Senior DevOps Engineer | AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform

**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.