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🥝 Lead DevOps GCP Engineer - 100% REMOTE - R1.4M PA

E-Merge | workfromhome, South-Africa | Posted June 04, 2026

Job Description

Own the Infrastructure. Shape the Future!!

Are you ready to set the technical North Star for a high-performing engineering team?

We're looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to design, scale, and secure modern cloud infrastructure powering FastAPI backends and NextJS/React frontends - with reliability built in from day one.

The Stack You'll Command:

  • Cloud: Primary on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), strategic integration with Microsoft Azure
  • Orchestration: Kubernetes managed via Helm
  • Infrastructure as Code: Heavy Terraform
  • Backend: FastAPI
  • Frontend: Next.js / React
  • Data: PostgreSQL (with a DB-agnostic mindset across diverse schemas)
  • Security & Ops: Okta + Atlassian toolchain

What You'll Do:

  • Lead and mentor engineers while aligning infrastructure strategy with business goals
  • Arc...

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