Principal DevOps Engineer (Poland Remote)

Principal DevOps Engineer (Remote, Poland)

Turnitin is a recognized innovator in global education, partnering with educators and institutions for over 25 years to develop learning integrity solutions. With services used in over 185 countries, we are dedicated to protecting the value of authentic education. We foster a remote-first culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability, supported by a comprehensive package prioritizing your well-being. Join our diverse community of colleagues unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education.

About the Role

We are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to serve as a technical leader within our DevOps organization. This hands-on leadership role involves partnering closely with senior technical leaders to translate strategic platform direction into reliable, scalable, and developer-friendly infrastructure capabilities. You will lead the technical execution of platform initiatives, elevate engineering standards, and drive measurable improvements in reliability, cost efficiency, and delivery velocity.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Execution:
  • Partner with Architects to implement and operationalize platform strategy.
  • Lead the technical design and delivery of platform capabilities across serverless-first AWS workloads and Kubernetes (EKS) environments.
  • Break down large architectural initiatives into executable milestones.
  • Guide platform implementation patterns and reusable modules.
• Reliability & Operational Improvement:
  • Drive systemic improvements to reduce incident frequency and severity.
  • Strengthen observability standards (logging, metrics, tracing).
  • Support the adoption of Product-focused SRE frameworks.
  • Improve deployment safety, change management, and incident response practices.
• Platform Evolution:
  • Enhance CI/CD automation and deployment workflows.
  • Contribute to Kubernetes cluster design evolution and networking patterns.
  • Improve logging pipelines, cost visibility, tagging standards, and platform guardrails.
  • Support platform modernization efforts with a focus on simplification and predictability.
• Engineering Enablement:
  • Improve developer experience across platform offerings.
  • Establish clear golden paths for deployment and monitoring.
  • Contribute to DORA metric visibility and engineering performance improvements.
  • Support the adoption of responsible AI tooling in our workflows.
• Influence & Mentorship:
  • Mentor senior engineers and elevate platform engineering standards.
  • Lead technical discussions and design reviews.
  • Make tradeoffs visible and articulate technical risk clearly.
  • Reinforce disciplined intake and prioritization practices.

Requirements

• Experience:
  • 8–12+ years in infrastructure, SRE, or platform engineering.
  • Experience operating serverless and Kubernetes environments at scale.
  • Proven track record of improving reliability and reducing operational toil.
  • Experience collaborating closely with multiple engineering teams.
• Technical Expertise:
  • Strong AWS expertise (Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, VPC).
  • Strong Kubernetes/EKS experience including networking and observability.
  • Advanced Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
  • Strong CI/CD pipeline design experience.
  • Experience with observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, OpenSearch, Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch).
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and reliability engineering.
• Nice to Have:
  • Experience implementing DORA metrics.
  • Experience supporting SRE models and incident reduction initiatives.
  • Experience improving developer onboarding and platform UX.
  • Experience writing tools in scripting languages such as Python, Node.js, or similar.
  • Experience evaluating AI-assisted development tooling safely.

What We Offer

• Compensation:
  • Expected annual base salary range: PLN 308,025/year to PLN 513,375/year.
  • Bonus eligibility.
• Total Rewards:
  • A comprehensive package prioritizing overall well-being.
  • Intrinsic rewards of unleashing potential and making a positive impact on global education.
  • A culture free of politics, with humble, inclusive, and collaborative teammates.
• Global Benefits:
  • Remote-first culture.
  • Health Care Coverage.
  • Education Reimbursement.
  • Competitive Paid Time Off, including Self-Care Days, National Holidays, Founder Days, and Paid Volunteer Time Off.
  • Charitable Contribution Match.
  • Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement.
  • Access to Employee Assistance Program (mental health platform).
  • Parental Leave.
  • Retirement Plan with match/contribution.

We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the