Opportunity

Staff DevOps Engineer – SaaS Platform at Hubstaff in Columbus

Location Columbus
Company Hubstaff
Source jobicy
Posted 2026-08-27 16:11:54

Career & Market Insight

Staff-level DevOps at a product-led SaaS company is a high-leverage career move, especially at Hubstaff, which is operating at meaningful scale (200K+ users) and actively investing in platform modernization. This is not a ticket-taker role — you'll own architecture decisions end-to-end alongside the CTO.

Skills you'll develop or deepen:

  • Multi-cloud architecture (AWS primary + GCP) at production scale
  • Platform engineering and internal developer experience (IDP) — one of the hottest DevOps sub-disciplines in 2024–2025
  • GitOps, Kubernetes (EKS), and observability stack mastery (Prometheus/Grafana/Loki)
  • Security and compliance posture for a global SaaS product

Compensation reality check: No salary range is listed, which is a mild yellow flag for a staff-level role. Market rates for Staff DevOps/SRE engineers in the US typically range from $150K–$200K+ annually. Candidates in LATAM should note that compensation is "based on location," meaning pay may be geo-adjusted below US benchmarks — worth clarifying early in the process.

Green flags: Deep remote culture (10+ years), high autonomy, direct CTO partnership, and a modern stack signal a company that trusts engineers. The emphasis on ownership and async culture suggests minimal micromanagement.

Potential watch-out: No mention of team size or on-call structure. For a platform role of this scope, understanding incident response expectations is critical before accepting.

At Hubstaff, our mission is to empower people to have their most productive workday. We do this by providing the industry-leading workforce analytics and time tracking platform for remote and distributed teams.

We've been fully remote for over a decade—long before it became a trend—and we continue to believe that remote work represents the most significant shift in the modern workplace since the advent of the PC. Our platform helps more than 200,000 global users track time, gain visibility into work, manage schedules, and automate payments with transparency and accountability at its core.

We're a product-led company with a winning culture, strong momentum, and a long-term vision: to become an essential part of every remote company's tech stack. And we're just getting started.

The Role

We're hiring a Staff DevOps Engineer to help shape the future of Hubstaff's cloud platform.

This is a high-impact, fully remote role for an experienced infrastructure engineer who enjoys building secure, scalable, and highly automated systems. You'll partner with our CTO, architects, and engineering teams to improve reliability, security, developer experience, and platform scalability across our global SaaS platform.

This isn't a traditional operations role. We're looking for someone who thrives on solving complex infrastructure challenges, automating everything possible, and building the internal platform that enables engineering teams to move faster.

If you enjoy building secure, scalable cloud platforms, automating infrastructure, and solving complex engineering challenges, we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Do
  • Design and operate scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP.
  • Build and improve Kubernetes, Linux, and cloud networking environments.
  • Standardize infrastructure using Terraform, Terragrunt, Helm, and GitOps practices.
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and ArgoCD.
  • Build monitoring, logging, and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, CloudWatch, and Better Stack.
  • Strengthen security, disaster recovery, and platform resilience.
  • Drive platform strategy while remaining hands-on with implementation.
  • Improve developer productivity through automation and self-service infrastructure.
What Makes You Successful
  • You've built and operated production cloud infrastructure at scale using AWS (GCP experience is a plus).
  • You're an expert in Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, Helm, and modern GitOps practices.
  • You've built reliable CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or similar tools.
  • You have experience supporting production PostgreSQL, Redis, and distributed systems.
  • You've implemented monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, CloudWatch, or similar platforms.
  • You understand networking, IAM, encryption, disaster recovery, and cloud security best practices.
  • You're comfortable supporting applications built with Ruby on Rails, Go, Rust, or Node.js.
  • You enjoy solving complex infrastructure problems through automation and ownership.
You'll Stand Out If You Have
  • Helped scale infrastructure for a high-growth SaaS product.
  • Built or evolved a platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps function.
  • Led cloud modernization or infrastructure transformation initiatives.
  • Supported applications built with Ruby on Rails, Go, Rust, or Node.js.
  • Worked with GitOps, service mesh technologies, or serverless platforms.
  • Built infrastructure for data platforms or ETL workloads.
  • Thrived in a fully remote, async-first engineering culture.
Why You'll Love Working Here
  • Work alongside experienced engineering leaders on a platform used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.
  • Own projects from architecture through implementation.
  • Join a highly autonomous, remote-first engineering culture built on trust and ownership.
  • Work with modern cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and observability tooling at scale.
  • Make a direct impact on platform reliability, developer productivity, and customer experience.
Location

Remote

We're hiring candidates across North America, Canada and Latin America, with a preference for those located between the Eastern and Mountain time zones to support collaboration across our engineering team.

Compensation & Employment Type

Permanent, full-time

Competitive compensation based on experience, skills, and location.

Inclusion at Hubstaff

Hubstaff is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members, regardless of background, identity, or lived experience.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this role truly fully remote or are there location requirements?
The role is fully remote, but Hubstaff prefers candidates located between the Eastern and Mountain time zones (UTC-5 to UTC-7) to support team collaboration. They are hiring across the US, Canada, and Latin America.
What is the salary range for this Staff DevOps Engineer position?
Hubstaff lists compensation as "competitive" and based on experience, skills, and location, but no specific salary range is provided in the posting. Candidates should inquire directly during the screening process.
What cloud platforms and tools will I work with day-to-day?
The primary cloud is AWS, with GCP as a secondary platform. The core stack includes Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Terragrunt, Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and CloudWatch.
Is this an individual contributor role or does it have management responsibilities?
This is primarily a hands-on senior individual contributor (Staff-level) role. You'll partner with the CTO and architects to drive platform strategy, but the emphasis is on hands-on implementation and ownership rather than people management.
Does Hubstaff hire contractors or is this an employee position?
This is listed as a permanent, full-time position. Hubstaff does hire across LATAM, so the employment structure (employee vs. contractor) may vary by country — it's worth confirming the arrangement for your specific location.
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