Devops Engineer

PhysicsX • New York, NY

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

PhysicsX is a deep-tech company with roots in numerical physics and Formula One, dedicated to accelerating hardware innovation at the speed of software. We are building an AI-driven simulation software stack for engineering and manufacturing across advanced industries. By enabling high-fidelity, multi-physics simulation through AI inference across the entire engineering lifecycle, PhysicsX unlocks new levels of optimization and automation in design, manufacturing, and operations — empowering engineers to push the boundaries of possibility. Our customers include leading innovators in Aerospace & Defense, Materials, Energy, Semiconductors, and Automotive.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles, with at least 3+ years deep in AWS in a production environment.
• Solid networking fundamentals: VPC design, Transit Gateway/PrivateLink, multi-account architecture (AWS Organizations, SCPs)
• Experience with our CI/CD stack (or equivalent): GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD, including GitOps patterns and artifact registries
• Hands-on with observability tooling: CloudWatch, Datadog, or Grafana for metrics, logging, and alerting
• IAM policy design at scale: least-privilege roles, permission boundaries, cross-account access patterns
• Working knowledge of AWS data stores in production (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB)
• Strong, hands-on Terraform experience: module design, state management, workspace/environment strategy, and running Terraform at team and enterprise scales.
• A demonstrated bias toward ownership: you've driven a project from "this is a problem" to "this is solved and documented" without heavy oversight.
• Comfort operating in a scale-up environment defined by fewer guardrails, more judgment calls, and a need to build the process as well as the system.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes in production, including cluster upgrades and workload migrations.
• Background in a company that scaled from ~100 to 500+ employees, especially in infra/platform re-architecture during that growth.
• Experience with policy-as-code and compliance tooling (OPA, Sentinel, AWS Config, SOC 2 environments).
• Experience working in AWS GovCloud
• Relevant certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core AWS infrastructure supporting a multi-tenant, cloud-based platform used by production customers daily.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines that let application teams ship safely and frequently, without needing platform team involvement for every change
• Lead architecture and code reviews for new infrastructure, and push back constructively when a proposed design won't scale.
• Reduce toil by automating recurring operational work and building self-service tooling for other engineers.

Benefits

• Equity options - share meaningfully in the company you’re helping to build.
• 5% contribution to 401(k) - build long-term security with a strong retirement plan.
• Free team lunch 1x/week - good food, great company, and space to connect.
• Private health insurance – comprehensive cover for you, offering total peace of mind.
• Enhanced parental leave – 3 months full pay paternity and 6 months full pay maternity leave, to provide extra flexibility during the moments that matter most.
• 20 days of Annual Leave (+ Public Holidays) - because taking time to rest matters.
• Personal development – dedicated support for learning, development, and leveling up over time.
• Gympass / Wellhub (subsidized) – for you and up to 3 family members, supporting both physical and mental wellbeing.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) – set aside pre-tax dollars for eligible healthcare expenses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed