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Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy is a leading continuous delivery platform that simplifies and automates software deployments for DevOps teams.

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Description

Octopus Deploy is a leading provider of continuous delivery (CD) and deployment automation software. Founded in 2012, the company empowers software teams to streamline their deployment processes, improve release reliability, and deliver software faster and more efficiently. Octopus offers a comprehensive platform that handles release orchestration, deployment automation, and operations runbook automation, supporting deployments to various environments including Kubernetes, virtual machines, and cloud platforms.

Octopus is known for its intuitive user interface, robust features, and dedication to enterprise-grade compliance. It has a remote-first culture and is used by thousands of organizations worldwide, including Fortune 100 companies. Octopus provides a powerful solution for teams seeking to overcome the complexities of modern software delivery and achieve happy deployments at scale.

Flexibility

Octopus Deploy is a remote-first company, meaning most work is done from home, regardless of location. They've been remote-first since 2012, and have a strong emphasis on work-life balance, offering trust and autonomy for employees to choose their best work environment. While they have an office in Brisbane, Australia, the team is geographically distributed across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom, with regular face-to-face team meetups.

Remote

Benefits

Octopus Deploy offers competitive salaries with proactive reviews and feedback, opportunities for professional and personal development, a choice of laptop and home office program, excellent healthcare, dental and vision plans (US only), generous 401K/pension retirement plan matching (US and UK only), and paid parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers. Additionally, they promote a work-life balance with no crazy hours or arbitrary deadlines.

Enhanced parental leave
WFA scheme

Mission

Octopus Deploy's mission is to be the category-defining solution for deployment and operations automation, aiming to solve valuable problems at a scale that touches software teams everywhere. Their focus is on making deployments simple, reliable, and auditable, ensuring software teams can deliver working software to production with confidence and frequency.

Automation
Data-driven
Disruptor
Soonicorn
Tech for good

Culture

Octopus Deploy fosters a high-trust, remote-first culture that prioritizes autonomy and work-life flexibility. They value open communication, collaboration, and doing the right thing for both customers and team members. They emphasize quality over quantity, encourage a bias for action, and celebrate continuous improvement.

Agile and dynamic
Autonomous
Collaborative
Engaging
Entrepreneurial
Fun
People-first
Progressive
Supportive
Transparent

DE&I

Octopus Deploy is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. They believe that a diverse and inclusive team leads to better products and a happier workplace. They strive to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity. This is reflected in their remote-first work model, which allows employees to work from anywhere in the world, and their public handbook, which details their values and expectations. Octopus also actively seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce and provides equal opportunities for all employees.

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