--- title: 'Senior DevOps Engineer (Infrastructure) at Zeely Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-devops-engineer-infrastructure-zeely-inc-remote-s9gqb4x8tjay' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-29' --- # Senior DevOps Engineer (Infrastructure) at Zeely Inc. - **Company:** Zeely Inc. - **Location:** Remote - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-19 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zeely/4001f2b6-d3f0-440d-b2a2-1dbd6c2091c8 ## Job description Join Zeely AI as a Senior DevOps Engineer and take ownership of evolving and scaling the infrastructure behind our agentic AI marketing platform. We’re looking for a senior infrastructure engineer who can design resilient systems, define infrastructure standards, and turn complex operational challenges into reliable, maintainable solutions. You’ll work closely with fellow DevOps engineers, our Principal System Architect, and engineering teams across a multi-cloud environment. Your work will support growing AI workloads and our expansion into B2B and enterprise: improving reliability, deployment workflows, observability, and cloud efficiency. ## About Zeely AI Zeely is an agentic AI platform for creating, launching, and scaling paid advertising. We give businesses of any size access to a full creative team powered by AI — capabilities previously available mainly to large brands with agencies and in-house marketing departments. Today, 2M+ businesses use Zeely, more than 70% of our paying customers are based in the US, and users create approximately 1M AI creatives every month. Our next major step is a B2B solution for larger marketing teams and enterprise clients, combining AI-powered creative production, performance analytics, and automation to help them launch and scale marketing faster. Where we are today: - 4 years on the market — a stable, profitable company with international investors. - 6× growth over the past year. - 2M+ businesses using the platform. - #1 in our category in the US market. - 250+ specialists on the team. - A US-focused business serving customers worldwide. We have proven product-market fit and a clear understanding of what drives growth. Your Key Responsibilities: - Own and improve AWS infrastructure, including EKS, EC2, RDS, SQS, S3, OpenSearch, and related services, balancing reliability, scalability, performance, and cost. - Manage and scale GCP environments supporting AI services, data pipelines, and analytics workloads, including BigQuery. - Maintain supporting infrastructure across Cloudflare and Hetzner, including networking, edge services, and production traffic routing. - Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, building reusable modules and consistent practices across cloud providers. - Operate and improve Kubernetes production environments, including availability, autoscaling, troubleshooting, and deployment stability. - Strengthen observability across metrics, logs, traces, and APM, improving visibility into application and infrastructure performance. - Improve monitoring and alerting to reduce noise, surface actionable issues, and support effective incident response. - Partner with engineering teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, release reliability, and developer experience. - Contribute to infrastructure architecture and our multi-cloud strategy, with a primary focus on AWS and GCP. - Drive cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices while maintaining performance and reliability. - Participate in on-call rotations (L2), investigate critical infrastructure incidents, and turn findings into lasting improvements. What You Need to Join Us: - 6+ years of hands-on commercial DevOps experience. - 5+ years of practical AWS experience, including EKS, EC2, RDS, SQS, S3, OpenSearch, and related infrastructure components. - Strong Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting skills, preferably with EKS. - Advanced Terraform experience, including reusable modules, state management, and multi-provider infrastructure. - Hands-on experience with GCP, ideally including BigQuery, Compute Engine, or infrastructure supporting data pipelines. - Strong Linux, networking, and security fundamentals. - Experience taking ownership of production infrastructure, observability, alerting, and incident response. - The ability to make technical decisions, explain trade-offs, and drive improvements through to implementation. - Upper-Intermediate English / B2 or higher, including communication with external providers and technical stakeholders. - Fluent Ukrainian for day-to-day team communication. - Availability to collaborate during CET/EET working hours. Nice To Have Skills: - Experience with Cloudflare, including R2, caching, or edge services. - Experience with Hetzner infrastructure. - Experience optimizing OpenSearch or ELK stack performance. - Experience deploying, operating, or monitoring infrastructure for AI/ML workloads. - Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization. - Experience leading infrastructure initiatives or mentoring engineers. Why Join Zeely: - Infrastructure ownership with room to shape decisions. Influence architecture, standards, and the way engineering teams deploy and operate the product. - Scale with a proven business. Support a profitable AI platform used by more than 2M businesses as we expand into B2B and enterprise. - Meaningful engineering challenges. Work across AI workloads, Kubernetes, multi-cloud infrastructure, observability, and deployment automation. - An experienced engineering team. Collaborate with specialists who value autonomy, clear reasoning, and practical results. - Remote-first work, with access to our offices in Warsaw and Kyiv. - Performance reviews twice a year, with clear goals and conversations about your development, impact, and compensation. Recruitment Process: Recruiter interview → Technical interview → Final interview with the Principal System Architect and COO / Co-Founder → Reference check → Job offer. Send us your CV — we’d love to get to know you! 💚 ## About Zeely Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Zeely AI is a marketing app that helps small businesses create AI-generated video ads, static ads, and high-performing campaigns across social and ad platforms. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; $1.3M total funding) - **Headquarters**: Middletown, Delaware, United States (operates in 14 countries, with roots in Ukraine) - **Founded**: 2022 in Ukraine - **Founders**: Dima Samoiliuk (CEO & Co-Founder), Yaroslav Samoiliuk (COO & Co-Founder), Alina Bondarenko (CCO & Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI-powered advertising and marketing technology - **Target customers**: Small businesses, local services, online stores, and solo experts (B2B / SMB) - **Mission/Purpose**: “Making marketing clear for small businesses” – providing simple, measurable tools so non-marketers can run effective campaigns. ## Products & Services - **AI Ad Maker (Zeely App)**: SaaS platform that uses AI to generate static ads, UGC-style video ads, and campaign layouts optimized for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Google Ads, and more. Features include AI copywriting, template-based editing, content scheduling, and performance analytics. - **Campaign Manager**: Integrated dashboard to launch paid or viral campaigns, track key metrics (ROAS, engagement), and continuously optimize targeting. - **Pricing**: Subscription starts at $79.95/month after a discounted intro period (e.g., $19.95/month for first term). Credit-based plans also available for video assets. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding $1.3M (Seed rounds led by Vesna Capital and Angel One; also received non‑equity assistance from Google for Startups) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Vesna Capital, Angel One, Google for Startups - **Growth Signals**: - Serves over 1 million users (as of 2025 claim on about page; also 650k+ businesses on homepage) - 184% average boost in ad performance reported - Selected as Top 3 startup at Slush 2022 - All three founders named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe - Headcount of 84 employees across 14 countries (though LinkedIn reports a YoY change of -100%, likely a data anomaly) ## Competitive Advantages - **Simplicity first**: UI and metrics designed to be understandable by a 7th grader – no cluttered dashboards, only actionable numbers. - **UGC-style video AI**: Differentiator vs. many AI ad tools; generates authentic‑looking video ads without requiring a production team. - **Cross‑platform support**: One workflow for Facebook, Instagram, Stories, Reels, TikTok, Google Ads. - **Founder domain expertise**: Founders have deep backgrounds in sales, digital marketing, and technical leadership, keeping the product grounded in real small‑business needs. ## Strategic Focus - **Product expansion**: Continued investment in AI video creation, batch static ad generation, and automated optimization across ad networks. - **US market penetration**: Strong existing base in the United States; plans to deepen presence among American SMBs. - **Maintaining clarity**: Every new feature must “earn its place” by simplifying rather than adding complexity. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Startup founded in Ukraine with a small, close‑knit leadership team. Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition and Slush award indicate ambitious, high‑visible momentum. - **Remote‑friendly**: Team spans 14 countries (Ukraine, Poland, Portugal, Netherlands, US, etc.) – likely flexible remote/hybrid working norms. - **Engineering & product culture**: Emphasis on “technical under the hood, simple on the surface.” Engineers work on AI/ML, content pipelines, and cross‑platform integrations. - **Growth opportunity**: Joining early‑stage company (Seed) with rapidly growing user base; engineers and product managers can have outsized impact on product direction. - **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but clear pricing, refund policies, and support responsiveness reflect a user‑focused ethos. ## Sources 1. [Zeely AI About Page](https://zeely.ai/about-us/) 2. [Zeely AI Homepage](https://zeely.ai/) 3. [Zeely – AI Admaker on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/zeelyai) 4. [Zeely AI Leadership Page](https://zeely.ai/leadership/) 5. 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