Mill is all about answering a simple question: how can we prevent waste? Less waste can save time, money, energy, maybe even our planet. And there’s no better place to start than food. Food waste is one of the most solvable climate problems facing us today. Plus, our trash really stinks. It’s gross, heavy, and our least favorite chore. At Mill we are striving to build a better environment for all, as we take on climate and kitchen change.
We are seeking a skilled DevOps and Release Engineer to join our engineering team. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our CI/CD pipelines, managing releases, and ensuring smooth deployment of applications and infrastructure. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, thrives in fast-paced environments, and has strong experience in automation, cloud platforms, and release management.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• B.S. in Computer Science or related field
• At least 3-5 years experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar software engineering role
• Strong programming skills in a modern language, like Python and Java
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions)
• Experience with infrastructure automation technologies, like Docker and AWS CloudFormation/CDK
• Experience managing a multi-account AWS Organization and leveraging SSO, IAM, and networking (VPC)
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Grafana,Datadog)
• Savviness in leveraging off the shelf services, libraries, and APIs to build custom in-house solutions
• Experience building and maintaining release and testing automation
• Excellent communication, documentation, and cross-team collaboration skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with microservices architecture and service mesh technologies
• Knowledge of security best practices for CI/CD and cloud environments
• Experience with SQL queries, data analysis, and dashboards
• Experience with services for IoT devices (experience with AWS IoT specifically is great, but not required)
• Experience with event driven architectures and serverless technologies.
• Real world experience scaling and optimizing services
• Experience with infrastructure management tools like Terraform or Pulumi
• Knowledge of Apple App Store and Google Play Store release processes
• Experience with Fastlane or other mobile app release automation tools
  The estimated base salary range for this position is $175k to $200k, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. A wide range of factors are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, market conditions, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and business and organizational needs

• Support and work alongside a cross-functional engineering team on the latest technologies to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Deploy and maintain critical applications on cloud-native serverless architectures
• Improve the build system, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tools
• Proactively identify needs for internal automation, tools, and infrastructure and deliver user friendly, reliable solutions
• Advocate for DevOps best practices, continuous improvement, and team-wide adoption.
• Release Management :Automate build, release, and test pipelines for firmware, internal tool, cloud infrastructure, and QA codebases
• Collaborate with development, QA, and product teams to schedule and execute releases smoothly