Hiring Senior DevOps Engineer: Salary Range, Workflow, Requirements, Tips Based on Our New Case

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The Product:

I work for the Ukrainian tech product LetyShops, a cashback service that now returns part of the money spent on purchases to 28 million users around the world.

Client Request:

They needed a seasoned Senior DevOps engineer. To be honest, the best of the best. The requirements were as follows:

Good understanding of the principles of reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
Knowledge and experience with relevant technologies and tools such as cloud platforms (AWS), containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), CI/CD tools (GitLab CI/CD), scripting languages (Python, Go, Bash), monitoring and logging tools, and networking concepts.
Understanding of the benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and basic familiarity with IaC tools.
Familiarity with configuration management tools.
Understanding of security risks, vulnerabilities, and basic best practices.

Salary preferences for such candidates are $6000-$8000 per month.

Analytics:

The overall pipeline consisted of 185 candidates. Only 17 of them were considering a job change. I presented the four best, and one of them received the offer.

What Helped to Fill the Position?

Interesting product: building a fintech product from scratch.

Senior Recruiter work: a well-built sourcing and communication strategy. That's crucial to finding such a unicorn.

Stages of Interviews:

Intro-call with recruiter
Interview with hiring manager
System Design
Call with CEO

If you need assistance with your search, please contact Tanya: tn@vpteam.io.