Lead DevOps Engineer

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Lead DevOps Engineer Salary Not Disclosed Company Description Elliptic is a $120M Series D fintech valued at ~$670M, backed by investors like Nasdaq Ventures and Deutsche Bank, dedicated to disrupting illicit crypto laundering across global blockchains. Job Description As Lead DevOps Engineer at Elliptic, you will own the evolution of our infrastructure, leading a team to scale our Kubernetes platform and GitOps delivery. You’ll champion reliability and security, managing multi-region AWS environments and building the foundation for transformative AI products that detect and disrupt global financial crime. Location London, UK Why this role is remarkable Lead the infrastructure strategy for a global leader in blockchain intelligence that has already traced over $21.8 billion in illicit transactions.Join a well-funded scale-up following a $120M Series D round backed by premier investors including Nasdaq Ventures, One Peak, and Deutsche Bank.Work at the cutting edge of AI and infrastructure, deploying Kong AI Gateways and LangChain/LangGraph systems within a Zero Trust, multi-cluster environment. What You Will Do Architect and evolve a multi-cluster, multi-region Kubernetes platform on AWS using EKS, Istio, and Crossplane to ensure global reliability.Drive GitOps-driven progressive delivery using Flux and Flagger, implementing canary releases and automated testing for all infrastructure changes.Champion DevSecOps by enforcing Zero Trust architecture with Vault, mTLS, and OPA/Kyverno policies while maturing SAST/DAST and observability workflows. The ideal candidate Proven experience leading or mentoring DevOps teams with deep technical expertise in Kubernetes lifecycle management and the broader CNCF ecosystem.Expert-level knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and GitOps (Flux/ArgoCD) within complex, regulated AWS or GCP cloud environments.Strong background in security and reliability, including service mesh implementation, secret management, and operating infrastructure for AI-fluent or data-intensive applications. Who are Jack & Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. How does this work? Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. We never post fake jobs This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.