Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer

Ethos

Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer leading deployment and operationalization of SaaS products for a mission-driven startup. Collaborate on expanding AI tooling and elevate DevOps practices.

Posted 7/27/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in deploying and operating cloud platforms, with a strong focus on SaaS products and infrastructure delivery. Proficient in leveraging AI tools and DevOps practices to enhance system design and operational efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Cloud Platform DeploymentTerraformAWS (VPC, EKS, EC2, S3, RDS)CI/CD ExpertiseIaC (Infrastructure as Code)

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Hard Skills

SaaS DeploymentDistributed Systems DesignObservability (Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK)Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)GitOps (Argo CD, Flux)

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationOwnershipAutonomyPragmatic Delivery

Tools & Technologies

HelmKustomizeGitHub ActionsCircleCIArgo Workflows

Certifications & Qualifications

Secret Clearance

Industry Keywords

AI WorkloadsComplex Data PipelinesStartup Environment

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerEC2FluxGrafanaKubernetesPrometheusTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the deployment and operationalization of our SaaS products across Commercial Cloud, government networks, and bespoke/air-gapped customer environments.
Own end-to-end infrastructure delivery, elevate DevOps practices, and collaborate closely with Software and Product.
Shape platform engineering strategy, set technical direction for distributed systems at scale, and influence design patterns that enable AI workloads and complex data pipelines.
Treat AI tooling as core to your daily workflow — for IaC, pipelines, incident response, and toil reduction.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years building and operating cloud platforms; 3+ years deploying SaaS in production.
Strong with Terraform, Helm/Kustomize, and containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
Deep AWS experience (e.g., VPC, EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, ECR, IAM/KMS, Route 53; CloudFront desirable).
CI/CD expertise (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Argo Workflows) and GitOps (Argo CD or Flux).
Observability across metrics, logs, and traces (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK).
Proven track record in IaC, scalable system design, and quality tooling (automated tests, canaries/blue-green, feature flags).
Excellent communication; comfortable partnering with Product, Security, and Customer teams.
Thrives in a startup environment—ownership, autonomy, and pragmatic delivery.
Active, fluent use of AI development/operations tools as part of your daily workflow.
Secret Clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Subsidized health insurance
401(k)
Life insurance
Cell phone stipend
Remote-first culture with up to 10% travel for offsites