Staff Engineer, CI/CD & Cloud Infrastructure

San Diego Stealth Startup; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

San Diego Stealth Startup in San Diego, CA is seeking a Staff CI/CD & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to own build pipelines and cloud infrastructure for Python, C/C++, and CUDA on Linux. This role combines DevOps automation, cloud infrastructure management, and release engineering to keep the delivery pipeline fast, reliable, and observable.

You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, manage AWS resources using Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering is required.
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, CI/CD, or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Strong hands-on Linux experience and proficiency with Python and scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar platforms.
• Manage build systems for Python, C/C++, and CUDA codebases on Linux.
• Architect and manage complex AWS infrastructure using IaC (Terraform) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Implement versioning, artifact management, and traceability from commit to deployment.
• Integrate build tools (CMake, Make, pip, setuptools) into automated pipelines.
• Ensure build performance, reliability, and observability across cloud and on-prem HPC environments.

Skills

Python

Linux

Shell scripting

C/C++

CUDA

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

CMake

Make

Job description

Position Overview

We are looking for a Staff CI/CD & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to own and evolve our build pipelines, deployment workflows, and cloud infrastructure. You will be responsible for ensuring that software — spanning Python, C/C++, and CUDA on Linux — is built, tested, versioned, and deployed reliably across both AWS cloud environments and a fleet of complex embedded instruments operated in our central lab facility.

Location: San Diego, CA

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary Range: $175,000 - $185,000

Position Overview

We are looking for a Staff CI/CD & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to own and evolve our build pipelines, deployment workflows, and cloud infrastructure. You will be responsible for ensuring that software — spanning Python, C/C++, and CUDA on Linux — is built, tested, versioned, and deployed reliably across both AWS cloud environments and a fleet of complex embedded instruments operated in our central lab facility.

This is a senior hands-on role for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of DevOps automation, cloud infrastructure management, and release engineering. You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage complex AWS infrastructure as code, and ensure full traceability from source commits through builds, tests, artifacts, and deployments. You will work cross-functionally with firmware, application, and HPC engineers to keep the entire delivery pipeline fast, reliable, and observable.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD & Build Engineering

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar platforms
• Manage build systems for Python, C/C++, and CUDA codebases on Linux
• Integrate build tools (CMake, Make, pip, setuptools) into automated pipelines
• Implement robust versioning, tagging, and artifact management strategies
• Ensure full traceability of builds, test results, and artifacts from commit to deployment
• Manage Docker-based build environments including base images, caching, and reproducibility
• Maintain and optimize build performance, parallelism, and reliability
  
  

Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)

• Architect and manage complex AWS infrastructure including:
• IAM roles, policies, and access management
• Storage services (S3, EBS, EFS) with tiered lifecycle policies
• Databases (RDS, DynamoDB, or similar) with backup and failover strategies
• Data workflow and pipeline engines (Step Functions, Airflow, or similar)
• Compute services (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda) scaled to workload requirements
• Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Manage Kubernetes clusters and Helm charts for containerized workloads
• Design for scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery
• Manage cost optimization, resource tagging, and infrastructure governance
• Support multi-account and multi-region strategies as needed
• Familiarity with Azure and GCP for secondary or hybrid requirements
  

On-Premises HPC & Hybrid Infrastructure

• Provision, configure, and manage on-premises Linux HPC nodes used for secondary and tertiary data processing
• Define infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar) for reproducible HPC node provisioning and configuration
• Manage high-speed networking infrastructure between instruments, HPC nodes, and storage (configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting)
• Implement and manage shared storage systems (NFS, parallel filesystems, or similar) accessible to both local HPC and cloud compute
• Design and operate hybrid burst-to-cloud infrastructure — provision and manage AWS compute resources that extend local HPC capacity on demand
• Collaborate with the data pipeline team to ensure infrastructure meets throughput, latency, and reliability requirements
• Manage OS patching, driver updates, and GPU runtime environments across HPC nodes
• Monitor HPC cluster health, utilization, and capacity to inform scaling decisions
  
  

Experiment Data Management & Pipelines

• Design and operate data ingestion pipelines for high-volume experiment data from lab instruments
• Implement tiered storage strategies (hot/warm/cold) to balance accessibility, performance, and cost
• Deploy and manage search infrastructure (Elasticsearch/ OpenSearch) to make experiment data universally discoverable and queryable
• Build data cataloging and metadata tagging systems so datasets are well-organized and self-describing
• Integrate visualization tools (Grafana, Kibana, or similar) to enable engineers and scientists to explore and analyze experiment data
• Design data lifecycle policies including retention, archival, and compliance requirements
• Ensure data pipelines are reliable, idempotent, and observable with clear error handling and retry logic
• Work with engineering and science teams to define data schemas, access patterns, and query requirements
  
  

Deployment & Release Engineering

• Own deployment workflows for software delivered to embedded instruments in our central lab
• Manage release processes for a small number of complex, high- value lab-operated instruments
• Design deployment strategies that account for rollback, validation, and minimal downtime
• Coordinate versioned releases across multiple software components and dependencies
• Support development, staging, and production environment parity
  
  

Logging, Observability & Traceability

• Implement centralized log collection and aggregation across cloud and on-site systems
• Deploy and manage observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, CloudWatch, or similar)
• Ensure structured, searchable logging with clear correlation across services
• Build dashboards and alerting for infrastructure health, pipeline status, and deployment state
• Establish traceability standards linking builds, tests, artifacts, and deployments
• Support diagnostics and post-mortem analysis for production incidents
  
  

AI-Augmented DevOps

• Integrate agentic AI tools into CI/CD workflows to automate code review, test generation, and pipeline troubleshooting
• Evaluate and deploy AI-powered assistants for infrastructure management, incident response, and operational tasks
• Design guardrails and human-in-the-loop controls for AI-driven automation in production environments
• Stay current with the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-augmented development and DevOps tooling
• Champion adoption of agentic AI across engineering workflows to accelerate delivery and improve reliability
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering
  
  

Required

Experience & Technical Skills

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, CI/CD, or cloud infrastructure roles
• Strong, hands-on Linux expertise (administration, debugging, performance tuning)
• Deep experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred)
• Proven experience managing complex AWS infrastructure at scale
• Strong knowledge of Docker including multi-stage builds, registries, and orchestration
• Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm for container orchestration
• Solid understanding of versioning strategies, artifact management, and release engineering
• Experience integrating agentic AI into DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines
  
  

Programming & Build Systems

• Proficiency in Python and shell scripting for automation and tooling
• Ability to read, debug, and build C/C++ and CUDA applications on Linux
• Experience integrating build systems (CMake, Make) into CI pipelines
• Familiarity with package management and dependency resolution across languages
  
  

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Deep AWS experience across IAM, networking (VPC, security groups), storage, compute, and database services
• Experience managing on-premises Linux HPC infrastructure alongside cloud resources
• Experience designing for high availability, failover, and disaster recovery
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow orchestration tools (Step Functions, Airflow, or similar)
• Experience with search and indexing platforms (Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or similar)
• Understanding of tiered storage strategies and data lifecycle management
• Knowledge of cost management, tagging strategies, and infrastructure governance
  
  

Observability & Traceability

• Experience with logging and monitoring stacks (Prometheus,
• Grafana, Loki, ELK, or CloudWatch)
• Understanding of build and artifact traceability practices
• Experience with structured logging and distributed tracing concepts
  
  

Preferred

• Experience deploying software to embedded or lab-operated instruments
• Experience with high-speed networking (InfiniBand, RDMA, or 10/25/100GbE) in HPC environments
• Experience with CUDA build toolchains and GPU-accelerated workloads
• Familiarity with Azure or GCP in addition to AWS
• Experience in regulated or reliability-sensitive environments
• Experience with GitOps workflows and progressive delivery strategies
• Familiarity with secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer. We thrive on diversity and collaboration.