As Lead DevOps Engineer at Elliptic, you will own the evolution of our infrastructure, leading a team to scale our Kubernetes platform and GitOps delivery. You’ll champion reliability and security, managing multi-region AWS environments and building the foundation for transformative AI products that detect and disrupt global financial crime.
Lead DevOps Engineer at Elliptic
Join Elliptic, a category leader that has helped disrupt over $21.8 billion in illicit crypto transactions. As Lead DevOps Engineer, you’ll own our Kubernetes evolution, drive Zero Trust architecture, and build the infrastructure powering our cutting-edge AI products. This is a high-impact role for a technical leader who wants to combine hands-on engineering with team mentorship in a mission-driven, high-growth environment.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Elliptic
Role overview
Financial Services170+ employeesLondon, United KingdomSeries C (VC-backed)
Elliptic is a global leader in blockchain analytics and crypto compliance solutions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, Elliptic provides software and intelligence that enable financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies to detect and manage risks related to digital assets and crypto transactions. The company pioneered the use of blockchain analytics for anti-money laundering, sanctions compliance, and financial crime prevention within the crypto industry. Elliptic’s comprehensive data and intelligence platform is used for compliance, risk management, intelligence operations, and blockchain forensics. Its clients include leading crypto exchanges, banks, and government agencies, making it a trusted solution for monitoring and investigating digital asset activity across over 50 blockchains.
Backed by Evolution Equity Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, AlbionVC, Octopus Ventures, Digital Currency Group, SBI Group, SignalFire, Paladin Capital Group, HSBC.
What you will do
- Architect and evolve a multi-cluster, multi-region Kubernetes platform on AWS using EKS, Istio, and Crossplane to ensure global reliability.
- Drive GitOps-driven progressive delivery using Flux and Flagger, implementing canary releases and automated testing for all infrastructure changes.
- Champion DevSecOps by enforcing Zero Trust architecture with Vault, mTLS, and OPA/Kyverno policies while maturing SAST/DAST and observability workflows.
Who this is a fit for
- Proven experience leading or mentoring DevOps teams with deep technical expertise in Kubernetes lifecycle management and the broader CNCF ecosystem.
- Expert-level knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and GitOps (Flux/ArgoCD) within complex, regulated AWS or GCP cloud environments.
- Strong background in security and reliability, including service mesh implementation, secret management, and operating infrastructure for AI-fluent or data-intensive applications.
Why this role is remarkable
- Lead the infrastructure strategy for a global leader in blockchain intelligence that has already traced over $21.8 billion in illicit transactions.
- Join a well-funded scale-up following a $120M Series D round backed by premier investors including Nasdaq Ventures, One Peak, and Deutsche Bank.
- Work at the cutting edge of AI and infrastructure, deploying Kong AI Gateways and LangChain/LangGraph systems within a Zero Trust, multi-cluster environment.
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