As a Staff DevOps Engineer (Tech Lead), you will help lead Riverside Insights’ cloud transformation and DevOps automation initiatives, building scalable AWS solutions and modern infrastructure that power the future of education technology. Your work will enable secure, reliable platforms that help educators and students unlock their full potential through research-backed assessments and innovative tools.
In this player-coach role, you will manage a small team while remaining hands-on with critical infrastructure work. You will design and implement scalable AWS solutions, automate deployments, and mentor a high-performing team empowering millions of learners worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
- Own strategy and implementation for hosting .NET, Python, Node.js, and React applications on AWS using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
- Automate AWS infrastructure and optimize for scalability, observability, and cost.
- Support SDLC deployments across all environments through production.
- Manage and migrate data stores (Postgres, SQL Server, Oracle) to cloud-native AWS solutions.
- Lead tooling improvements for modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Prioritize timelines and deliverables across the engineering ecosystem.
- Mentor and coach team members while fostering a collaborative DevOps culture.
- Partner with engineering and product leaders to analyze requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
RequirementsMust-Have Qualifications
- Proven experience as a staff engineer, tech lead, or engineering manager with coaching and mentoring responsibilities.
- Expertise in AWS multi-account, multi-region deployments and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, auto-scaling strategies, and cost optimization.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), containerization, and observability tools (CloudWatch, DataDog).
- Familiarity with security audits and certifications (e.g., SOC2).
- Proficiency in scripting (bash and/or Python).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with EdTech platforms or similar SaaS environments.
- Advanced knowledge of AWS services and emerging cloud technologies.
- Familiarity with legacy-to-cloud migration strategies.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
Disclaimer:
The above statements describe the general nature and level of the work performed by people assigned to this work. This list does not cover all possible duties, tasks, or responsibilities. Riverside Insights may amend or change responsibilities to meet the needs of the business and organization as necessary.
BenefitsWhy Join Our Team?
At Riverside Insights, achieving real results for students and educators is more than talk, it is what we do. As we grow, so will you, offering the chance to expand your skills on an ambitious, solution-focused team. Join us in making great work possible, where your well-being and dedication to making an impact go hand in hand. If you are ready for an ambitious, collaborative environment, Riverside is the place for you.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Company paid basic life and AD and D insurance
- Company paid long-term disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Supplemental life insurance options
- Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Retirement plan with discretionary company matching
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options
- Premium subscription to Calm for employee and dependents
- 33 days of company paid time off (PTO, Holidays, Wellness Days)
- Quarterly Focus Days
- Flexible work arrangements
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Company orientation and 30, 60, 90 Day Onboarding
Compensation
A reasonable estimate of the range for this position is $170,000 - $175,000 USD plus applicable bonus. This compensation range is specific to the United States, and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; internal pay ranges; and market data or range parameters.
Riverside Insights is an Equal-opportunity Employer
Riverside Insights provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Riverside Insights, every employee has the right to a welcoming and inclusive workplace where their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued and celebrated. Thank you for considering joining our growing team and our mission to help elevate potential globally. Please check out to learn more about our work.
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What We Do
ssessments play a critical role in unlocking a person’s true potential. Actionable insights — derived from accurate, reliable and consistent data — create opportunities that help people thrive.
Through our proven portfolio of trusted and precise assessment solutions, Riverside Insights offers the clarity and perspective needed to create a meaningful impact at the state, district and individual levels. We're dedicated to creating and providing a broad range of high-quality, time-tested professional testing products and services as well as delivering meaningful information that can enhance the lives of children and adults.
At Riverside Insights, we are fueled by a powerful mission: to provide insights that help elevate potential. This stems from a core belief that every person should have the ability to understand their potential and be guided to the resources that enables them to realize that potential.
We aspire to enrich 1B lives globally by 2030 by providing insights born of research-based assessments to students, clinical patients, and employees/companies.
Elevating potential is what we do… and for over 80 years, developing and providing research-based assessments has been how we do it. Riverside is one of the preeminent and most longstanding assessment developers/publishers nationally.
Riverside is a “purpose-fueled, values-led” company that is aligned behind a “PeopleFirst” ethos and a set of 5 very important core values that guide who we work with, how we make decisions, and the standard that we hold ourselves to.
Riverside Insights strives for excellence. We recognize that we must have the best people, and the best people are drawn from the broadest pool of applicants. The people we need can be found only by looking across the full spectrum of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, qualified veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation and gender identity.
