SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors.
We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.
At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact.
The Cybersecurity Group at SandboxAQ is looking for a Staff DevOps Engineer to build the engineering platform for AQtive Guard, our groundbreaking solution for modern non-human identity and cryptography management. As we deploy globally with major organizations like top-tier financial institutions and government agencies, the speed, quality, and security of our software delivery are critical to our success.
In this role, you will champion developer experience by designing, building, and scaling the automation and tooling that streamlines our entire software development lifecycle. You will be a subject matter expert on CI/CD, build systems, and developer productivity, creating the platform that enables our engineers to ship high-quality code rapidly and reliably. The ideal candidate is passionate about automation, removing friction for developers, and building the internal products that make engineering teams faster and happier.
We move fast, build with purpose, and are obsessed with making an impact. Our culture is built for those who want to be at the forefront of innovation, and it's guided by these core principles:
We are passionate about solving real-world problems for our customers.
We take deep ownership of our work and hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence.
We are a team that stands by our commitments to each other and our customers, building trust through reliability.
We are proactive and action-oriented, always seeking opportunities to make a difference and drive our mission forward.
We believe in amplifying our collective impact through collaboration.
We are dedicated to seeing our projects through to the finish line, ensuring that every detail is accounted for and that our work has a lasting impact.
Take ownership of projects in a fast-paced startup environment, demonstrating a tolerance for ambiguity and a proactive approach to getting things done
Build and refine our CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery for services written in Kotlin, Go, Rust, and Python, and deployed on Kubernetes
Develop and maintain internal tools, scripts, and automation to simplify developer workflows, manage dependencies, and standardize deployments on Kubernetes
Act as an advocate for developer experience, actively seeking out and eliminating friction in the engineering workflow from local development to production
You have a proven ability to thrive on a small team in a fast-paced, fluid environment, effectively managing uncertainty
You act as a force multiplier, passionate about building tools and automation that make developers' lives easier
You have deep expertise in designing, building, and scaling modern CI/CD systems and developer automation
5+ years of production experience in a DevOps, Platform, or Developer Productivity role
Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines
Production experience with build systems & toolchains spanning multiple languages
Advanced scripting and software development skills for building automation and internal tools (e.g., Go, Python, Bash)
Experience managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform
Production experience building artifacts in a monorepo
Production experience with any hermetic build system, but especially Bazel, Buck or Blaze.Â
Proficiency with containerization and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
Experience managing and securing data infrastructure like Kafka and Postgres at scale
Familiarity with service mesh technologies such as Istio
General knowledge of cryptography
We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and respect, where diverse perspectives are actively sought and valued. Our multidisciplinary environment provides ample opportunity for continuous growth - working alongside humble, empowered, and ambitious colleagues ready to tackle epic challenges.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.
Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.
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