Remote Senior DevOps / CI-CD Engineer (L5/L6) at HireLATAM
$5,000from the description
Jul 5, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level role centered on owning AWS serverless infrastructure, CI/CD pipeline design, and site reliability engineering for software platforms serving public-safety and emergency response clients. The position also requires hands-on full-stack development in Go, React, and TypeScript, with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and GitHub Workflows for release automation. It suits an experienced engineer comfortable operating across both infrastructure and application layers.
Senior level · 3+ years · Remote · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 13,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,600–19,900
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
The role is based in Latin America and filled as an independent contractor; the US-based flag is set to false accordingly. The caller has instructed remote=true with no metro inferred.
The posting frames this as 'Senior to Staff Level (L5/L6)' in the body, but the job title reads 'Senior DevOps / CI-CD Engineer' — advertised seniority is set to Senior from the title. The actual scope (end-to-end production ownership, FAANG-calibrated) is consistent with Senior.
The role is classified as Software Developers (15-1252) rather than Systems Administrators (15-1244) because the JD explicitly requires writing production code in Go, React, and TypeScript alongside infrastructure work, and the infrastructure itself is built via Terraform and GitHub Actions — the role ships code, not just operates existing systems. 15-1244 is noted as a runner-up given the strong SRE/DevOps framing.
The posting describes the engagement as a 'full-time monthly contractor salary' — employment type is set to Contract, as the worker is explicitly an independent contractor despite the full-time schedule.
The 3-year minimum experience figure is tied specifically to AWS serverless architectures in production; it is the only stated overall experience floor and is used as the overall years minimum.
Sentry is listed in the required qualifications alongside CloudWatch as a tracing/observability stack. The JD phrases them as 'Sentry, CloudWatch, or similar' — Sentry is emitted as the primary required skill with CloudWatch in alternatives to reflect the interchangeable framing, but CloudWatch is also emitted separately because it appears independently as a named tool in the responsibilities section.
Material UI is listed under Preferred Qualifications alongside responsive mobile design and accessibility compliance — all treated as preferred.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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