rivianvw.tech Senior Staff DevOps Engineer to lead design, build, and operation of infrastructure for vehicle firmware and embedded software build pipelines. Focus on Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native ecosystems.
Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure components from a developer platform mindset, including centralized developer portals and tooling to reduce developer cognitive overhead.
Architect our build and release infrastructure for redundancy and scale, including software artifact storage, source control, parallel build execution, and maintenance with vendors.
Drive our migration to Bazel, including remote execution, to improve build speed and reliability.
Own our AWS footprint, driving improvements in multi-region availability, disaster recovery, and cost efficiency.
Define and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) patterns and standards using Terraform and Atlantis, with code as the source of truth for cloud configuration. Maintain the library of modules used across the engineering organization.
Identify and remediate legacy infrastructure and process gaps, bringing existing resources under consistent IaC management.
Build and support mobile CI infrastructure for iOS and Android apps, including environments that start clean and quickly on fresh machines (e.g., Veertu Anka).
Support and improve GitLab and CI pipelines through automation, monitoring, controls, and version standards.
Develop and optimize custom Kubernetes operators and controllers to automate stateful services, ensuring high availability and performance.
Design and build robust, automated security controls and policy-as-code to ensure platform compliance.
Identify friction points across the organizations that operate on top of our infrastructure and collaboratively build intuitive tools that improve the developer experience.
Mentor senior, mid-level, and junior engineers through code reviews, design reviews, pair programming, and technical leadership.
Qualification
Experience designing
Required
10+ years of relevant experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles.
Expert proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform, including designing reusable modules and managing state at scale.
Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, networking, storage, and service mesh architectures.
Proven track record implementing GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux in production environments.
Strong understanding of automation and scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, GoLang).
Strong experience with one of the major Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including IAM, compute, networking, and storage layers.
Experience designing, maintaining, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and build systems at scale. Experience with GitLab, Bazel, or mobile (iOS/Android) builds is a plus.
Proven ability to establish and enforce engineering standards across an organization.
Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to peers, leadership, and stakeholders.
Experience leading architectural discussions and decisions in a collaborative environment.
Track record of mentoring engineers and sharing technical knowledge.