DevOps Specialist

Wyvern is making something big . Our vision is to provide actionable intelligence from space, anywhere in the solar system. To achieve this, we need to reimagine how satellite Earth observation is done entirely.

We’re a rapidly growing space company in Western Canada, powered by humans who are passionate about space and are redesigning the satellite to enable a sustainable future for humanity. Wyvern has been through Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch and has raised > USD$17.5M in pre-seed, seed, and non-dilutive funding. If you’re excited about creating a better Earth from space, we want you on our team.

What we're working on 

Wyvern is developing telescopes to capture better hyperspectral imagery from space. Hyperspectral images contain more colours than other types of imagery, meaning these images capture the spectral signature of your crop or forest, for example. 

With hyperspectral imagery, however, it’s hard to get quality images with a high signal-to-noise ratio and resolution. To mitigate this, and as part of our long-term vision, we’re designing telescopes that are compact on launch and deploy in space, meaning we pack better performance in a smaller, cheaper-to-launch package. In the meantime, we have a constellation of satellites – nicknamed Dragonette – that are delivering the highest-resolution commercial hyperspectral images on the market to our customers. 

We’re looking for a DevOps specialist to work with the Software team.  You'll be building and maintaining the infrastructure that processes and analyzes those images and gets them to our customers in a timely manner. This is an excellent opportunity for someone eager to start their career in the space industry and offers room to grow as Wyvern expands its constellation and its data offerings.

Who you are

• You must be a citizen or resident of, or currently legally authorized to work in, Canada. 
• You have demonstrated the ability to cooperate with others in a team environment. 
• You can explain the pros and cons of a technical solution to everyone from fellow developers to the CEO
• You are able to independently solve problems and are an analytical thinker. You have discovered a problem, tracked the bug, solved it, documented the fix, and found a way to prevent it in the future
• You automate what you can, document what you can't, and make sure your tools are usable by others
• You are a continuous learner with a strong personal initiative, and are always looking for ways to do things better
• You delight in using code (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, etc) to create and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)
• You can set up a web server in Linux, get an SSL certificate from LetsEncrypt, troubleshoot network connectivity, and monitor its performance – all without leaving the terminal
• You have deployed software with Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes, and have the scars to prove it
• You can jump in to help a software project – with better tooling, new test suites, a bug fix or a new feature
• You have set up monitoring for critical services, so you know about problems before users do
• You bake security in from the start, applying principles like least privilege and defense in depth, so our deployments are hardened by design

Preferred candidates will also bring: 

• Experience with our stack: Python, Terraform, AWS, Kubernetes
• Bonus points for familiarity with Django, React or Argo Workflows
• Able to develop and deploy complex CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions & AWS/Azure (experience with Argo a plus)
• You have experience with security considerations in cloud environments

What you will be doing 

• Build and maintain software and infrastructure that supports:
  • image processing of incoming satellite data
  • customer interfaces
  • support for internal demos and research projects
• Working with the existing DevOps Developer to plan 
• Drive improvements to our standards of security, reliability, performance, and quality
• Expanding and improving monitoring crucial internal systems

What to expect from Wyvern

• We have all the best aspects of startup culture including flexible working hours & support from across the team whenever you need it. 
• We give ample vacation time, a health benefits package, and stock options.
• We’re small but rapidly growing. The systems you craft will be foundational to Wyvern’s success and you will get the unique opportunity to grow with the company.
• This is a full-time, permanent position located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Remote work is an option for exceptional candidates with remote work experience.

  To apply for this opening, submit an application through our online job posting at