Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join SandboxAQ as a Senior DevOps Engineer and lead the technical support for our development teams, ensuring they have the necessary tools and infrastructure to succeed. You will architect and maintain scalable infrastructure, build and implement new development tools, automate release processes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This senior role demands technical expertise and hands-on mentorship. You will provide strategic direction to engineering leadership and contribute to long-term infrastructure planning. SandboxAQ offers competitive salaries, stock options, generous learning opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and a commitment to employee growth.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Senior DevOps engineer, or in a senior engineering role, with a focus on deep, hands-on developer support in complex environments
• Extensive experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, including designing, deploying, and maintaining scalable systems. Additional experience with GCP or Azure is a big plus
• Expertise in Git, GitHub workflows, CI/CD (CircleCI) automation, and efficient release pipelines
• Expertise with configuration management tools (Ansible, Saltstack, Chef, Puppet)
• Expertise in Linux systems, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, and experience integrating them into development processes
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python preferred)
• Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset for working across cross-functional teams
• Experience orchestrating a fleet of physical devices (IoT)

Responsibilities

• Provide and deliver deep, hands-on technical support to developers, acting as a trusted advisor to help optimize workflows, troubleshoot complex issues, and improve development practices
• Architect and maintain scalable infrastructure and development tools to support SandboxAQ’s initiatives
• Build and implement new development tools and infrastructure
• Automate and streamline release and development processes, ensuring efficiency and scalability
• Collaborate with DevOps, IT, and InfoSec teams to leverage technology effectively while enhancing security and performance
• Drive a culture of excellence by ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery with a focus on scalability and maintainability
• Provide strategic direction to engineering leadership, contributing to long-term infrastructure planning and vision

Preferred Qualifications

• Location on the West Coast or the Mountain Time zone
• Experience in supporting both traditional software development and machine learning/data science environments
• MedTech industry experience
• Proven ability to manage regulated data and ensure security and compliance
• Experience with traceability for regulatory compliance (i.e. CFR 21 Guidelines) using CloudTrail
• In-depth understanding of cloud and network topologies with hands-on experience using tools as Tailscale, Sumologic, etc. to support highly distributed systems
• Experience with observability and incident management processes, and tools such as Datadog, PagerDuty, etc
• Experience with Cloud Asset Management and Inventory

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision
• Family planning/fertility
• PTO (summer and winter breaks)
• Financial wellness resources
• 401(k) plans