DevOps Platform R&D Engineer – rednote

rednote; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Rednote in Palo Alto, CA seeks a seasoned DevOps/SRE engineer to lead rollout and integration of high-availability platforms across international regions.

You will optimize CI/CD, automate infrastructure, and implement disaster recovery, incident response and cross-region deployment. Fluency in English and Chinese and strong ownership are required to collaborate with global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in a related field such as CS or Engineering.
• Hands-on DevOps/SRE experience with strong delivery and troubleshooting.
• Solid Linux, networking, and infrastructure knowledge for deployment and diagnosis.
• Familiar with Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform; KubeVela is a plus.
• Proficient in Go/Java/Python/Shell for automation tasks.
• Experience with public cloud or private cloud, multi-region deployment concepts.
• Knowledge of monitoring/logging/alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch.
• Fluent in English and Chinese for cross-region collaboration.
• Strong ownership, execution, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive rollout, integration, localization, and ops support of DevOps platforms across regions.
• Evaluate infra differences across cloud, data center; design adaptation plans.
• Support adoption of internal DevOps platforms and improve CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement high-availability capabilities including disaster recovery and chaos engineering.
• Participate in production operations and incident response; conduct root-cause analysis.
• Maintain deployment guides, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with central R&D and international teams; manage progress and risks.

Skills

DevOps/SRE

Cloud platforms

Linux networking

IaC (Kubernetes)

Automation scripting

Multi-region deployment

English & Chinese

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK/OpenSearch

OpenTelemetry

Job description

About Rednote

rednote is one of the world's most trusted platforms, where over 350 million people share how they actually live, travel, create, and discover. In a world of infinite content, what sets rednote apart is its source: real human experience, honestly lived and generously shared — one note at a time. We are now writing our global chapter, and this team is at the forefront.

About Rednote

rednote is one of the world's most trusted platforms, where over 350 million people share how they actually live, travel, create, and discover. In a world of infinite content, what sets rednote apart is its source: real human experience, honestly lived and generously shared — one note at a time. We are now writing our global chapter, and this team is at the forefront.

What You'll Do

• 1、Drive the rollout, integration, localization, and operational support of DevOps and high-availability platforms across international regions, ensuring platform capabilities are delivered reliably and on schedule.
• 2、Evaluate infrastructure differences across international public cloud, private cloud, and data center environments, including compute, networking, storage, Kubernetes, security, and compliance requirements. Design and implement practical adaptation plans.
• 3、Support the international adoption of internal DevOps platforms, including service release systems, change management platforms, and large-scale operations tooling. Improve CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and release operations workflows.
• 4、Implement high-availability capabilities for international environments, including incident response playbooks, failover mechanisms, disaster recovery validation, and chaos engineering practices. Track remediation actions and continuously improve service reliability.
• 5、Participate in production operations and incident response for international environments. Quickly identify and troubleshoot issues related to releases, infrastructure, and platform integration, and drive root-cause analysis and closed-loop improvements.
• 6、Maintain deployment guides, operational runbooks, incident response playbooks, and standard operating procedures to improve delivery quality and operational efficiency across international regions.
• 7、Work closely with central platform R&D teams, as well as international infrastructure, networking, security, and business teams. Manage project progress, dependencies, and risks, and provide feedback to improve platform capabilities for international scenarios.

Qualifications

• 1、Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 2、Hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, cloud platforms, or infrastructure engineering, with strong delivery and troubleshooting capabilities.
• 3、Solid understanding of Linux, computer networking, and common infrastructure components. Able to independently perform deployment, configuration, and issue diagnosis.
• 4、Familiar with cloud-native and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, such as Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform. Experience with KubeVela is a plus.
• 5、Proficient in at least one programming or scripting language, such as Go, Java, Python, or Shell. Able to build automation tools and read/debug backend service code.
• 6、Familiar with at least one major public cloud or enterprise private cloud environment. Understand concepts such as multi-region deployment, network connectivity, access control, and security isolation.
• 7、Familiar with monitoring, logging, and alerting systems. Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry, or similar tools is preferred.
• 8、Fluent in both English and Chinese, with the ability to communicate effectively in a cross-region, international team environment.
• 9、Strong ownership, execution, and communication skills. Able to translate central platform designs into stable, maintainable implementations in local international environments.

The Pay Range For This Role Is

200,000 - 400,000 USD per year(Palo Alto, CA)