Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.
Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.
Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, your mission is to accelerate Yugabyte's engineering velocity. You will own, scale, and evolve the core infrastructure powering our software development, automated testing, and release pipelines. Your work directly impacts how quickly and reliably our global engineering team can build and ship YugabyteDB and YugabyteDB Anywhere.
This isn’t a passive infrastructure-maintenance role. You will collaborate closely with Core Engineering, SRE, Cloud, and Security teams to eliminate developer friction, optimize massive test suites, and build secure, resilient deployment platforms
Key Responsibilities- Developer Platform Ownership: Own and optimize the end-to-end developer pipeline, covering source control, build systems, test orchestration, and artifact release.
- Scale CI/CD Infrastructure: Design, scale, and maintain our heavy-duty distributed CI/CD engines to support a rapidly growing engineering team.
- Test Orchestration & Performance: Build and refine internal tooling for massive test automation execution, observability, and flaky-test debuggability.
- Build Optimization: Profile and optimize compilation, linking, and test cycle times to keep developer feedback loops as short as possible.
- Kubernetes & Cloud Platforms: Build and manage cloud-native testing and deployment environments utilizing Docker and Kubernetes across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Maintain and scale our global infrastructure using strict IaC patterns (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent technical field.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Build/Platform Engineering, SRE, or a highly related infrastructure role.
- Production experience scaling CI platforms (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
- Solid experience deploying, operating, and debugging Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads.
- Proven track record managing public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) using Terraform or similar IaC tools.
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages.
- Deep knowledge of Linux systems administration, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems concepts.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent technical field
- 5+ years hands-on experience in DevOps, Build/Platform Engineering, SRE, or related infrastructure role
- Production experience scaling CI platforms (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)
- Experience deploying, operating, and debugging Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads
- Proven track record managing public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) using Terraform or similar IaC tools
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages
- Deep knowledge of Linux systems administration, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems concepts
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
Yugabyte Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Yugabyte and has not been reviewed or approved by Yugabyte.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is positioned as competitive for U.S. engineering roles, with total compensation described as aligned with mid-stage startup norms. Base salary ranges for mid-level engineers are framed as strong relative to the Bay Area market.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is characterized as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision with high employer premium coverage in the U.S. Mental health support and low-deductible plan design are also highlighted as meaningful parts of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as broad, including unlimited PTO with typical usage levels cited and additional holiday coverage. Parental leave policies are called out as a notable component of the overall benefits mix.
Yugabyte Insights
What We Do
At Yugabyte, we're building a diverse, multi-generational company with the vision to make YugabyteDB the distributed SQL database of choice for mission-critical cloud native applications. After a decade spent modernizing their IT infrastructure and applications, we are seeing companies enter a new phase of database modernization initiatives. We aim to be their database partner on this journey.
Why Work With Us
It’s easy to claim that your company is a best place to work, but at Yugabyte we know that we are. Why? Because our Yugabeings tell us so. Being able to work with and learn from smart people all over the world, along with a sense of ownership, mentoring opportunities, and pride in a job well done. That's what being a Yugabeing is all about.
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