Dev Ops Engineer

DevOps Engineer

Boston-based company Piaggio Fast Forward Inc. (PFF) was founded in 2015 by the Piaggio Group (the Italian manufacturer that created the iconic Vespa scooter). We are on a mission to build technology products that move the way that people move. In order to bring products to market today, PFF is solving the problem of robotic interaction with people in dynamically changing environments. We're innovators, neighbors and creators with a passion for local living and pushing the limits on urban and business transportation. We support a sustainable mobility ecology with healthy lifestyles, social connectivity and productive work environments available to all, regardless of age or abilities.

Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF) is seeking a highly technical DevOps Engineer to help build and scale the cloud, automation, and deployment infrastructure powering gita®, kilo®, our automotive products and future PFF products. You'll work at the intersection of software, infrastructure, and automation—owning CI/CD pipelines, AWS environments, and Infrastructure-as-Code while enabling engineering teams to ship reliable software at speed.

What You'll Do

• Architect, implement, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure with a focus on scalability, security, and automation
• Build and manage Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform (modules, workspaces, state management, reusable patterns)
• Configure and optimize GitHub (repos, branching strategies, GitHub Actions, integrations, permissions)
• Design, maintain, and extend Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployments
• Develop automation to streamline development workflows, environment provisioning, and release processes
• Implement containerized environments using Docker and AWS container services (ECS/EKS)
• Perform system performance tuning, load testing, and reliability analysis
• Monitor and troubleshoot production and staging environments using AWS native tools and open-source observability stacks
• Collaborate closely with Software, QA, and Operations teams to improve deployment velocity and system resilience
• Document infrastructure, pipelines, and operational processes for internal engineering teams

What You Bring

• 3–5 years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience
• Strong expertise with AWS (IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS, Lambda, CloudFormation)
• Advanced proficiency with Terraform (IaC best practices, modular design, automation workflows)
• Experience configuring and managing GitHub at scale
• Deep experience building and maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
• Strong Linux fundamentals and shell scripting skills
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration
• Familiarity with Java, C/C++, or Python build environments
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Knowledge of open-source tooling and automation frameworks
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams
• Bonus: Experience with Ansible, Puppet, or Chef; embedded build systems

• Successful applicants will be asked to show proof that they can legally work in the U.S

Diversity fuels our innovation. Inclusion, belonging, equity, and neurodiversity drives our best-in-class culture. We strive to create workplaces where everyone feels empowered to share ideas, grow at their own pace, and work together towards a shared vision while holding each other to a higher standard. For us, DEI&B is the only way forward.

Employment Eligibility Verification Piaggio Fast Forward participates in E-Verify, an electronic employment verification program operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA), to verify the employment eligibility of newly hired employees. Piaggio Fast Forward is an E-Verify Employer, and as such, the company will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.

For more information about E-Verify, please visit the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website:

Location: Boston, MA

Job Function: Software Engineering & QA