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# Senior DevOps Engineer at Five9

- **Company:** Five9
- **Location:** Portugal
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://www.five9.com/about/careers/job-detail?gh_jid=6116497004

## Job description

Join us in bringing joy to customer experience.  Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers worldwide.

Living our values everyday results in our team-first culture and enables us to innovate, grow, and thrive while enjoying the journey together. We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment, empowering our employees to be their authentic selves.

As part of the Cloud Platform Engineering team, you will be building Five9’s Modern SaaS platform. An ideal candidate for us is an experienced engineer who is passionate about building high performance cloud platforms with automation first mindset and a brilliant problem solver and a creative self-starter.

Key Responsibilities:

- Be part of Cloud Platform Infrastructure Team, focused on building hybrid-cloud solutions.
- Build automation capabilities towards common abstractions, tools, automation for CI/CD and progressive delivery of Cloud Native applications.
- Enable all Five9 development teams with Cloud Native developer workflow, conduct developer training and toolset to automate software delivery with a focus on Scale, HA.
- Design, and build secure, highly scalable, enterprise grade platform Tools.
- Document and communicate clearly of architecture and implementation solutions.
- Work closely with product managers, architects, testers, and development teams.
- Troubleshoot and support current Cloud platform in production.

Key Qualifications:

- 7+ years of professional DevOps / production operations experience.
- 5+ years of Cloud Native application delivery experience.
- Strong Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, etc.,
- Intimate knowledge of public cloud infrastructures (GCP - Preferred, AWS, Azure).
- Hands-on experience working on core Cloud services – Kubernetes, Compute, Storage, Network, Virtualization, Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- Expert level in Current technology Stack Helm, K8S, Istio, GCP, AWS, GKE, EKS, Terraform, SRE/DevOps practices or equivalent.
- Strong proven experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), to be responsible for building robust platforms using automation.
- Experience building automation and deploying high quality software with test frameworks and CI/CD, Progressive Delivery.
- Strong development experience in one or more programming languages - Python, Terraform, Golang, Java, etc.
- Advanced knowledge of Linux based systems and runtimes.
- DevOps mindset and familiarity with the concept of Site Reliability Engineering – inherent sense of ownership through the development and deployment lifecycle.
- You understand what it takes to run mission critical software in production.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, work independently and work collaboratively in an agile environment.

Workplace location: This role is fully remote for candidates who reside outside Porto, Maia, Matosinhos, Gondomar, Valongo e Vila Nova de Gaia.  Candidates who reside within those municipalities would be required to work in-office 3 days a week.

Benefits:

- Five9 Shares
- Bonus Scheme
- 10% Flex Benefit
- Meal Allowance
- Medical Insurance
- Life Insurance
- 25 day Annual Leave + Public Holidays

Five9 embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  The more inclusive we are, the better we are.  Five9 is an equal opportunity employer.

Five9 is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and interview process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@five9.com to request an accommodation. Requests will be handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable law.

View our privacy policy, including our privacy notice to California residents here: https://www.five9.com/pt-pt/legal.

Note: Five9 will never request that an applicant send money as a prerequisite for commencing employment with Five9.

## About Five9

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Five9 provides a leading cloud contact center platform (CCaaS) that enables organizations to deliver digital engagement, analytics, workforce optimization, and AI-powered customer experiences.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: FIVN)
- **Headquarters**: San Ramon, California, USA (with additional offices in San Francisco, Toronto, London, Munich, Porto, Madrid, São Paulo, and Mandaluyong City)
- **Founded**: 2001
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Cloud Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), Customer Experience (CX) software, AI & Automation, Workforce Optimization
- **Target customers**: Enterprise, mid-market, and SMB organizations across all verticals (B2B/B2C)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Our vision is to make customer service a more human experience.” [five9.com](https://www.five9.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **Five9 Cloud Contact Center Platform**: Core omnichannel contact center solution (voice, email, chat, SMS, social) with intelligent routing and IVR.
- **Digital Engagement**: Integrated digital channels including SMS, web chat, email, and social messaging.
- **Five9 Analytics**: Real-time and historical reporting, speech analytics, and sentiment analysis to improve agent performance and customer outcomes.
- **Workforce Optimization (WFO)**: Workforce management, quality management, and recording (acquired Virtual Observer in 2021).
- **AI & Automation Suite**:
  - **Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA)**: Conversational AI chatbot and voice bot for self-service (acquired Inference Solutions in 2021).
  - **Agent Assist 2.0**: AI-powered real-time agent guidance and summarization (using OpenAI).
  - **Voice AI Agents**: Generative AI agents for automated customer interactions.
- **Professional Services**: Implementation, integration, and consulting services.
- **Aceyus VUE**: Data and reporting integration platform (acquired in 2022).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Publicly traded; specific metrics not provided in available sources.
- **Key Metric**: Over 3,000 customers worldwide; 350,000+ agents using the platform; 2,600+ employees; 1,450+ technology and channel partners. [five9.com](https://www.five9.com/about)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: BT (expanded partnership for cloud adoption), MCM Telecom, XTT Mexico; partners include global SIs and technology vendors. Acquisitions: Acqueon, Aceyus VUE, Inference Solutions, Virtual Observer.
- **Growth Signals**: Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CCaaS (8th time); opened new European engineering hub in Porto, Portugal; expanded LATAM partnerships; introduced Agent Assist 2.0 with AI Summary; won Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award for Best Places to Work (2022). [five9.com](https://www.five9.com/about)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Cloud-native heritage**: Born in the cloud in 2001, with 20+ years of CCaaS experience.
- **Analyst recognition**: Consistently named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant, Forrester Wave, IDC MarketScape, and Aragon Research Globe.
- **High customer satisfaction**: 86 Net Promoter Score (NPS) for professional services.
- **Comprehensive AI portfolio**: Integrated IVA, Agent Assist, and Voice AI Agents differentiate from competitors.
- **Scale and reliability**: Manages billions of call minutes annually across 2,600+ concurrent agent seats (average).

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first innovation**: Continued investment in generative AI and conversational AI to automate and enhance customer interactions.
- **Global expansion**: Strengthening presence in LATAM (new partnerships), EMEA (engineering hub in Portugal), and APAC.
- **Platform depth**: Integrating acquisitions (Acqueon, Aceyus, Inference Solutions) to provide end-to-end CX and WFO capabilities.
- **Partner ecosystem**: Deepening relationships with systems integrators and telcos (e.g., BT) to accelerate cloud migration.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Fast-paced, start-up-like environment with established enterprise customers; values include honesty, respect, inclusion, transparency, ownership, and customer focus. [five9.com](https://www.five9.com/about/careers)
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where employees are empowered and heard. [five9.com](https://www.five9.com/about/careers/jobs)
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Not explicitly stated; offices in multiple locations suggest hybrid/office model.
- **Benefits** (US full-time): 100% employer-paid health insurance (choice of 4 medical plans), dental, vision, life/disability insurance, 401(k), FSA, employee assistance program, commuter discounts, company equity, accrued PTO + paid holidays, company events. [five9.com](https://www.five9.com/about/careers)
- **Recognition**: Received Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award for Best Places to Work (2022). [five9.com](https://www.five9.com/about)
- **Growth opportunities**: Internship program with impactful work and exposure to executives; career paths across development, customer success, sales, marketing, finance, and professional services.

## Sources
1. [Five9 About Page](https://www.five9.com/about)
2. [Five9 Careers Overview](https://www.five9.com/about/careers)
3. [Five9 Fact Sheet](https://www.five9.com/resources/five9-company-fact-sheet)
4. [Five9 Careers – Job Listings](https://www.five9.com/about/careers/jobs)

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