Role Description Geneoscopy is building next-generation diagnostic software, and our DevOps team is at the heart of making it reliable, scalable, and secure. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will take ownership of our cloud-native infrastructure and delivery pipelines, enabling engineering teams to ship fast and safely. You'll work hands-on across the stack from infrastructure and Kubernetes to CI/CD and GitOps, while helping shape DevOps best practices as we scale. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a startup environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and wants to have a direct impact on product delivery and system reliability. NOTE: This is a contract-to-hire opportunity, beginning with hourly compensation during the contract period and transitioning to a salaried role upon conversion. Responsibilities - Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code to rapidly spin up and manage environments (dev, test, staging, production). - Own and evolve our Kubernetes platform (AWS EKS) with a focus on reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency. - Use Helm to package, version, and deploy Kubernetes applications consistently. - Implement and manage Karpenter for dynamic cluster autoscaling and efficient node provisioning. - Build and maintain Docker-based container images, optimizing for security, performance, and reproducibility. - Manage container image storage and promotion using Amazon ECR. - Drive GitOps workflows with FluxCD or equivalent to automate deployments and maintain environment parity. - Define and enforce Git workflows and branching strategies that support fast iteration without sacrificing stability. - Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, testing, and delivery. - Create automated deployment pipelines that support seamless promotion across environments. - Partner closely with software engineers to remove friction from the development process and improve developer experience. - Anticipate scaling and reliability needs by reviewing application architecture and usage patterns early. - Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues, jumping in where needed to unblock teams. - Improve security, observability, monitoring, backups, and disaster recovery as the platform grows. - Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, laboratory, and IT teams to continuously improve systems and processes. - Take ownership of complex problems, make pragmatic decisions, and help set the technical direction of DevOps at Geneoscopy. - Exemplify expert knowledge of the subject matter. - Provide coaching and/or mentoring to other engineers as the team scales. - Other duties as assigned. Qualifications - Possess 6+ years of DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering experience, ideally in fast-moving environments. - Possess strong hands-on experience with AWS. - Azure/GCP Cloud experience is a plus. - Exemplify production experience running Kubernetes, preferably EKS. - Possess practical hands-on experience with Helm, Karpenter or equivalent, and Kubernetes autoscaling strategies. - Exemplify a strong background in Docker and containerization, including image creation and lifecycle management. - Demonstrate experience with container registries such as Amazon ECR. - Demonstrate hands-on experience implementing GitOps using FluxCD or similar tools. - Possess a solid understanding of Git, branching strategies, and repository hygiene. - Exemplify experience building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines. - Demonstrate strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK or similar). - Possess working knowledge of AWS account management, cloud security, IAM, and secure CI/CD practices. - Possess strong networking fundamentals in cloud and hybrid environments. - Exemplify the ability to communicate clearly, move quickly, and ability to make technical decisions with limited information. - Possess a builder's mindset: proactive, collaborative, and comfortable wearing multiple hats. - Demonstrate high integrity, accountability, and a desire to help shape both the technology and the team. - Exemplify the ability to multitask and thrive in an agile, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient. - Possess proficient verbal and written communication skills, while willing to share and receive information and ideas from all levels of the organization to achieve the desired results. - Possess high ethics and conduct business in the most professional manner. - Seek inclusiveness and collaboration but step up to responsibility, make tough decisions, and be accountable for those decisions. - Act as a results-oriented team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of working collaboratively with colleagues. Benefits - This is a contract-to-hire opportunity, beginning with hourly compensation during the contract period and transitioning to a salaried role upon conversion. - Base salary range upon conversion: $140-165k/annually determined based on the candidate's experience, knowledge, and abilities. - Bonus: discretionary annual bonus based on a percentage of the employee's base salary. - Benefits: health, vision, dental, life insurance, 401k (with employer match), and paid time off. - Company stock options.