Senior DevOps Engineer
Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
This is an on-site role based in New York City, NY. Candidates must currently reside in the greater NYC area.
Senior DevOps Engineer at a fast-growing AI-native SaaS startup in NYC. Own infrastructure end-to-end, use Terraform, AWS, Kubernetes. On-site, no visa sponsorship, salary $160k-$200k.
ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a high-ownership, hands-on Senior DevOps Engineer role at a fast-growing, AI-native consumer intelligence SaaS startup (11–50 employees) headquartered in New York City. The platform is trusted by enterprise-scale customers — including Fortune 500 retailers — for critical data and decision-making workflows.
You'll own the infrastructure end-to-end: architecting, building, and maintaining the cloud systems that keep the platform secure, scalable, and highly reliable. You'll work closely with backend and ML engineers, championing GitOps and infrastructure-as-code across the organization.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Architect and build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform / Terragrunt) on AWS
- Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines; convert manual processes into automated, repeatable workflows
- Own production reliability — set up observability stacks, define SLI/SLOs, and lead incident response
- Implement and champion GitOps workflows for all infrastructure deployments
- Build compliance-ready infrastructure (SOC 2, GDPR) with IAM best practices and secrets management
- Optimize cloud costs while maintaining performance and reliability at scale
- Create developer tooling and documentation that accelerates engineering workflows across the team
- Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and help guide overall infrastructure strategy
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Required
- 5+ years owning infrastructure end-to-end in production environments (hands-on work within the last 2 years, not purely architectural)
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes (EKS strongly preferred)
- Proven experience building and managing AWS infrastructure for B2B SaaS products
- Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in production
- Broad DevOps scope: infrastructure, deployment, and monitoring — not just CI/CD
- Experience at VC-backed startups or mid-sized technology companies
- Currently resides in the greater NYC area
Nice to Have
- Deep hands-on expertise with Terraform and Terragrunt
- Familiarity with Python and/or Bash scripting
- Background in AI/ML platform infrastructure or high-volume data pipeline environments
- Experience at companies such as Meltwater, Qualtrics, Medallia, NielsenIQ, Kantar, Talkwalker, or similar enterprise SaaS / consumer intelligence firms
Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- Salary: $160,000 – $200,000 USD annually, depending on experience
- Equity participation at a well-funded, early-stage startup
- Opportunity to be a foundational infrastructure hire with significant technical influence
LOCATION
This is an on-site role based in New York City, NY. Candidates must currently reside in the greater NYC area.