DevOps Platform R&D Engineer – rednote

rednote; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

rednote seeks a seasoned DevOps/SRE engineer to lead rollout and operations of international, high-availability platforms. You will evaluate multi-cloud and data center differences, design adaptation plans, and advance CI/CD pipelines with automation across regions.

You will implement HA strategies, participate in incident response, and maintain runbooks and SOPs, collaborating with central R&D and global teams to improve platform capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, cloud platforms, or infrastructure engineering with strong delivery and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Solid understanding of Linux, networking, and common infrastructure components; able to deploy and diagnose issues.
• Familiar with cloud-native and IaC technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform; KubeVela a plus.
• Proficient in Go, Java, Python, or Shell; able to build automation tools and read backend code.
• Familiar with at least one major public cloud or enterprise private cloud; knowledge of multi-region deployment and security.
• Familiar with monitoring, logging, alerting systems; experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry.
• Fluent in English and Chinese for cross-region communication.
• Strong ownership, execution, and communication skills; translate platform designs into stable implementations.

Responsibilities

• Drive rollout, integration, localization, and operational support of DevOps platforms across international regions.
• Evaluate infrastructure differences across clouds and data centers; design practical adaptation plans.
• Support adoption of internal DevOps platforms; improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, and release workflows.
• Implement high-availability capabilities including incident response playbooks, DR validation, and chaos practices.
• Participate in production operations and incident response; perform RCA and drive improvements.
• Maintain deployment guides, runbooks, and standard operating procedures for international regions.
• Collaborate with central platform R&D and international teams; manage progress, dependencies, risks, and feedback.

Skills

DevOps

SRE

Delivery

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

KubeVela

Go

Java

Python

Shell

Linux

Networking

Public/Private Cloud

Job description

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.