Senior Dev Ops Engineer

Zippy was founded with one mission: to make getting a loan for a manufactured home simple, fast, and fully online. We believe modern manufactured homes are affordable, well-built, eco-friendly, and stylish, but finding a lender who understands this market can be challenging. That’s why Zippy focuses exclusively on manufactured home loans, offering a seamless, digital experience.

Headquartered in Dallas, TX, with an office in Tempe, AZ, Zippy provides home loans and insurance to manufactured home buyers throughout the United States. Our remote-first team is spread across cities like Dallas, Houston, Knoxville, Omaha, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and several other states and cities. Backed by institutional investors, we offer competitive pay, stock options, and excellent benefits. At Zippy, we pride ourselves on our commitment to finance happiness through the power of home. We are dedicated to enhancing consumers' financial outcomes and tackling the affordable housing crisis through cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions.

Zippy is looking for a hands-on, technically strong Senior DevOps Engineer to step into a high-impact role as we scale our infrastructure and DevOps practices. You’ll be responsible for owning and evolving the systems that power our fully digital lending experience for manufactured homes. This is a highly collaborative and technical role with deep involvement in infrastructure, deployment pipelines, security, and automation. 

What You’ll Do 

• Own and evolve our infrastructure-as-code setup using Terraform and AWS. 

• Improve CI/CD processes, observability, and security posture across environments. 

• Maintain and enhance Docker-based deployments, orchestration, and performance & availability. 

• Develop and manage internal tooling, scripts, and automation using Bash and other scripting languages. 

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Business Technology, and Product teams to enable fast and safe deployments. 

• Help define best practices for DevOps at Zippy, including documentation, processes and procedures. 

• Organize and document access controls, passwords, credentials, and infrastructure ownership. 

• Serve as a technical expert and thought partner on system architecture, security, data pipelines, and scalability. 

What We’re Looking For 

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or similar infrastructure engineering roles. 

• Expert-level knowledge of Terraform and AWS, specifically ECS, Fargate, FSx, RDS & Aurora Serverless 

• Experience working with and deploying Ruby on Rails applications. 

• Expert proficiency with Docker and container-based development environments. 

• Strong command-line experience and scripting in Bash. 

• Strong GitHub experience, including workflows, permissions, and automation. 

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, managing secure credentials, and SOC2 compliance and enforcement. 

• Strong background in Data infrastructures, tooling, performance, and pipelines.  

• A pragmatic builder with a documentation-first mindset — knows how to scale without chaos. 

• Comfortable working independently and asynchronously in a remote-first startup. 

Bonus Points 

• Experience mentoring or onboarding new DevOps engineers. 

• Previous work in fast-moving startups with lean engineering teams. 

• Exposure to security compliance or audit-ready environments. 

• Experience with Python frameworks such as Django or Flask. 

• Experience with DBT, Foreign Data Wrappers, data warehouses & data lakes. 

• Experience with Postgres, MSSQL, Redis. 

• Experience with Cloudflare CDN & WARP 

• Broad experience with AWS platform including Glue, CodeBuild, EventBridge, ML & AI tools, etc 

Please note that we are currently only hiring candidates who reside in the following states: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

Total Rewards

At Zippy, we're passionate about creating a workplace where people love to work. We put a lot of heart into building and nurturing a company culture that not only supports our team but also inspires them to do their best work.

Our benefits and perks are always evolving, but here’s what we offer right now:

• Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive salary with the potential for annual bonuses and variable pay, depending on your skills and experience.

• Equity for All: As a part of our commitment to shared success, all employees receive equity in the company, allowing you to share in the growth and achievements of Zippy.

• Remote Work: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home in a dynamic, remote-first environment.

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: We provide medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with company-subsidized benefits like STD, LTD, and life insurance for you and your family.

• Flexible Spending Accounts: Take advantage of medical & dependent care FSAs to help manage your expenses.

• Training & Licensing Support: We invest in your professional growth with resources for training and licensing.

• Paid Time Off: We offer generous PTO—and we encourage you to use it!

• Wellbeing Programs: Access a variety of wellbeing resources, including Headspace, Gympass+, Fetch, Spring Health, SoFi, Perkspot, Ladder, and more through our Sequoia Wellbeing Programs.

• Parental Leave: We provide paid parental leave to support you and your growing family.

• No Meeting Wednesdays: Enjoy a mid-week break from meetings to focus and recharge.

• Vibrant Slack Community: Engage with colleagues in our lively remote Slack community, featuring fun channels that connect people around shared interests like travel, pets, sports, food, and more.

• Career Growth: We believe in promoting from within, offering you opportunities to grow your career with us.

Beyond the tangible benefits:

• Core Values: At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Lead with Passion, Own It, Build a Better Way, Results Driven, and The Golden Rule. These values guide our decisions, shape our culture, and inspire us to achieve our best every day.

• Join a Growing Team: Be part of a dynamic team at a pivotal moment in Zippy’s growth, where every contribution makes a significant impact.

• Innovative Work: Collaborate with sharp, passionate teammates to tackle unique challenges in the Manufactured Housing market, positioning our product as a top-tier lending solution.

• Supportive Culture: You’ll be welcomed into a collaborative environment that fosters camaraderie, respect, and a deep sense of belonging.

• Diversity & Inclusion: We’re committed to empowering a diverse and inclusive workforce, celebrating our differences, and ensuring everyone feels safe to bring their whole selves to work.

• Inspirational Leadership: Work alongside leaders who are not only approachable but also dedicated to providing guidance, mentorship, and support to help you succeed.

• Meaningful Impact: Be part of a mission-driven team that’s making housing more affordable for everyone, helping prospective buyers secure fast and simple online loans to purchase manufactured homes. By joining Zippy you will help improve the lives of over 22 million Americans who live in manufactured homes today.

Zippy is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or marital status. If you are excited about the role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply. Nothing in this job posting should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.