Senior DevOps Engineer – API & Business Services

Thank you for considering Progyny!

Progyny’s mission puts our technology platform in the enviable position of very evident purpose: directly supporting the family building journey of millions of individuals. The DevOps guild members directly support this through the design and support of the automated, repeatable build and deployment of our solutions to ensure an exceptional experience for our members and lowest-friction developer experience.

While embedded in the API & Business Services team, this role remains an active participant in the DevOps Guild contributing to platform-wide standards.  Our platform follows the goal of being cloud native with modern patterns, thoughtful selection of technology solutions, a clear eye on security/privacy control considerations among multiple other sibling non-functional considerations. We aspire to provide efficient and reliable GitOps and automation.  We are social beings that emphasize communication and collaboration through the mechanisms like practice guilds, peer development, documenting our decisions and plans, and maintaining awareness of industry patterns and practices evolution.

What you’ll do…

As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will help deliver reliable pipelines and platforms.   You are a member of a lean remote team of experienced polyglot engineers adept at software engineering, new technology introduction, and effective collaboration at a distance.  In this role, you will primarily support the API & Business Services team, which serves as the centralized integration and data services layer for the company, enabling secure and scalable access to internal and external systems. You will be responsible for working directly with a pod of engineers to support automated, repeatable build and deploy of solutions and services across our technology platform, with the goals of improving developer experience, automating more quality goal assurance functions, and helping to support the effective team sport that is solutions engineering at Progyny.

About you…

• 7+ years in DevOps or platform engineering roles for a moderate-to-large sized software engineering organization

• Experience with containerized environments and considerations is a must (Helm charts, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)

• Solid experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) models and Terraform/HCL conventions (control logic, patterns and composition, etc.)

• 5+ years GitOps automation on common SCM platforms (GitHub, GitLab)

• Deep experience with Git-flow and code branch management models & considerations (ex: trunk-based vs. Feature-based)

• 3+ years working with AWS (ex: VPC, IAM, etc.)

• Proven ability to anticipate CI/CD considerations for distinct platform components and environment constraints (example: Web/SPA vs. Data pipelines)

• Proven experience with various build and package management solutions and toolchains (ex: Jenkins, GitHub actions, NPM, Maven, PyPi, etc.)

• Demonstratable knowledge of authentication and authorization access patterns (ex: OIDC, common flows, etc.)

• Experience deploying and maintaining observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Sentry or Highligh.io (self-hosted).

• Demonstratable networking knowledge (TCP stack, CIDRs, DNS, troubleshooting, etc.)

• Familiarity with orchestrating modern data platforms (ex: Dagster, Apache Airflow)

• Experience supporting API gateway middleware such as KrakenD or alternatives (Kong, Tyk).

• Experience evaluating or implementing internal developer tools (e.g. Airtable, Budibase, Metabase, n8n, OpenMetaData)

• Demonstratable security knowledge (PKI, restricted data, etc.) and integration to relevant source systems (authorization store, certificate managers, secrets managers, etc.)

• Demonstratable Linux and shell skills

• Demonstratable SCM skills

• Comfortability with Bash and Python

• Some experience working in a regulated business environment (ex: Healthcare) is a plus

Please note: Progyny is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in United States without the need for sponsorship, now or in the future.  

About Progyny:   

Progyny (Nasdaq: PGNY) is a global leader in women’s health and family building solutions, trusted by the nation’s leading employers, health plans and benefit purchasers. We envision a world where everyone can realize dreams of family and ideal health. Our outcomes prove that comprehensive, inclusive and intentionally designed solutions simultaneously benefit employers, patients and physicians. 

Our benefits solution empowers patients with concierge support, coaching, education, and digital tools; provides access to a premier network of fertility and women's health specialists who use the latest science and technologies; drives optimal clinical outcomes; and reduces healthcare costs.  

Our mission is to empower healthier, supported journeys through transformative fertility, family building and women’s health benefits.  

Headquartered in New York City, Progyny has been recognized for its leadership and growth as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, CNBC Disruptor 50, Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare, Forbes' Best Employers, Financial Times Fastest Growing Companies, Inc. 5000, Inc. Power Partners, and Crain's Fast 50 for NYC. For more information, visit www.progyny.com. 

Our perks:  

• Family friendly benefits: Paid family and parental leave, preconception, fertility and family building benefits (including egg freezing, IVF, and adoption support), family and pet care fund, and Parents’ Employee Affiliation Group 

• Menopause and midlife care

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance options for employees and family  

• Free in-person, virtual and text-based mental health and wellness support  

• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, personal days and summer flex time  

• Company equity  

• Bonus program  

• 401(k) plan with company match

• Access to on-demand legal and financial advice   

• Learning and development programs to help you grow professionally and a mentorship program

• Company social events to include annual volunteer day and donation matching

• Flex days (3 days a week in the office) and onsite meals and snacks for employees reporting into our NY office 

In compliance with New York City's Wage Transparency Law, the annual salary [wage] range for NYC-based applicants is: $165,000 - $175,000. There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. Progyny offers a total compensation package comprised of base salary, cash bonus, and equity.   

Progyny is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, status as a protected veteran, criminal history consistent with legal requirements or any other basis protected by law. 

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance or an accommodation during the recruiting process, please send an e-mail to apply@progyny.com. 

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