Remote Volunteer DevOps Engineer (Part Time)

Job Overview

Job Description

About SkilledUp Life

At SkilledUp Life, we empower individuals to gain valuable real-world experience that accelerates their careers, while enabling tech startups to grow with the support of skilled Volunteers. Our global community has grown to over 57,500 Volunteers across 147 countries, helping hundreds of startups primarily in the UK and USA scale sustainably.

Purpose of Role

The DevOps Engineer (CI/CD Focus) is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to support the SkilledUp Life Platform V2. This role ensures reliability, prevents code breakages, enforces quality gates, and enables smooth, automated deployments across frontend, backend, and APIs.

Key Activities

Assess and improve existing GitHub Actions workflows for efficiency, reliability, and speed.
Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines for the Vue 3 frontend and PHP/Laravel backend.
Automate builds, testing (unit, integration, end-to-end), code quality checks, and deployment processes.
Troubleshoot pipeline failures, diagnose root causes, and implement fixes.
Configure and secure environment variables, secrets, and access in GitHub Actions.
Collaborate with frontend, backend, and QA teams to integrate CI/CD into development workflows.
Document pipeline processes, architecture, and operational procedures.
Stay up to date with CI/CD tools, techniques, and best practices.
Attend product meetings, submit daily updates (via Slack), and collaborate with the product team.

Disclaimer: This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, a promise of future paid work or any taxable benefit in kind.

Endorsements:
Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:
* Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.
* Allow you to add Company Name to your Linkedin Profile.
* Provide a Letter of Recommendation (LoR).

For Volunteer team mates who deliver exceptional results:
* Provide a Linkedin testimonial, when requested.
* Write a Linkedin Post thanking you for your contribution.
* Provide further references, when required (we have the right to reject these)