Staff DevOps/Platform Engineer
Motion Recruitment Partners LLC.
San Francisco, United States of America
20 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
$ 233KJob location
San Francisco, United States of America
Tech stack
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Computing
Databases
Data Infrastructure
DevOps
Github
Python
PostgreSQL
Machine Learning
MongoDB
Node.js
Cloud Platform System
System Availability
Grafana
Reliability of Systems
Kubernetes
Kafka
Terraform
Stream Processing
Databricks
Job description
They're looking for a Staff DevOps Engineer to help scale and evolve their cloud platform and developer infrastructure. What You'll Do
- Lead the design and evolution of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform) to support rapid growth
- Build and maintain Kubernetes (EKS) environments and scalable deployment patterns (Helm)
- Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) to enable reliable, self-service deployments
- Drive observability initiatives using tools like OpenTelemetry and Grafana
- Strengthen security and compliance practices through automation (SOC 2, monitoring, access controls)
- Build internal tooling to improve developer experience and platform reliability
- Support containerized development workflows across local and cloud environments
- Design infrastructure for machine learning workloads, including training and deployment systems
- Partner with data teams to scale data infrastructure (Databricks, Kafka, streaming systems)
- Contribute to highly available, production-grade systems supporting real-world operations
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to ensure system reliability
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering
- Strong background in AWS and Kubernetes (EKS)
- Experience building and operating high-availability production systems
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
- Familiarity with observability frameworks/tools (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, etc.)
- Experience working with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar)
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
Nice to Have
- Experience with multi-region AWS infrastructure at scale
- Exposure to Kafka, Databricks, or modern data platforms
- Experience improving security and compliance through automation
- Proficiency in Python or Node.js
Benefits & conditions
- $204K - $233K base salary + bonus + comprehensive benefits
Why This Role
- Work on mission-critical infrastructure tied to real-world systems (not just SaaS)
- Be part of a company with significant funding and long-term backing
- Help shape the future of sustainable transportation and logistics