- Bybit
- Kuala Lumpur,
- 4 days ago
Principal DevOps Engineer.
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Principal DevOps Engineer: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This is a principal DevOps engineering role for an experienced infrastructure specialist supporting a global cryptocurrency exchange and digital financial platform.
- The Person:The person will maintain production reliability across cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes service mesh, define SLOs and error budgets, build operations automation and SRE platforms, optimize capacity and costs, and improve deployment safety through IaC and CI/CD.
- Requirements:The role requires 3+ years of SRE/DevOps experience, proficiency in Python, Go, Java or Node.js, and experience with Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, GitLab CI, Jenkins or ArgoCD.
About the role
About Us
Responsibilities
1. System Reliability
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Ensure the stability, availability, and performance of the company's core business infrastructure across AWS and Tencent Cloud globally; accountable for production environment SLAs.
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Maintain stable operation and troubleshooting of the service mesh based on Kubernetes + Envoy/Istio architecture; drive gateway-layer governance standards.
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Define and implement SLO/SLI/Error Budget frameworks to continuously improve service reliability.
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Identify system bottlenecks and single points of failure; drive architectural improvements.
2. Automation & Engineering Efficiency
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Develop operations automation tools: capacity assessment, auto-scaling, self-healing, and change automation.
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Build SRE platforms: lead or contribute to building SRE platforms (capacity management, cost analysis, service health dashboards) and iterate continuously with the team.
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API integration: interface with monitoring systems, cloud platforms, and Kubernetes APIs to enable automated data workflows.
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Chaos Engineering: design and implement chaos engineering practices to proactively validate system fault tolerance.
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IaC & CI/CD: advance Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Helm / GitOps) and CI/CD pipeline optimization to improve release safety and reduce manual operations.
3. Capacity Planning & Performance Optimization
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Establish and continuously iterate capacity assessment frameworks; develop scaling plans aligned with business growth projections.
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Identify performance bottlenecks; drive architectural optimization and cost efficiency (redundancy optimization, cost reduction).
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Participate in capacity estimation and scaling plans for major promotions and high-traffic events.
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Build cost-efficiency metrics; track and optimize per-unit business cost
Requirements
Development Skills
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Proficient in at least one programming language: Python / Go / Java / Node.js (Python or Go preferred).
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Able to independently deliver end-to-end features: from requirements analysis → design → coding → testing → deployment.
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Backend development experience: familiar with RESTful API design and databases (SQL/NoSQL).
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Strong scripting skills: able to quickly write Shell/Python scripts to solve day-to-day operations issues.
SRE Fundamentals
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3+ years of SRE/DevOps experience with large-scale distributed systems.
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Linux expertise: solid understanding of Linux internals, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
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Container technologies: proficient in Docker and Kubernetes with production-level K8s management experience.
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Monitoring & alerting: experienced with Prometheus / Grafana / ELK; able to design monitoring metrics and alerting strategies.
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CI/CD: familiar with GitLab CI / Jenkins / ArgoCD with hands-on automated deployment experience.
Soft Skills
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Data-driven mindset: make decisions backed by metrics and data.
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Problem-solving: quickly identify root causes and drive cross-team collaboration to resolve issues.
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Influence: able to evangelize SRE culture to development teams and drive reliability engineering practices (SLO, Postmortem, change management) across business teams.
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Ownership: take full accountability for the reliability of owned services; proactively identify and optimize issues.
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Fast learner: able to quickly ramp up on new technologies and tools.
Nice to Have
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Experience building internal operations platforms from scratch, with full-stack development skills to independently deliver a complete platform.
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Familiarity with cloud-native technologies (Istio, Service Mesh, Operator pattern) and service governance (rate limiting, degradation, circuit breaking).
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Hands-on Chaos Engineering experience.
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Practical experience in capacity planning and cost optimization (FinOps).
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Operations experience in finance, trading systems, or high-concurrency scenarios, including capacity assurance for major promotions or high-traffic events.
Why Join Us
At Bybit, we are committed to fostering a supportive and enriching work environment.
Our benefits include:
- Study Growth Fund: We support your professional development and continuous learning.
- Internal Events: Participate in regular team-building activities, workshops, and events designed to promote collaboration and innovation.
- Global Collaboration: Be part of a diverse, international team, working alongside colleagues from around the world.
- Career Advancement: Access opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding global company.
- Internal Mobility: Grow with us- Your long-term development is important to us. We offer internal job opportunities to help build your career path.

