- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- IT & Technology Systems
- Posted
- Nov 7, 2026
About SSENSE
SSENSE is a Montreal-based retailer bringing together established and emerging luxury brands across fashion and other product categories. Its work combines e-commerce, cultural content and a Montreal store, with roles spanning merchandising, technology, studio production, customer experience and corporate functions.
The Senior DevOps Specialist owns end-to-end platform initiatives spanning AWS, EKS, and internal developer tools, improving platform reliability, infrastructure costs, and engineering velocity while collaborating with Engineering, Security, and Data teams. The role develops internal platforms, infrastructure automation, launch-readiness processes, and capabilities for SSENSE’s AI platform roadmap. This is a permanent, full-time hybrid position with two days in the office.
Role & Responsibilities
- Build and evolve internal developer platforms, such as Spin, to increase engineering velocity and enable team self-service.
- Develop infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and automation to reduce repetitive work and eliminate error-prone manual operations.
- Establish and streamline high-traffic launch-readiness processes, including load-testing automation, to protect revenue during peak events.
- Oversee AWS and EKS optimization initiatives, such as Karpenter and OpenCost, to deliver measurable infrastructure cost savings.
- Develop tools and platform capabilities to advance SSENSE’s AI platform roadmap and accelerate AI adoption across teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Deep hands-on experience operating production workloads with AWS and Kubernetes (EKS).
- Expertise in infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitOps/ArgoCD).
- Proficiency in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Helm), and scripting with Bash and Python.
- Ability to independently architect complex workflows, lead end-to-end solution design, and coach teams in advanced frameworks.
- Experience leading complex, multi-system process architectures and cross-functional redesigns to increase operational capacity.
- Ability to independently use sophisticated analytical tools to diagnose root causes of systemic platform issues.
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional senior leadership, manage project scope, and build consensus among stakeholders with conflicting interests.
- Proactive approach to serving as a senior technical resource and mentoring peers across the organization.
Skills
Experience
Minimum of five years of relevant DevOps and cloud infrastructure experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Benefits
Extended health and dental benefits, including comprehensive mental health programs and coverage; parental top-up program; employee discount on ssense.com; access to telemedicine and an employee and family assistance program; matching contributions to savings and retirement plans; gender affirmation coverage; opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and an innovative team.
Culture
SSENSE’s job descriptions emphasize collaboration between commercial, creative and technical functions. Studio roles balance visual standards with production requirements, while technology and merchandising roles focus on the tools and processes supporting the retail operation.
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