Please note: This role is in-office in San Francisco at our headquarters working with the entire company five days per week. We are not open to remote candidates.

About Us

Campfire is on a mission to redefine the accounting software landscape by taking on giants like Netsuite to build modern accounting software for startups and mid-size tech companies. We graduated from Y Combinator's Summer 2023 cohort, and we are backed by prominent investors like Foundation Capital and a rapidly growing customer base.

Role:

We're seeking a DevOps Engineer to build and maintain secure, reliable cloud infrastructure that powers our applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles

• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using NewRelic, Sentry, and related tools

• Automate deployment pipelines and operational tasks using Python scripting

• Manage and optimize PostgreSQL databases, including backups, replication, and performance tuning

• Establish security best practices across infrastructure, including IAM policies, network segmentation, and secrets management

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure smooth deployments and incident response

• Maintain high availability and disaster recovery strategies

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM)

• Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure automation

• Working knowledge of Python for automation and tooling

• Experience with PostgreSQL administration and optimization

• Familiarity with monitoring platforms (NewRelic, Sentry, or similar)

• Strong understanding of security principles and compliance requirements

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes a plus)

• Excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to respond to production incidents

Nice to Have:

• AWS certifications

• Experience with configuration management tools

• Knowledge of additional scripting languages (Bash, Go)

• Experience with high-traffic, production environments

This role offers the opportunity to shape critical infrastructure decisions while working with modern cloud technologies in a collaborative environment.