Summary
Binance is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to build and operate secure, reliable cloud infrastructure for blockchain services and distributed systems. The role includes managing Kubernetes clusters, automating infrastructure with Terraform, improving CI/CD and observability, operating middleware, and responding to production incidents. Applicants should have 5+ years of relevant experience and hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Karpenter, Terraform, a major cloud platform, and scripting or programming. The role is listed for the United Arab Emirates and is remote; competitive salary and company benefits are mentioned, but no salary amount is stated.
The posting
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Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, and more. Our mission is to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to build and operate highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure supporting blockchain services and distributed systems. You will be responsible for designing cloud-native platforms, automating infrastructure, improving system reliability, and collaborating with engineering teams to deliver production-grade services across multiple cloud providers.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving infrastructure challenges at scale, has strong software engineering fundamentals, and is passionate about automation and platform engineering.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain highly available cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Operate and optimize Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
- Manage cluster autoscaling and capacity planning using Karpenter and Kubernetes native technologies.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
- Design and improve CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployment.
- Deploy and operate middleware platforms such as Kafka, Redis and NGINX.
- Automate operational tasks using Golang and Python.
- Improve observability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing.
- Ensure platform reliability, scalability, security, and disaster recovery.
- Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analysis.
- Work closely with software engineers to improve deployment processes and platform developer experience.
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineer.
- Strong experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS / GCP / Azure
- Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes production environments.
- Experience with Karpenter for Kubernetes autoscaling and node lifecycle management.
- Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation.
- Experience administering Linux systems and networking fundamentals.
- Experience operating middleware technologies such as: Kafka / Redis / NGINX
- Strong scripting and programming skills in: Golang / Python
- Experience with Git, GitOps workflows, and CI/CD platforms.
- Strong understanding of observability tools such as Prometheus, OpenTelemetry.
- Familiarity with container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with blockchain RPC services, validators, indexing services, or distributed consensus systems.
- Experience deploying and managing blockchain nodes (Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, Cosmos, or other Layer 1/Layer 2 networks).
- Experience with Argo CD, Helm, Helmfile, or Flux.
- Experience with multi-region and multi-cloud deployments.
- Knowledge of cloud security best practices, IAM, networking, and secrets management.
- Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.
- Familiarity with message queues, distributed caching, and high-throughput systems.
- Experience with performance tuning and capacity planning for large-scale distributed systems.
Nice to Have
- Experience operating multi-region, multi-cloud production environments.
- Experience in cryptocurrency exchanges or blockchain infrastructure providers.
- Knowledge of RPC infrastructure, distributed databases, or high-performance networking.
- Familiarity with security and compliance best practices (IAM, WAF, Vault, KMS, etc.).
- Experience contributing to open-source projects
Why Binance
- Shape the future of finance
- Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
- Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative enviornment with autonomy
- Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
- Competitive salary and company benefits
- Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)
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