DevOps Engineer

Incedo Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Incedo Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer with strong AWS and backend development experience.

You will design, deploy, and operate scalable cloud-native applications using ECS, Lambda, and CDK, while collaborating with backend teams to ensure reliable delivery. The role emphasizes CI/CD excellence, infrastructure as code, observability, security, and performance optimization across cloud environments, with opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI and data transformation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, including ECS, Lambda, networking, and other core AWS services.
• Hands-on experience with AWS CDK and Infrastructure as Code concepts.
• Experience building or supporting APIs and backend services using FastAPI or similar frameworks.
• Experience with relational and/or vector databases.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Experience working in Linux/Unix environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and services, including ECS, Lambda, networking, and related components.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure using AWS CDK and infrastructure automation best practices.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines to support automated application builds, testing, and deployments.
• Work closely with backend engineering teams to deploy, monitor, and operate Python and FastAPI applications.
• Design and support cloud-native, containerized, and serverless application architectures.
• Manage AWS networking, security, access controls, and connectivity across cloud environments.
• Support and optimize database solutions, including vector and relational databases.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance, troubleshoot production issues, and improve reliability and scalability.
• Implement DevOps best practices for automation, observability, security, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve deployment processes and overall engineering productivity.

Skills

AWS Cloud

CI/CD

FastAPI

Backend development

Linux/Unix

Databases

Infrastructure as Code

Observability

Security best practices

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Job description

Incedo is a global AI and data transformation specialist empowering companies to realize sustainable business impact from their digital investments by delivering ROI from AI@Scale. As a long-term partner for strategy to execution, we operate at the intersection of business and technology. Our integrated services and platforms are built on the foundation of AI & Data, digital engineering, andoperations transformation, bringing deep domain expertise and full stack capabilities together. With over 4,000 people in the US, Canada, Latin America and India and a large, diverse portfolio of Fortune 500 enterprises and fast growing clients worldwide, we work across banking & payments, wealth management, telecom, hitech and life sciences.

Please visit the link to know about Incedo: https://www.incedoinc.com/

DevOps with AWS & Backend Experience

Client: Genentech

Job Overview

We are seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer with strong AWS and backend development experience. The ideal candidate will have expertise in AWS cloud services, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, Python-based backend development, FastAPI, and database technologies. This role will work closely with engineering teams to build, deploy, and operate scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and services, including ECS, Lambda, networking, and related components.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure using AWS CDK and infrastructure automation best practices.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines to support automated application builds, testing, and deployments.
• Work closely with backend engineering teams to deploy, monitor, and operate Python and FastAPI applications.
• Design and support cloud-native, containerized, and serverless application architectures.
• Manage AWS networking, security, access controls, and connectivity across cloud environments.
• Support and optimize database solutions, including vector and relational databases.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance, troubleshoot production issues, and improve reliability and scalability.
• Implement DevOps best practices for automation, observability, security, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve deployment processes and overall engineering productivity.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, including ECS, Lambda, networking, and other core AWS services.
• Hands-on experience with AWS CDK and Infrastructure as Code concepts.
• Experience building or supporting APIs and backend services using FastAPI or similar frameworks.
• Experience with relational and/or vector databases.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Experience working in Linux/Unix environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Knowledge of microservices and distributed system architecture.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
• Understanding of cloud security and DevSecOps practices.
• AWS or other relevant cloud certifications.