DevOps Engineer

Title:

DevOps Engineer

Job Type:

Contract

Contract Length: 6+ months

Target Start Date:

ASAP

Work Location/Structure:

Onsite - Foster City, CA

About The Opportunity

Our client, a leader in the Autonomous Vehicle Technology industry, is looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their team for a 6+ month engagement.

This project involves developing and maintaining tools that support cross-functional teams in developing software that adheres to a High Assurance Process, focusing on CI/CD infrastructure and tooling automation.

This is a high-impact role that requires a self-motivated professional who can hit the ground running and deliver results quickly.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

This role is focused on the successful completion of specific tasks and deliverables

Your responsibilities will include:

Develop and maintain:

tools and CI/CD infrastructure to support cross-functional software development efforts.

Automate:all necessary tooling, including business metrics reporting, in close collaboration with team leads and the software systems engineering team.

Contribute:

to code reviews and incident postmortems to ensure the long-term stability and reliability of the software system.

Set up backend infrastructure:

(database, web servers, shell scripts, etc.) and interface with software developed in C++ and Python.

Develop code:

primarily in Bazel, Python, ReactJS, and TypeScript.

Required Skills & Experience:

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful contract engagements.

The ideal candidate will have:

5+ years of experience working on large code bases (MS+ degree in computer science preferred).Deep expertise in Bazel and Python: This is a subject matter expert role focusing on development in these languages, with an ability to understand C++ code.

This isn't a learning role—you need to be a subject matter expert.Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and manage your own time effectively to meet project goals, with a comfortable ability to whip up quick scripts to automate tasks.

Experience with enterprise-scale deployment practices and issues, and an Experimental/Research-oriented, "fail-fast" philosophy.

Strong communication skills to work closely with various CI tools, infrastructure, and team leads to define delivery milestones.