DevOps Engineer
Tlon provides a personal-server messenger and an integrated AI agent.
About Tlon
Tlon operates Tlon Messenger, a messaging service in which each account runs on a personal server in a peer-to-peer network, with messages, groups, and identity controlled by the user’s cryptographic key. It also provides Tlonbot, an OpenClaw-powered personal AI agent that operates within conversations and can search the web, remember context, manage groups, and schedule tasks. Tlon hosts personal and bot nodes for customers while allowing them to export their setup, self-host, and change AI-model providers.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build, maintain and improve the infrastructure that powers Urbit-based communication tools. You will design and manage cloud environments, implement infrastructure as code, and maintain reliable CI pipelines for development and deployment. You will monitor system performance, troubleshoot incidents and optimize Linux-based systems for scalability, security and availability. You will work closely with software developers to streamline releases, automate workflows and integrate applications with infrastructure, while contributing to operational best practices, documentation and tooling.
Requirements
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools and practices
- Proficiency in Software Development and Continuous Integration
- Solid background in System Administration and Linux
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
- Ability to write clear technical documentation and collaborate in a remote, distributed team
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) is highly beneficial
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience preferred
- Familiarity with Urbit or similar distributed systems is a plus
Responsibilities
- Design and manage cloud environments
- Implement infrastructure as code
- Maintain reliable CI pipelines for development and deployment
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot incidents
- Optimize Linux-based systems for scalability, security and availability
- Collaborate with software developers to streamline releases and automate workflows
- Contribute to operational best practices, documentation and tooling
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Parental leave
- Equity benefits
- Remote friendly
- Generous vacation
- Wellness benefits
