DevOps Team Leader

About the role

The DevOps team at HUMAN builds and operates a large-scale, globally distributed production platform that processes hundreds of thousands to millions of requests per second, under strict latency and high-availability requirements. This mission-critical environment presents constant engineering challenges across performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.

We operate tens of thousands of nodes across multi-region cloud environments, with a strong focus on performance, efficiency, and FinOps best practices.

We’re looking for an experienced DevOps Team Lead with hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and at least one major cloud provider (experience with GCP is a plus).

The ideal candidate

A passionate, highly technical leader who combines strong DevOps engineering capabilities with the ability to grow, mentor, and empower a team. Someone who thrives in large-scale environments and enjoys tackling complex infrastructure problems.

What you'll do:

Modernize and evolve our globally distributed, massive-scale infrastructure.

Lead by example, mentor engineers, and champion technical excellence.

Drive continuous improvement in the system reliability by identifying systemic weaknesses and proposing preventative architectural or process changes.

Shape team culture and support onboarding of new engineers.

Influence the performance and reliability of systems serving millions of users every second.

Who you are:

4+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer.

2+ years of experience leading a DevOps team.

Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed infrastructure.

Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Tech Savvy - eager to learn and adopt new technologies.

Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS / GCP / Azure) - GCP an advantage.

Strong Kubernetes expertise.

Experience with IaC and CI/CD pipelines.

Software engineering background — an advantage.

About HUMAN Security

HUMAN was founded in a Brooklyn sci-fi bookstore with a hacker mindset and the lofty mission of making the internet safer by putting humans first. Today, our Human Defense Platform safeguards enterprises from sophisticated bots, fraud, and account abuse, verifying the humanity of more than 20 trillion interactions per week for the world’s biggest brands and internet platforms.

HUMAN is an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to protecting the internet's integrity for everyone. We believe in putting people first, embracing diversity of thought from our global teams, and welcoming all individuals to share their unique experiences as we fight cybercrime together. We support our Humans with a comprehensive total rewards package for personal and professional development, including well-being and learning stipends, flexible work options, and dedicated time off. While our HQ is in NYC, we have teams worldwide.

HUMAN is growing fast, and there’s never been a more meaningful time to join us. If you thrive on solving complex problems and want to help shape the future of cybersecurity, join us as we build a safer, more human internet.

If you are an individual with a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us directly.