Senior DevOps Lead - Cloud & Autonomous System

Cyngn, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Company 401(k)

Flexible vacation policy

Remote or hybrid work opportunities

Daily lunches for in-office employees

Job summary

Cyngn, Inc. is hiring a Senior DevOps Lead based in Mountain View, California. This role involves architecting and managing infrastructure for cloud and autonomous vehicle systems while leading a team of engineers. A clear focus on implementing best practices and developing solutions in AWS environments is necessary.

Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in DevOps and infrastructure, with a strong background in AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes. The position offers a salary between $198,000 - $225,000 annually along with various benefits including a flexible vacation policy.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant DevOps/infrastructure experience.
• Proven technical lead experience in platform or infrastructure teams.
• Advanced expertise in AWS services and infrastructure as code.
• Strong experience with service mesh and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage infrastructure for cloud and autonomous vehicle systems.
• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers.
• Implement solutions for cloud services and vehicle systems.
• Establish DevOps best practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

AWS services

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

Shell scripting

Ansible

CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Problem-solving

Leadership and mentoring

Job description

Senior DevOps Lead - Cloud & Autonomous System

Cyngn, Inc. - Mountain View, California, United States

About this position

Based in Mountain View, CA, Cyngn is a publicly‑traded autonomous technology company that deploys self‑driving industrial vehicles, specifically autonomous tuggers, to factories, warehouses, and other facilities throughout North America.

We are a small, close‑knit startup‑scale team that is also publicly traded, giving employees access to equity liquidity. Our vehicles are deployed to real clients, giving you tangible impact, and we value collaboration, trust, and diversity.

About the role

As a Senior DevOps Lead, you will architect and manage infrastructure across cloud and autonomous vehicle systems, bridging the gap between cloud operations and edge computing. You will lead a team of DevOps engineers to build and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure for our autonomous vehicle platform.

What you’ll do

• Lead and architect cloud and vehicle infrastructure initiatives across AWS and ROS/Linux environments
• Design and implement scalable solutions for cloud services and autonomous vehicle systems
• Establish and maintain DevOps best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code
• Drive observability, monitoring, and incident response strategies
• Optimize performance and cost efficiency of cloud and edge computing resources
• Mentor team members and foster a developer‑friendly environment
• Manage on‑call rotations and incident response processes
• Architect solutions for processing and storing large‑scale vehicle telemetry data
• Lead security initiatives and compliance efforts across infrastructure
• Optimize system performance for real‑time processing of high‑bandwidth sensor data
• Develop and maintain documentation for system architecture and integration procedures

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant DevOps/infrastructure experience
• Proven track record as a technical lead in platform or infrastructure teams
• Advanced expertise in AWS services, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and Kubernetes
• Strong experience with service mesh (Istio) and Helm/Kustomize
• Deep understanding of ROS/ROS2 and Linux kernel configurations
• Experience with GPU configurations and ML infrastructure
• Expertise in ARM and NVIDIA CUDA platform configurations
• Strong programming skills in Python and shell scripting
• Experience with infrastructure automation (Ansible)
• Expertise in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Strong system architecture and design skills
• Excellence in technical documentation
• Outstanding problem‑solving abilities
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with autonomous vehicle systems
• Track record of optimizing GPU‑based ML infrastructure
• Experience with large‑scale IoT deployments
• Contributions to open‑source projects
• Experience with real‑time systems and low‑latency requirements
• Expertise in security implementations including SSO, IdP, and AWS Cognito
• Experience with JFrog Artifactory and container registry management
• Proficiency in AWS IoT Greengrass
• Experience with container resource management on edge devices
• Understanding of CPU affinity and priority scheduling
• Track record of implementing cost optimization strategies
• Experience with scaling systems both horizontally and vertically

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare)
• Employee Assistance Program, 1:1 health concierge
• Life, short-term and long-term disability insurance (Cyngn funds 100% of premiums)
• Company 401(k)
• Flexible vacation policy
• Remote or hybrid work opportunities
• Sabbatical leave after 5 years
• Daily lunches for in‑office employees with fully stocked kitchen, snacks, and beverages
• Monthly meal and tech allowances for remote employees

$198,000 - $225,000 a year