunter2 joke

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive and equitable compensation, including ownership through equity and performance-based bonuses

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage to support your physical and mental well-being

• Unlimited PTO in addition to company holidays

• Dedicated time once a month to test and improve our product through company-wide no-meeting days

• Fully paid parental leave to birthing and non-birthing parents

• 401k Match & access to financial wellness resources through Origin

• Remote work stipend to help you design a comfortable and productive home office

• Annual learning stipend to invest in your long-term professional growth and skills

• Exclusive discounts on our subscriptions and merchandise for you and your friends & family

• An authentic investment in you as a human being and a professional—we value your identity as much as your output