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Motion Recruitment

Principal DevOps Engineer - AI

Motion Recruitment, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Our client is an AI-driven health-tech start-up on a mission to transform healthcare by leveraging artificial intelligence to improve outcomes, reduce inefficiencies, and empower clinicians and patients alike. Their platform uses cutting-edge machine learning and natural language processing technologies to make medical data more actionable, accurate, and useful in real time. They are looking for a Principal DevOps/Platform Engineer to architect, scale, and optimize our AWS-based infrastructure and Kubernetes systems that serve as the backbone of our AI healthcare platform. This is a high-impact role where you'll shape our cloud platform strategy and ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our systems. Responsibilities Lead the design, development, and management of scalable and secure AWS cloud infrastructure. Own and evolve our Kubernetes-based orchestration systems for deploying and managing microservices at scale. Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to streamline development, testing, and deployment workflows. Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and security teams to ensure platform reliability and compliance with healthcare standards. Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) practices with tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation. Drive observability across systems (monitoring, logging, tracing) to ensure system health and proactive incident response. Establish best practices for cost optimization, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance tuning. Mentor and guide platform engineers while serving as a technical leader across the organization. Stay current with emerging cloud and containerization technologies to ensure our infrastructure evolves ahead of industry standards. Qualifications

8+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure roles, with at least 3+ years in a leadership or principal-level position. Expert-level experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, Lambda, etc.). Deep expertise with Kubernetes and containerization technologies (Docker, Helm). Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar). Experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or equivalent). Strong background in observability, monitoring, and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, etc.). Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity management in regulated environments. Prior experience in health-tech, life sciences, or other regulated industries is highly desirable. Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, and a collaborative mindset. Why Join?

Work on cutting-edge AI technology with the potential to meaningfully impact healthcare outcomes. Be part of a mission-driven start-up where your contributions directly shape the platform's success. Competitive compensation package, including equity. Flexible work environment with opportunities for growth and leadership.

Posted by:

Nicholas Costello

Specialization :

Site Reliability Engineer DevOps Cloud Engineer