DevOps & Cloud Engineer

Company overview

Lima is a fast growing startup based in Kenya empowering farmers with data driven decisions.

As a company, Lima is championing a distributed team culture with a focus on individual and collective growth. We pride ourselves in our inclusive, diverse and a safe environment where exceptional talent can work, learn and grow.

Job description

Lima is looking for an Intermediate DevOps engineer to overtake our Cloud architecture and DevOps processes. If you're passionate about automation, Big Data pipelines, DevOps and AWS, then you're in the right place.

80% Your key responsibilities

• Build a cloud-native architecture that are reliable, performant and scalable and satisfy user requirements and objectives.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines for Front-end, Back-end, ML/DS and IoT projects
• Deploy AI models using cost-efficient and performant architectures
• Estimate Hosting costs for designed architectures
• Build technical documentation for Lima's internal knowledge and codebases
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to support collaboration between different teams
• Monitor and optimize infrastructure management with Infrastructure as Code

20% Up to you!

• Set and grow toward your ideal career goals
• What are you passionate about? What do you want to learn, and where else would you like to contribute?

*Requirements *

What we are looking for:

• Professional written and verbal fluency in English
• Deep knowledge and experience working with AWS, designing infrastructures and/or implementing existing architectures
• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working with Github and Github Actions
• Professional proficiency in either Python or Go (or the willingness to learn it quickly)
• Experience in Kubernetes and Docker or other container platforms
• Experience in debugging, testing, and problem-solving skills
• Experience with Agile Software Development Techniques, Tools, and TDD

Who you are:

• You are self-motivated and eager to learn. You take initiative, are naturally curious, and can learn new things quickly while continuing to deliver value on the job.
• You are a shipper.
• You respect deadlines, accomplish your work autonomously, and have experience setting a positive example for self-management to your team members.
• You have the ability to thrive in a collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• You enjoy helping others grow.

It would be great if you also have:

• B.Sc or M.Sc in software engineering, cloud engineering or similar disciplines
• Experience working with international, diversified and distributed teams.