Principal DevOps Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, SaaS)

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-22 Remote, United Kingdom Fulltime Hybrid ICT

Company shared salary

125 GBP/mo (1,500 GBP/yr)

Market rate

6,250 GBP–8,333 GBP/mo (75,000 GBP–99,996 GBP/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

As a product-driven company founded by engineers, we know the value of a great engineering culture, and we're looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to join a team built from the ground up on trust, teamwork and tight feedback loops. You'll work collaboratively using a modern tech stack (Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, .NET) to help Gearset run a scalable, secure and reliable service, and enable development of the solution to scale with the rapid growth of the company. We live by our core values, which aren't just nice words - they guide us through day-to-day challenges and are the foundation of how we work together. Our pragmatic approach has allowed us to maintain the ability to release updates to our application multiple times a day, even as we add new features to the product and expand our global footprint. WHAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PRINCIPAL DEVOPS ENGINEER AT GEARSET - Be an integral part of building and supporting our multi-tenant infrastructure, running in multiple regions across the globe, all powered by AWS and Kubernetes. - Enjoy high autonomy and real ownership to help shape and drive our technical roadmap based on where you see the greatest value and engineering impact. - Work on critical production infrastructure used by thousands of teams and help us to maintain our excellent reputation for delivering a service with minimal downtime, even when we're making complex changes behind the scenes. - Get involved in building and maintaining the automation t

Requirements

  • ● Have in-depth practical experience working on AWS (VPC networking and security, IAM, EC2, Postgres RDS, S3, EKS)
  • ● Have experience running production-level services in Kubernetes and managing and maintaining clusters
  • ● Practical experience automating the management of infrastructure with Terraform
  • ● Previous experience supporting the operation of a hosted, multi-tenant SaaS product at scale
  • ● Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback to make your work even better
  • ● Approach your work with pragmatism, prioritising iteration, and delivering value over process and deliberation
  • ● GREAT TO HAVES

Benefits

  • ● This is a full time opportunity, working Monday to Friday remotely in the UK
  • ● Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to 1500 per year
  • ● Top end hardware provided
  • ● Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive Plan
  • ● Free lunch in the office
  • ● days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy an extra 5 each year)
  • ● Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%)
  • ● Bupa health care and dental insurance
  • ● Enhanced family leave from day 1, including 26 weeks full maternity/adoption pay, OTE-inclusive
  • ● Bupa Menopause Plan offering specialist consultations and support
  • ● Life Insurance & critical illness cover
  • ● Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits