Senior Engineer, DevOps (US)

Senior DevOps EngineerThe Machine is the agentic operating system for marketing, built by Code and Theory. It plugs into the tools marketing teams use and turns disconnected workflows into a single intelligent system, connecting brand strategy, creative production, and media performance. The Machine helps power agencies across Stagwell's network and world-leading brands.We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to own the infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience powering our AI-native digital platforms. You'll work across cloud, CI/CD, security, and observability — partnering with cross functional teams to ship faster and build more reliably.Our engineers are AI native and engage in and advance the state of the art in the practice of software development flow with AI.What You'll DoDesign and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure with a focus on high availability and operational excellenceBuild and evolve CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe software delivery — from commit to productionEmbed DevSecOps principles across the pipeline: security scanning, secrets management, and compliance by defaultLead IaC practices with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible — keeping environments reproducible and auditableOwn observability: monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing across all systemsDrive cloud cost optimization, identifying inefficiencies and right-sizing resources proactivelyPartner with engineering teams to improve developer experience and remove friction from the SDLCMaintain architecture documentation, runbooks, and post-mortems to support a culture of continuous improvementWhat You'll NeedExtensive experience provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, and/or AzureStrong proficiency with IaC tools — Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and AnsibleExperience with CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, or JenkinsDeep expertise with Docker and KubernetesExperience designing high-availability, fault-tolerant architecturesSolid understanding of deployment strategies: blue-green, canary releases, and feature flagsExperience with serverless architectures — AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions, or Azure FunctionsFamiliarity with edge platforms and CDNs such as Fastly and AWS CloudFrontExperience with developer platforms such as Vercel, Netlify, and WP EngineDeep understanding of security best practices and hands-on DevSecOps experienceExperience with Snyk, SonarQube, AWS Secrets Manager, and HashiCorp VaultExperience with observability platforms — New Relic, Datadog, or AWS CloudWatchSolid Linux administration and experience configuring NGINX, Traefik, and load balancersProficiency scripting in bash and Python for automation and internal toolingDeep understanding of networking, cloud architectures, and web application designExperience with Git and managed platforms such as GitHub, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOpsExperience implementing cloud cost optimization and FinOps practicesStrong communication skills — able to discuss complex technical topics and author clear documentationComfortable leveraging AI-enabled development tools and workflows to accelerate engineering, automation, debugging, and operational tasksExperience orchestrating multi-step AI or agent-driven workflows, including selecting appropriate models, tools, and execution patterns for different use casesStrong judgment reviewing and hardening AI-assisted output for security, scalability, maintainability, and architectural fitExperience building or maintaining prompts, evaluation frameworks, documentation, or operational context systems that improve engineering velocity and reliabilityFamiliarity with automated evaluation and feedback loops for AI-enabled systems and workflowsAbout UsBorn in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. We have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Current, and TrueLogic.Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We're always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.The compensation range for this role is $110,000 – $150,000 and spans multiple levels. We're open to hiring at the level that best matches the right candidate's experience. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, budget, and location.