Senior Devops Engineer

About the Job

At Kin, we’re reimagining insurance to be smarter, faster, and truly centered on the customer. Through intelligent pricing, streamlined bundling, and frictionless service—from purchase to claims—we’re simplifying the insurance experience, especially in regions often overlooked by traditional providers.

We empower people to safeguard what matters most, starting with their homes and expanding to everything they value. In a world facing rising climate threats, soaring costs, and outdated insurance systems, Kin is committed to delivering reliable protection where others fall short. Our forward-thinking approach has driven exceptional growth, attracted top-tier investors, and earned us notable recognition, including:

• Built In Chicago’s Best Midsize Places to Work (2021–2025)

• Forbes’ America’s Best Startup Employers (#37 in 2024)

• Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

• Forbes’ Fintech 50

Our people are the heart of our success, and we’re looking for innovative, passionate professionals to join us.

The Role: Senior DevOps Engineer

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Kin, you’ll play a vital role in accelerating feature delivery and ensuring the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our infrastructure. You’ll design, implement, and maintain robust infrastructure solutions supporting development, testing, and production environments. Your expertise in GitHub Workflows, Terraform IaC, and AWS will enhance our CI/CD capabilities and operational excellence.

This role is highly collaborative, engaging with peers in Engineering, Security, Operations, SRE, and Release teams to solve complex problems and drive continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with engineers across teams to identify automation opportunities and optimize existing workflows

• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Workflows and Actions

• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions with Terraform to manage AWS environments

• Ensure infrastructure complies with regulatory and security standards

• Optimize performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness across AWS services

• Integrate DevOps best practices into the software development lifecycle

• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting for high availability

• Continuously refine tools, processes, and systems for greater efficiency

• Stay current on emerging DevOps technologies and trends

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, with a strong background in CI/CD and infrastructure management

• Proficiency in GitHub Workflows and Actions (or similar tools)

• 2+ years of experience with Terraform for IaC

• Solid working knowledge of AWS core services (EC2, ECS, ECR, S3, RDS, IAM)

  • Bonus: Familiarity with Redis, DMS, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, Databricks

• Strong skills in shell scripting, Docker, and YAML

• Experience automating release and change management processes

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Clear, effective communication and collaboration skills

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment

• Must reside in and be authorized to work full-time in the U.S.

• Preference for candidates in MT or PST time zones

Bonus Points For

• Experience with Spacelift.io for Terraform management

• Knowledge of PostgreSQL database optimization and administration

• Prior involvement in formal release management processes

What We Offer

We provide a comprehensive and flexible benefits package to support you and your family:

• Competitive salary with equity options

• 401(k) plan with 4% company match

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

• Optional benefits: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, legal assistance, pet insurance

• Employee Assistance Program

• Flexible PTO + 8 paid holidays

• Paid parental leave (up to 14 weeks for birthing parents, 8 weeks for non-birthing)