Title: Senior Linux Infrastructure and DevOps Engineer Location: Fulltime onsite in San Diego, CA TL;DR: Recruiting a high-impact Senior DevOps and Linux Infrastructure Engineer to help build the backbone of secure, real-time systems managing fleets of autonomous vehicles in high-complexity environments. Ideal for someone who thrives in hands-on, ownership-heavy roles and has experience working across both cloud and edge infrastructure. Bright, nimble, work-hard / play-hard culture – full-time onsite in San Diego. $140K – 160K base
ABOUT OUR CLIENT COMPANY:
Kismet Search is exclusively partnering with our Client, a well-funded, Series-A Startup Company HQ in San Diego, CA with over $30MM in funding to date. They design and operate rugged, intelligent autonomous platforms and the supporting software stack, spanning real-time telemetry, edge-connected sensor data, and remote operations tooling. The team includes highly capable engineers, operators, and builders who value clarity, accountability, and impact over ego.
ROLE DETAILS:
As a Senior DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer, you will be in a hands-on technical position, focusing on the efficient operation of developer automation and solutions, productivity, processes, and infrastructure support. You will be responsible for maintaining and scaling their private network, cloud-based infrastructure and DevOps activities. This is an ideal role for a broad-skilled generalist who enjoys working across a variety of activities, including managing multiple products in production, pre-production, quality, and development environments. This is not a maintenance role. It’s an opportunity to help shape and scale critical infrastructure at the core of a cutting-edge autonomous systems platform. The team moves quickly, iterates fast, and tackles real-world engineering problems with high stakes and meaningful impact.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, maintain, and secure Linux-based infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments
- Build CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and DevOps workflows to streamline development and deployment
- Architect systems that support real-time operations of autonomous vehicles and connected hardware
- Support edge compute environments with unique bandwidth, power, and latency constraints
- Improve security, scalability, and reliability of systems spanning from developer environments to live mission operations
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum of 5 years professional experience overseeing and designing complex networking infrastructure, including cloud-based, hosted systems in a Linux environment.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or related preferred; equivalent work experience also considered.
- At least 3 years supporting DevOps using combination of common CI/CD tools: Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, Github, Github Actions
- Experience in some/all the following AWS stack services: Lambda, ECS, EC2, API Gateway, S3, CloudWatch.
- Familiarity with Cloud Security best practices within private-cloud and datacenter environments.
- Strong scripting skills in Python, bash, and NodeJS (preferred).
- Interest or prior work involving autonomous systems, robotics, or remote operations and monitoring fleets.
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL data stores, containerization and Docker/Kubernetes environments
- Soft Skills: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, collaborative, open to new ideas, naturally curious, and self-motivated; non-political and team oriented.
- Location: Must be able to work onsite, full-time in San Diego, CA in a fast-paced environment where priorities may change depending on business needs.
- Work Authorization: Must be US Citizen, plus if eligible for or currently hold Secret Clearance.
Nice-to-Have's:
- Experience with these AWS services a plus: Step Functions, Batch, Kubernetes, ECR (Elastic Container Registry), Fargate, VPC, Glue, Athena
- Experience with serverless architecture and infrastructure management tools (i.e., Serverless Framework, Troposphere, Terraform, etc.)
- Machine Learning and Computer Vision infrastructure experience a plus.
- Experience with other Cloud Platforms (i.e., Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
- Background in building software systems and environments with limited connectivity; Familiarity with GPS, GIS, or navigation-based systems
COMPENSATION: $140K–$160K base + equity + excellent benefits Benefits Include: Pre-IPO Stock options, Competitive health insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options); matching 401K, free lunches, pet-friendly office environment, unlimited/flex PTO