Senior DevOps Engineer

Clera; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Job summary

Clera is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to own end-to-end infrastructure for a fast-growing AI-native consumer intelligence SaaS startup headquartered in New York City. You will architect, build, and maintain secure cloud systems with a strong emphasis on GitOps and IaC.

You will collaborate with backend and ML engineers, drive incident response, and mentor the team on DevOps best practices. This on-site NYC role offers equity participation and significant influence on infrastructure strategy.

Qualifications

• 5+ years owning infrastructure end-to-end in production environments (hands-on within last 2 years).
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes (EKS strongly preferred).
• Proven experience building and managing AWS infrastructure for B2B SaaS products.
• Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in production.
• Broad DevOps scope: infrastructure, deployment, and monitoring — not just CI/CD.
• Experience at VC-backed startups or mid-sized technology companies.
• Currently resides in the greater NYC area.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform / Terragrunt) on AWS.
• Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines; automate manual processes.
• Own production reliability — set up observability stacks, define SLI/SLOs, and lead incident response.
• Implement and champion GitOps workflows for all infrastructure deployments.
• Build compliance-ready infrastructure (SOC 2, GDPR) with IAM best practices and secrets management.
• Optimize cloud costs while maintaining performance and reliability at scale.
• Create developer tooling and documentation that accelerates engineering workflows across the team.
• Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and help guide overall infrastructure strategy.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

IaC

Observability

Security & Compliance

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Job description

About the Role

This is a high-ownership, hands-on Senior DevOps Engineer role at a fast-growing, AI-native consumer intelligence SaaS startup (11-50 employees) headquartered in New York City. The platform is trusted by enterprise-scale customers - including Fortune 500 retailers - for critical data and decision-making workflows.

You’ll own the infrastructure end-to-end: architecting, building, and maintaining the cloud systems that keep the platform secure, scalable, and highly reliable. You’ll work closely with backend and ML engineers, championing GitOps and infrastructure-as-code across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform / Terragrunt) on AWS
• Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines; convert manual processes into automated, repeatable workflows
• Own production reliability - set up observability stacks, define SLI/SLOs, and lead incident response
• Implement and champion GitOps workflows for all infrastructure deployments
• Build compliance-ready infrastructure (SOC 2, GDPR) with IAM best practices and secrets management
• Optimize cloud costs while maintaining performance and reliability at scale
• Create developer tooling and documentation that accelerates engineering workflows across the team
• Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and help guide overall infrastructure strategy

What We’re Looking For

Required

• 5+ years owning infrastructure end-to-end in production environments (hands-on work within the last 2 years, not purely architectural)
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes (EKS strongly preferred)
• Proven experience building and managing AWS infrastructure for B2B SaaS products
• Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in production
• Broad DevOps scope: infrastructure, deployment, and monitoring - not just CI/CD
• Experience at VC-backed startups or mid-sized technology companies
• Currently resides in the greater NYC area

Nice to Have

• Deep hands-on expertise with Terraform and Terragrunt
• Familiarity with Python and/or Bash scripting
• Background in AI/ML platform infrastructure or high-volume data pipeline environments
• Experience at companies such as Meltwater, Qualtrics, Medallia, NielsenIQ, Kantar, Talkwalker, or similar enterprise SaaS / consumer intelligence firms

Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $160,000 - $200,000 USD annually, depending on experience

• Equity participation at a well-funded, early-stage startup
• Opportunity to be a foundational infrastructure hire with significant technical influence

Location

This is an on-site role based in New York City, NY. Candidates must currently reside in the greater NYC area.