Senior DevOps Engineer

This role is for a Senior DevOps Engineer at Helix, a leading population genomics and viral surveillance company. As part of the founding team of engineers based in Mexico City, you will have the opportunity to apply your software experience to impact health outcomes and advance genomic health worldwide. The role involves innovating on developer infrastructure, collaborating with various teams, deploying and operating software, and establishing engineering best practices. Additionally, you will mentor other engineers and contribute to a culture of learning and teaching. The expected interview process includes a recruiter screen, manager/tech screen, onsite interview, and an offer. The annual salary for this role ranges from MXN 1,073,000 to 1,414,250.

• Innovate on new ways to evolve developer infrastructure and productivity
• Collaborate with product managers, bioinformaticians, scientists, and other engineers
• Deploy and operate software with reliability and scale for developers and health systems
• Establish and maintain strong engineering best practices
• Mentor other engineers to reinforce a culture of learning and teaching

• 6+ years development experience in Go, Python, Java, Javascript, or similar
• Proficiency with distributed systems built on cloud infrastructure — AWS or similar
• Experience with operating serverless (e.g., Lambda) and container-based (e.g., Docker) infrastructure
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling/frameworks (e.g., Terraform, CDK)
• Expert sysadmin skills in a Linux environment
• Thought leadership and a successful track record mentoring other engineers
• Affinity for an engineering culture that emphasizes Agile, DevOps, and continuous delivery
• Proven track record of successful project deliveries improving developer productivity
• Willing to work onsite in Mexico City for at least three days each week
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• BS+ in Computer Science; coursework in genetics or bioinformatics (plus)
• Familiarity with regulated software systems and entities (plus)

• Great benefits through the employer of record
• Live orientation sessions during onboarding week
• Individual roadmap to success
• Benefits, security & privacy training
• Introduction to the OKR framework and communication tools
• Learning the Helix way through training and onboarding
• Deep understanding of customers, products, and impact
• Contribution to projects and familiarization with processes
• Ownership of projects and initiatives
• Demonstration of impact on the Helix mission
• Equal opportunity employment regardless of protected classification