Staff Infrastructure & Devops Engineer

Quince Therapeutics, Inc.
Palo Alto, United States
7 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Compensation
$211,000.0 - $235,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Bash Shell Python (Programming Language) Software Engineering

Job description

  • Technical Vision & Strategy: Define and execute the long-term infrastructure architecture roadmap, aligning technical investments with business growth goals.
  • Architectural Leadership: Architect resilient, multi-region, and cost-optimized AWS cloud solutions supporting high-traffic, low-latency applications.
  • Platform & Developer Tooling: Build enterprise-grade developer platforms and automated self-service tooling to accelerate engineering velocity across the organization.
  • Reliability & Disaster Recovery: Establish organizational standards for system availability, disaster recovery, failover strategies, and incident management.
  • Observability & Security Standards: Define end-to-end security compliance, zero-trust network topology, and company-wide observability frameworks.
  • Mentorship & Technical Excellence: Coach, mentor, and elevate the technical capabilities of engineers across teams while championing engineering best practices.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering leadership, product managers, and security teams to resolve complex systemic bottlenecks., Quince is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application or to perform the essential functions of a role at Quince, please let us know by completing this accommodation form. We review all requests individually and will work with you to determine appropriate accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Quince will conduct background checks in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Requirements

  • Experience: 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure, DevOps, Platform, or SRE roles with a track record of architectural leadership.
  • Cloud Architecture: Deep expertise in AWS architecture, multi-account structures, network topology, cost governance, and cloud security best practices.
  • Advanced Orchestration & IaC: Mastery of Kubernetes at scale, service meshes, and enterprise IaC management using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
  • Advanced CI/CD & GitOps: Expertise in designing sophisticated GitOps-driven deployment workflows using tools like ArgoCD, Flux, or GitHub Actions.
  • Data Infrastructure & Caching: Strong background with relational/NoSQL databases (MySQL, DynamoDB) and distributed caching systems (Redis, DAX) under high load.
  • System Design & Coding: Proficiency in scripting and software development using languages such as Python, Go, or Bash.
  • Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance immediate operational needs with long-term architectural scalable solutions.
  • Leadership & Influence: Proven track record of influencing architectural decisions and driving cross-team technical alignment without formal management authority.

Benefits & conditions

Pay Range: Base: $211,000-$235,000 + bonus + Stock

All posted ranges are reflective of base salary and may vary depending upon experience level and location. Bonus and equity may also be provided for eligible roles. Pay Range $211,000-$235,000 USD

About the company

Joining Quince means being part of a mission-driven team reshaping retail. You will work alongside talented colleagues, tackle meaningful challenges, and contribute to building a more sustainable, accessible future for customers and partners alike.

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