DevOps Engineer

Droyd•San Francisco, CA

14d•Onsite

About The Position

As a DevOps Engineer at Droyd, you will own the systems that make software deployment reliable across our robots and edge infrastructure. You will build release processes, improve deployment confidence, and create operational tooling that supports both engineering velocity and fleet reliability. A central part of this role is dealing with the realities of Jetson-based systems: cross-compilation from x86_64 to aarch64, JetPack quirks, OTA workflows, and the infrastructure needed to keep a distributed hardware fleet working. This role is based on-site in San Francisco, CA.

Requirements

Strong DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience
Deep Linux and Ubuntu experience
Hands-on experience with JetPack and Jetson-based systems
Experience with Docker Compose, systemd, fleet management, or OTA workflows
Can design practical deployment systems for hardware and edge environments
Strong technical judgment and can drive process improvements in messy real-world systems

Nice To Haves

Experience with Balena or Balena Etcher
Experience with embedded Linux or robotics deployments
Experience supporting cert, auth, or transport infrastructure in production systems

Responsibilities

Build and maintain release and deployment pipelines for robots and edge systems
Own operational workflows across local development, Jetson devices, and production environments
Improve deployment confidence, reproducibility, and rollback safety across the fleet
Improve OTA and fleet management workflows for deployed hardware
Handle cross-compilation workflows from x86_64 to aarch64 for Jetson-based systems
Work on the infrastructure behind certs, JWKS, QUIC, and other reliability-critical systems
Work closely with robotics and software teams to standardize release, update, and system management practices
Drive process improvements in messy real-world systems