Lead DevOps Engineer

Company Description Superfan.ng is an edtech learning platform dedicated to African languages and culture, designed for learners across the continent and the diaspora. The platform offers a gamified, quiz-first experience that explores African proverbs, traditions, rites of passage, festivals, folklore, and customs. By combining engaging gameplay with rich cultural content, Superfan.ng helps learners deepen their understanding of African heritage. The company focuses on accessible, mobile-friendly learning experiences that make cultural education interactive and fun. Team members collaborate remotely to build tools that celebrate and preserve African knowledge for a global audience.

Role Description The Lead DevOps Engineer is a full-time, remote role responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure that powers Superfan.ng’s learning platform. This role involves owning CI/CD pipelines, improving deployment workflows, and ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of services. Day-to-day tasks include managing cloud resources, automating infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code, monitoring system performance, and troubleshooting production issues. The Lead DevOps Engineer will collaborate closely with software developers to streamline builds and releases, enforce best practices, and optimize development environments. The role also includes mentoring team members on DevOps practices and contributing to long-term architectural decisions.

Qualifications

• Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) skills, with experience using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Solid Software Development experience, including scripting and automation in languages like Python, Go, or Node.js.
• Proficiency in Continuous Integration and delivery, with hands-on work in CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
• Advanced System Administration skills, including configuring, monitoring, and securing servers and services.
• Deep expertise with Linux operating systems, including command-line, networking, and performance tuning.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization/orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is highly beneficial.
• Knowledge of security best practices, observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing), and backup/recovery strategies.
• Ability to work autonomously in a remote environment, communicate clearly with cross-functional teams, and lead technical initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience; prior experience in an edtech or consumer app environment is a plus.