Senior DevOps Engineer | AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform | Must Have Startup Experience
Location: New York City (Onsite 4–5 days p/w)
Package: $170,000 – $200,000 + meaningful equity
Eligibility: US Residents Only - Visa transfers considered
Tech Stack: AWS | Kubernetes (EKS) | Terraform | Terragrunt | CI/CD | GitOps | Docker | Helm | Observability (Datadog / Grafana / Prometheus) (Required)
🚨 Please only apply if you have ALL of the following 🚨
- Deep, hands-on AWS infrastructure experience
- Production-grade Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
- Terraform and/or Terragrunt - end-to-end IaC ownership
- CI/CD pipeline design and automation
- Startup or scale-up experience
- End-to-end infrastructure ownership - not just a contributor
Join a freshly investor-backed, AI-native B2B SaaS company already trusted by enterprise clients at the Fortune 500 level. The product is live, the traction is real, and now they're bringing infrastructure fully in-house. This is the foundational DevOps hire - the person who owns the stack, sets the standard, and builds the platform that scales the business.
You'll work directly alongside backend and ML engineers in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment. Clean infrastructure. Modern stack. Zero legacy baggage. Real impact from day one.
ℹ️ Very Important Notes
- This is a hands-on engineering role - not suitable for architects who haven't been in the weeds recently
- You must be comfortable owning the full infrastructure remit in a startup environment
- High autonomy - you'll be setting direction, not following tickets
- Onsite 4–5 days p/w in NYC
Must-Haves
- 4–7 years of DevOps / infrastructure engineering experience
- Deep Kubernetes expertise - EKS strongly preferred
- Terraform and Terragrunt for infrastructure-as-code
- CI/CD pipeline ownership and automation from scratch
- AWS - broad, hands-on, production-grade experience
- GitOps workflows and modern deployment practices
- Experience in a VC-backed startup or fast-growth environment
- Strong communication and ability to operate independently
Bonus Experience
- MLOps exposure or working alongside ML engineering teams
- SOC 2 / GDPR compliance infrastructure
- Cybersecurity interest or IAM best practices experience
- Observability stack setup - SLIs, SLOs, incident response
- B2B SaaS background
What You'll Be Doing
Infrastructure Ownership
- Architect and build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS using IaC
- Convert manual processes into automated, repeatable, GitOps-driven workflows
- Own cloud cost optimisation without compromising performance or reliability
Reliability & Observability
- Stand up and maintain observability stacks — define SLIs and SLOs
- Lead incident response and build a culture of production reliability
- Implement compliance-ready infrastructure with robust secrets management
Collaboration & Enablement
- Work hand-in-hand with backend and ML engineers to accelerate delivery
- Build developer tooling and documentation that removes friction across the team
- Shape DevOps best practices as the company scales
What They're Looking For
A hands-on, high-ownership DevOps engineer who's done this before in a startup. Someone who takes pride in clean infrastructure, moves fast, and doesn't need to be told twice. A builder — not a maintainer.
If you tick every box above and want to own the infrastructure layer at a high-growth AI company with real enterprise traction, get in touch for a fast response.
