Staff Infrastructure & Devops Engineer

Quince•Palo Alto, CA

7d•$211,000 - $235,000

About The Position

As a Staff Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer, you will serve as a technical authority and architect across the DevOps and Infrastructure domain. You will drive the long-term technical vision, architectural standards, and strategic roadmap for cloud platform engineering. This role requires an "engineer at heart" who can solve complex infrastructure challenges, mentor senior engineers, and influence cross-functional engineering practices to support rapid business growth.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in Infrastructure, DevOps, Platform, or SRE roles with a track record of architectural leadership.
Deep expertise in AWS architecture, multi-account structures, network topology, cost governance, and cloud security best practices.
Mastery of Kubernetes at scale, service meshes, and enterprise IaC management using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
Expertise in designing sophisticated GitOps-driven deployment workflows using tools like ArgoCD, Flux, or GitHub Actions.
Strong background with relational/NoSQL databases (MySQL, DynamoDB) and distributed caching systems (Redis, DAX) under high load.
Proficiency in scripting and software development using languages such as Python, Go, or Bash.
Ability to balance immediate operational needs with long-term architectural scalable solutions.
Proven track record of influencing architectural decisions and driving cross-team technical alignment without formal management authority.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the long-term infrastructure architecture roadmap, aligning technical investments with business growth goals.
Architect resilient, multi-region, and cost-optimized AWS cloud solutions supporting high-traffic, low-latency applications.
Build enterprise-grade developer platforms and automated self-service tooling to accelerate engineering velocity across the organization.
Establish organizational standards for system availability, disaster recovery, failover strategies, and incident management.
Define end-to-end security compliance, zero-trust network topology, and company-wide observability frameworks.
Coach, mentor, and elevate the technical capabilities of engineers across teams while championing engineering best practices.
Partner with engineering leadership, product managers, and security teams to resolve complex systemic bottlenecks.