Senior DevOps Engineer
Job Description
About the Role
\nThis is a high-ownership, hands-on Senior DevOps Engineer position at a fast-growing, AI-native B2B SaaS company in the consumer intelligence space — think competitors to Meltwater, NielsenIQ, and Qualtrics. You'll own the cloud infrastructure that enterprise-scale customers rely on for critical data and decision-making. Working closely with backend and ML engineers, you'll be the person who makes GitOps, infrastructure as code, and true production reliability a reality for the entire engineering organization.
\nThe team is small (under 50 people) and technically ambitious, with engineers from backgrounds including Microsoft, IBM, and other high-caliber technology organizations. You'll have a direct, outsized impact on how the platform is built and scaled.
\nWhat You'll Do
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Architect and build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform/Terragrunt) on AWS
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Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines; convert manual processes into automated, repeatable workflows
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Own production reliability — set up observability stacks, define SLI/SLOs, and lead incident response
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Implement and champion GitOps workflows for all infrastructure deployments
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Build compliance-ready infrastructure (SOC 2, GDPR) with IAM best practices and secrets management
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Optimize cloud costs while maintaining performance and reliability at scale
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Create developer tooling and documentation that accelerates engineering workflows across the team
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Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and guide infrastructure strategy
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What We're Looking For
\nRequired
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5+ years in a senior DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering role with end-to-end infrastructure ownership
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Deep expertise with Kubernetes — EKS experience strongly preferred
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Broad experience across multiple infrastructure domains: networking, security, monitoring, IaC — not just CI/CD
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Proven track record building and managing AWS infrastructure at scale
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Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
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Recent, active hands-on work in an infrastructure engineering role
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Nice to Have
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Deep hands-on expertise with Terraform and Terragrunt
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Experience building and managing infrastructure for B2B SaaS products
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Familiarity with Docker, Python, Bash scripting, and Jenkins
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Background supporting AI/ML workloads or data-intensive platforms
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Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.
\nCompensation & Benefits
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Salary: $160,000 – $200,000 USD annually, depending on experience
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Equity participation in an early-stage, venture-backed company
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Opportunity to shape the infrastructure of a rapidly scaling AI platform from the ground up
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Location
\nThis is an on-site role based in New York, NY. Candidates should be local to or willing to relocate to the New York City area.
