Senior DevOps Engineer, Application Reliability
Wellfit.com
Office
Irving, TX
Full Time
About WellfitWellfit is the dental industry’s fintech platform, removing financial friction so patients, providers, employers, and payors can access better care. As a profitable healthcare fintech innovator, we’re transforming the patient journey and redefining what’s possible in dental care.
About the Role• We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer, Application Reliability to own and evolve the reliability, observability, and performance of our Azure-based application ecosystem.• This role sits between platform engineering and application development, focusing on application-level reliability rather than traditional infrastructure SRE. You’ll partner closely with engineering teams to ensure our systems are observable, resilient, and safe to deploy—especially as we accelerate delivery through AI-assisted development and modern deployment practices.• If you enjoy debugging real production issues, improving developer confidence through strong observability, and preventing incidents before they happen, this role is built for you.What You’ll DoApplication Reliability & Observability• Design and implement end-to-end observability for Azure App Services using Application Insights, Azure Monitor, and distributed tracing.• Build and maintain actionable dashboards that surface application health, performance bottlenecks, and reliability risks.• Analyze logs, metrics, and traces to proactively identify issues and reduce MTTD / MTTR.• Partner with developers to instrument applications correctly and improve runtime visibility.Azure App Service & Application Debugging• Serve as a subject-matter expert on Azure App Service architecture, scaling, and performance tuning.• Debug production issues at the application level, including C#, .NET, Angular, and SQL-related problems.• Use tools such as Diagnose and Troubleshoot, Kudu, and App Service diagnostics to resolve complex issues.Automation & Operational Excellence• Automate monitoring, alerting, and common remediation workflows using PowerShell and Azure tooling.• Reduce operational toil through better tooling, alert quality, and self-service diagnostics.• Support safe daytime deployments, incremental rollouts, and environment stability.Incident Response & Continuous Improvement• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response for application reliability issues.• Write clear, high-quality root cause analyses (RCAs) focused on prevention, not blame.• Continuously improve reliability patterns as delivery velocity increases.Collaboration & Enablement• Act as a reliability partner to development teams—not a gatekeeper.• Document best practices for monitoring, debugging, and deployment safety.• Help lay the observability foundation required for AI-accelerated development workflows (BMAD).
What We’re Looking For• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience.• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification required.• Proven experience in application-focused DevOps or SRE roles, with deep hands-on Azure work.• Strong experience with Azure App Services, Application Insights, and Azure Monitor.• Ability to read, understand, and debug .NET/C# and Angular code.• Experience with incident response, on-call operations, and RCA writing.• Comfort operating in fast-moving environments with increasing deployment velocity.
Bonus Experience• Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or Dynatrace• Azure Front Door, CDN, Function Apps, WebJobs• Service Bus, Event Hub, or distributed messaging• Additional Azure certifications
Why WellfitReal Impact: Your work directly supports a mission-driven healthcare fintech platform.Hybrid Work: Dallas-based hybrid model (3 days/week in office).Strong Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, generous PTO.Competitive Compensation: Salary, bonus eligibility, and 401(k) matching.Growth & Scale: Join a profitable startup entering a high-velocity growth phase.
About the Role• We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer, Application Reliability to own and evolve the reliability, observability, and performance of our Azure-based application ecosystem.• This role sits between platform engineering and application development, focusing on application-level reliability rather than traditional infrastructure SRE. You’ll partner closely with engineering teams to ensure our systems are observable, resilient, and safe to deploy—especially as we accelerate delivery through AI-assisted development and modern deployment practices.• If you enjoy debugging real production issues, improving developer confidence through strong observability, and preventing incidents before they happen, this role is built for you.What You’ll DoApplication Reliability & Observability• Design and implement end-to-end observability for Azure App Services using Application Insights, Azure Monitor, and distributed tracing.• Build and maintain actionable dashboards that surface application health, performance bottlenecks, and reliability risks.• Analyze logs, metrics, and traces to proactively identify issues and reduce MTTD / MTTR.• Partner with developers to instrument applications correctly and improve runtime visibility.Azure App Service & Application Debugging• Serve as a subject-matter expert on Azure App Service architecture, scaling, and performance tuning.• Debug production issues at the application level, including C#, .NET, Angular, and SQL-related problems.• Use tools such as Diagnose and Troubleshoot, Kudu, and App Service diagnostics to resolve complex issues.Automation & Operational Excellence• Automate monitoring, alerting, and common remediation workflows using PowerShell and Azure tooling.• Reduce operational toil through better tooling, alert quality, and self-service diagnostics.• Support safe daytime deployments, incremental rollouts, and environment stability.Incident Response & Continuous Improvement• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response for application reliability issues.• Write clear, high-quality root cause analyses (RCAs) focused on prevention, not blame.• Continuously improve reliability patterns as delivery velocity increases.Collaboration & Enablement• Act as a reliability partner to development teams—not a gatekeeper.• Document best practices for monitoring, debugging, and deployment safety.• Help lay the observability foundation required for AI-accelerated development workflows (BMAD).
What We’re Looking For• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience.• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification required.• Proven experience in application-focused DevOps or SRE roles, with deep hands-on Azure work.• Strong experience with Azure App Services, Application Insights, and Azure Monitor.• Ability to read, understand, and debug .NET/C# and Angular code.• Experience with incident response, on-call operations, and RCA writing.• Comfort operating in fast-moving environments with increasing deployment velocity.
Bonus Experience• Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or Dynatrace• Azure Front Door, CDN, Function Apps, WebJobs• Service Bus, Event Hub, or distributed messaging• Additional Azure certifications
Why WellfitReal Impact: Your work directly supports a mission-driven healthcare fintech platform.Hybrid Work: Dallas-based hybrid model (3 days/week in office).Strong Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, generous PTO.Competitive Compensation: Salary, bonus eligibility, and 401(k) matching.Growth & Scale: Join a profitable startup entering a high-velocity growth phase.