Principal DevOps Engineer for AI-First Platform (Remote)

Veeva Systems, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Flexible PTO

Company holidays

Retirement programs

Charitable giving

Job summary

Veeva Systems, a mission-driven SaaS leader, is building an AI-first platform for life sciences, and seeks a Principal DevOps Engineer to help found the team and scale cloud infrastructure.

You will own IaC, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and AWS deployments, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product and security to deliver reliable, scalable services for customers.

The role offers a flexible work arrangement and compelling compensation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps roles
• Proven track record as a strong mentor dedicated to developing team capabilities
• Extensive experience designing and programming applications in AWS
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration tools (Ansible, Terraform)
• Deep expertise with containerization, serverless architectures, and orchestrators (Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Proficient in Python, as well as statically typed languages like Java, Scala, or Go
• Hands-on experience setting up and managing CI pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, CircleCI, Codefresh)
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability frameworks to track system health and performance
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills, with experience in proposals, estimation, and documentation

Responsibilities

• Provide in-depth software engineering expertise in cloud architecture, design patterns, and programming
• Implement core DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), continuous integration, and automated deployments
• Build and manage robust CI/CD workflows to automate full-lifecycle tasks and elevate developer productivity
• Provision, manage, and scale infrastructure using Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes
• Drive architectural design, integration solutions, and engineering best practices across the organization
• Proactively improve system reliability, availability, performance, and durability to minimize operational risk

Skills

Mentoring

Cloud architecture

Engineering leadership

Tools

AWS

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Jenkins

CircleCI

Codefresh

Python

Java

Scala

Go

Job description

Veeva Systems, a mission-driven SaaS leader, is building an AI-first platform for life sciences, and seeks a Principal DevOps Engineer to help found the team and scale cloud infrastructure.

You will own IaC, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and AWS deployments, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product and security to deliver reliable, scalable services for customers.

The role offers a flexible work arrangement and compelling compensation.