Junior DevOps Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Snappy is looking for a Junior DevOps Engineer to join our infrastructure team. You’ll work on a modern, cloud-native stack across AWS and GCP. You’ll focus on automation, observability and security, and learn from experienced engineers while taking on real production responsibility. You’ll also use AI tools to streamline day-to-day operations.

🏢 About Snappy

Snappy is the award-winning, all-in-one gifting company that spreads joy, shares gratitude, and takes the guesswork out of gifting. Founded in 2015, Snappy was named one of Inc.’s fastest-growing companies in the Northeast in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Snappy is the trusted gifting and swag partner to over 43% of Fortune 100 companies as well as thousands of individuals who use Snappy for personal gifting. Snappy has sent more than five million gifts worldwide.

🎯 The Role

You’ll help us scale a multi-cloud, AI-driven platform that powers millions of gifting experiences worldwide. You’ll work with AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD, with guidance and mentorship from the team.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Support and maintain AWS/GCP infrastructure (networking, IAM, multi-account setups) under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Write and update Terraform code, GitOps flows and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, ArgoCD).
• Help deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters and serverless applications.
• Build and maintain dashboards and alerts using Prometheus and Grafana, and explore AI-assisted insights.
• Apply security best practices and help with compliance automation.
• Use AI tools to speed up development, spot anomalies and assist with incident response.
• Take part in on-call and incident handling, first as a shadow and then gradually on your own.
• Document processes and runbooks.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 1–2 years in a DevOps, SRE, cloud or system administration role. Strong relevant projects, a military technology unit background or internships also count.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD pipelines, at the level of working on them rather than designing them end to end.
• A basic understanding of AWS core services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC) and familiarity with AWS Lambda and serverless concepts.
• Curiosity about AI automation in DevOps, and an interest in using it in your daily work.
• A strong desire to learn, take ownership and work well in a team.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Python/Bash scripting skills (Go is a plus).
• Exposure to cloud cost optimization or FinOps.
• Interest in internal developer platforms or platform engineering.
• Cloud certifications (e.g. AWS Cloud Practitioner or Associate level).

🎁 Benefits

Snappy thrives on connecting people and cultivating meaningful relationships through the power of gratitude and gifting. Our recipient-picks experience ensures gift-givers send the perfect gift every time, for everyone, on every occasion. Snappy has been featured on Fortune’s "Best Small & Medium Workplaces," “Best Workplace for Millennials,” and “Best Workplace in Tech” lists.

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