Senior DevOps Engineer

### 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.