Lead DevOps Engineer

The Role

The Lead DevOps Engineer at Elucid plays a pivotal role in ensuring that our platform is reliable, safe, and efficient. They are responsible for CI/CD strategy, guiding infrastructure decisions, and serving as a mentor and technical leader to their peers.

Responsibilities

• Owns CI/CD strategy end-to-end, including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and other tools.
• Makes decisions about software building, testing, and deployment in a multi-service environment.
• Manages containerization and orchestration skills (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/Fargate).
• Works with infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform) to ensure reproducibility and self-documentation.
• Serves as an informal technical leader, mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions.
• Communicates effectively with engineering, product, and QA teams, explaining complex concepts clearly.
• Participates in on-call rotation for business days from 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

Requirements

• 10+ years of DevOps/SRE/Platform engineering experience on AWS environments.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, Ruby, or similar.
• Proven track record in CI/CD strategy and decision-making.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Linux/Ubuntu fundamentals and infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform).
• Ability to lead and mentor a team.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience in a regulated medical device environment is a plus.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field.
• MS or higher preferred.
• Experience with AWS and other cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and practices.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Skills

• Python, Bash, Ruby, or similar scripting languages.
• Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/Fargate.
• Ansible, Terraform, or similar infrastructure as code tools.
• Experience in a regulated medical device environment.

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work model with regular in-office collaboration.
• On-call rotation with shared responsibilities.
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Competitive salary range of $190,000-$240,000.
• Equal opportunity employer.

Pay

The anticipated base salary range for this position at Elucid is $190,000-$240,000. Compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including internal pay equity, job-related knowledge, skills, education, relevant experience, certifications, and geography as outlined in the job description.

Schedule

This role operates in a hybrid model with regular in-office collaboration. It participates in an on-call rotation covering business days from 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM. The on-call schedule is shared among all team members and generally occurs for 2–3 weeks per quarter.