Lead DevOps Engineer with Application Development Experience

Remote within the United States

Contract to hire

Make a direct impact on secure, high scale digital assessment platforms. Join a high visibility team building web and native applications that reach learners across the globe. You will own and evolve cross platform build systems, harden CI and delivery pipelines, and mentor engineers while collaborating closely with product, architecture, QA, and partner teams.

What you will do

• Lead build engineering for Windows, Mac, and Chromebook to ensure reliable, scalable, repeatable builds
• Assess and improve web module bundlers, build tooling, and monorepo workflows using NX or similar
• Evaluate and optimize Electron based desktop build architecture
• Own and enhance CI and CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline
• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code solutions using CloudFormation and CDK
• Improve dependency management, vulnerability remediation, and release governance
• Establish and document Git branching strategies and DevOps best practices
• Troubleshoot build, deployment, and infrastructure issues in real time as an escalation point
• Partner with developers, QA, and business stakeholders to improve delivery cohesion and speed
• Mentor engineers in DevOps, build engineering, and automation practices
• Drive measurable improvements in build time, reliability, and deployment confidence

Required qualifications

• 5 or more years in DevOps, build engineering, or platform engineering
• Strong customer focus, ownership, urgency, and drive
• Solid experience with web technologies including JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Experience supporting both desktop and web application build pipelines
• Ability to mentor and influence without formal authority and to document and standardize processes
• Hands on Infrastructure as Code experience with CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK
• Experience improving dependency management and vulnerability remediation
• Proven CI and CD pipeline design and maintenance using GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild
• Strong web component bundler expertise including assessing, refactoring, and explaining configuration changes
• Deep hands on experience with Windows build environments and Windows OS level considerations
• Strong AWS experience including services such as CloudFormation, CloudWatch, CloudFront, DynamoDB, EC2, ECR, ECS, IAM, Lambda, Route53, S3, and VPC

Nice to have

• Experience with cloud cost optimization
• Background building applications with C++
• Experience with Electron in desktop applications
• Experience in large monorepo environments using tools like NX
• Experience formalizing Git branching and release strategies across teams
• Experience evaluating or migrating away from Electron based architectures
• Enterprise scale DevOps experience in regulated or structured environments
• Experience with operational support using tools such as PagerDuty

Tech stack highlights

• Languages and frameworks: C++, JavaScript ES6, HTML, CSS, React
• Build and bundling: Webpack and other modern bundlers, NX monorepo tooling
• Desktop: Electron, Windows builds and OS level considerations
• AWS: DynamoDB, Lambda, S3, SNS and SQS, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, CloudFront, EC2, ECR, ECS, IAM, Route53, VPC
• CI and CD: GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline
• IaC: CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK
• Testing and automation: Unit, API, integration, contract, browser, and end to end testing
• Operational tooling: PagerDuty
• AI experience: Generative AI and Agentic AI exposure a plus

About the team

We are a 20 person Digital Assessment team with 15 engineers across web, native, and infrastructure. We move quickly, collaborate openly, and experiment thoughtfully to deliver secure and accessible assessment experiences at scale. You will report into a senior engineering leader and be embedded with engineers who value mentorship, pragmatism, and measurable outcomes.

Work setup

• Remote within the United States
• Contract to hire
• No C2C or corp to corp. We are unable to consider third party agencies or subcontract arrangements

 Pay Rate Range: $65-$75 per hr (Depending on Experience)

nextSource is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure, and life experiences or for any other reason.

nextSource is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at talent@nextSource.com.

What nextSource Provides:

• Healthcare Benefits including Medical, Prescription, Vision & Dental Coverage | United Healthcare
• Voluntary STD & LTD | New York Life
• 401(k) Retirement Planning | Fidelity
• Discount Program

*You are Eligible to participate in the benefits program if you are considered a full-time employee of nextSource, working at least 30 hours per week on a consistent basis. Your coverage will be effective on the 1st of the month following 60 days of employment.