Member of Technical Staff, DevOps

AIC•San Francisco, CA

3d•$180,000 - $250,000•Onsite

About The Position

AIC is a software-led industrial holding company that deploys its software operating system to unlock trapped capacity in acquired companies. The company's mission is to secure America's position as the global leader in physical AI by modernizing decision-making infrastructure in manufacturing. This is an onsite role, requiring 5x a week presence at either the Brooklyn Navy Yard HQ or El Segundo office.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in software, platform, or infrastructure engineering in a fast and collaborative production environment
Experience running production infrastructure: Linux, Docker, CI/CD, networking, infrastructure as code, and observability
Strong communication/stakeholder management skills
Knowledge and intuition for designing and implementing data intensive applications and the systems they run on
Depth in some of: cloud and on-prem deployment, zero-trust access and identity, secrets management, PostgreSQL operations, edge device fleets, incident response, or security engineering

Nice To Haves

Hard-tech, robotics, and manufacturing background is a big plus
Experience with OT networks, shop-floor equipment, or compliance frameworks like NIST 800-171 and CMMC is a big plus
Graduate education in computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, applied physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field
Track record leading technical projects, especially in a customer-facing role
Previous startup experience
Product and design experience

Responsibilities

Embed on-site with design partners and manufacturers for meaningful stretches of the year.
Build trust across the full vertical, from the GM to the technician running the station.
Develop genuine understanding of how each partner's shop works and why — the history, constraints, people, and physics of what moves through it.
Translate unstructured observation into concrete requirements, then build, ship, and maintain the software yourself and through the other technical staff you coordinate on-site and at HQ.
Stand up each newly acquired manufacturer: plant connectivity, edge hardware, access provisioning, monitoring, and the playbooks to ensure it is all repeatable.
Own the infrastructure AIC OS runs on, end to end: on-premises and cloud environments, CI/CD, per-partner build and release pipelines, networking, identity and access, secrets, observability, and the edge devices sitting next to machines on the shop floor.
Treat compliance as an engineering problem. Hardened environments, audit logging, and access controls are built into AIC OS, not bolted on.
Write production code across the full stack — data model, ETL, backend, frontend, algorithms, hardware integrations, ML pipelines, analyses, and infrastructure.
Run the process-engineering side of deployment — sequencing software changes with operational changes so the two evolve in lockstep, including the cultural work: training, change management, work instructions, quiet one-on-ones with skeptics.
Own outcomes, not deliverables. Success is measured in operational maturity and financial outcomes gained by the partner, not features shipped.