macOS DevOps / Founding Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join a fast-moving, venture-backed AI messaging infrastructure startup as a Founding Engineer on the macOS DevOps team. This is a mid-level (Member of Technical Staff) position based on-site in San Francisco, CA, where you'll help build, operate, and scale macOS data center infrastructure from the ground up. Your work will directly underpin the reliability of developer workflows and production systems that power production-grade AI agent communication at scale.

This is a high-impact, early-team role with significant ownership over infrastructure and operational practices.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Maintain and operate macOS data center infrastructure at scale.

• Build and improve automation, deployment, and monitoring systems.

• Develop automation tooling using Swift and shell scripting (bash/zsh).

• Manage CI/CD pipelines and developer infrastructure end-to-end.

• Ensure high levels of system reliability, performance, and scalability.

• Troubleshoot and resolve systems and infrastructure issues quickly and thoroughly.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering teams to support development and production workflows.

• Continuously improve DevOps practices and drive operational excellence.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Required

• Proven experience in macOS DevOps — building and delivering production macOS data center infrastructure.

• Strong proficiency in Swift (required; this is a dealbreaker).

• Solid experience with shell scripting (bash/zsh) and writing maintainable automation scripts.

• Strong knowledge of DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, deployment, and infrastructure management.

• Experience with macOS systems administration at scale (installation, configuration, troubleshooting).

• Understanding of networking concepts, system performance tuning, and reliability engineering.

• Familiarity with Linux systems and environments.

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills at the systems level.

• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and reliable automation code.

Nice to Have

• Experience managing macOS fleets or data center environments.

• Familiarity with MDM tools (e.g., Jamf).

• Knowledge of low-level macOS internals or system frameworks.

• Experience with Rust or Objective-C.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

• Salary: $150,000 – $200,000 USD annually

• Equity participation typical of a founding-team role at a venture-backed startup

• Visa sponsorship: Not available

LOCATION

• On-site in San Francisco, California, United States

• This role requires in-person presence; remote work is not offered