Staff DevOps Engineer - Team Lead
Company: Karius
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: January 22, 2023
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Job Description:
Hybrid - Redwood City, CA (Hybrid) or Remote (USA) / Karius is a
venture-backed life science startup focused on transforming the way
infectious diseases are diagnosed. Combining Next-Generation
Sequencing and proprietary data analysis, we can identify over
1,000 pathogens from a single blood sample with typical turnaround
time in one business day. By unlocking the information present in
microbial cell-free DNA, we're helping doctors quickly solve their
most challenging cases, with a future vision of accelerating
clinical trials, discovering new microbes, and reducing patient
suffering worldwide. Position Summary We are building and operating
a unique software stack of cloud infrastructure, services, APIs,
and AI-driven data analytics pipelines to deliver life-saving
results via effective experiences for healthcare providers in the
highly complex infectious disease landscape. We believe the success
of Karius products is driven by both our unique technology and the
elegance of the software solution. We seek talented and passionate
individuals who want to be part of this impactful journey reaching
the team's ambitious goals, far beyond what any single individual
could accomplish. -The lead DevOps engineer in the team is the
automation master of the engineering department. They are
responsible for improving the DevOps framework, developing and
operating the software engineering infrastructure that enables
life-saving information delivered to physicians for treatment of
harmful pathogens causing infections. This infrastructure includes
the cloud infrastructure, quality and release gates, containers and
clusters that run several software systems and services, and
observability and monitoring tools. -This role also provides the
technical and project lead for the Karius DevOps team. Why Should
You Join? Karius aims to conquer infectious diseases through
innovations around genomic sequencing and machine learning. The
company's platform is already delivering unprecedented insights
into the microbial landscape, providing clinicians with a
comprehensive test capable of identifying more than a thousand
pathogens directly from blood, and helping industry accelerate the
development of therapeutic solutions. The Karius test we provide
today is one of the most advanced solutions available to physicians
who aim to deliver better care to many otherwise ineffectively
treated patients. Our test is the result of some incredible work
done by our scientists, statisticians, engineers, and physicians,
all driven by the same mission. You, as part of the Karius team,
will be able to see how directly your work has a life-changing
impact on people, and at scale. Reports to: Director of DevOps
Location: Redwood City, CA or Remote, USA Responsibilities Include
--- Develop and execute a roadmap to take our software
infrastructure operation to the next level of scale and agility for
the upcoming growth. This will include: --- Infrastructure as code,
fully automated provisioning and de-provisioning of our product
stack with seeds data; --- Change management and release quality
gates compliant with life science and diagnostic industry
regulations; --- Production monitoring and support; --- Backup and
disaster recovery; --- Security and compliance of infrastructure
--- Platform for automated testing and quality measurement
throughout the development lifecycle; --- Mentor and support other
DevOps engineers in the team --- Support the production
environment. Monitor, triage, and route issues to the appropriate
parties. --- Brings new ideas, designs, and tools to the table, and
drives technical discussions and decision-making related to the
provisioning and operation of the software stack. Travel: No travel
required; if remote, occasional travel to Redwood City, CA Physical
Requirements Subject to extended periods of sitting and/or
standing, vision to monitor, and moderate noise levels. Work is
generally performed in an office environment. - Position
Requirements First and foremost, you are energized and motivated by
the opportunity to build elegant software. You enjoy seeing your
creation work like a clock positively impacting thousands of people
every year. You crave tough challenges in a super technical and
collaborative environment that requires creativity and vision to
navigate complex and ambiguous problems. --- BS or MS degree or
equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or
related technical fields involving algorithms or coding (e.g.,
physics or mathematics) --- 10+ years of software engineering and
infrastructure development and operation, including: --- 4+ years
of cloud engineering experience with AWS --- 2+ years of experience
in running cloud services using containers and cluster management
tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize, Istio); --- 2+
years of developing and operating continuous integrations and
deployments; Expert knowledge and working experience with: ---
Unix-based operating systems - --- Automation frameworks and
toolsets and specifically Terraform --- Code repositories (e.g.,
Git) and artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory or ECR) ---
Continuous deployment methodologies and tools (e.g., GitOps) ---
Building and running monitoring, logging, and support of production
environments using tools (e.g., DataDog. ELK stack, Prometheus,
Grafana) --- Security best practices and controls (e.g., RBAC,
Okta, Auth0); --- Designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting
large-scale distributed systems in production environments; ---
Systematic problem-solving and debugging, coupled with strong
communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive; ---
Ability and desire to work on and support all aspects of software
development in an agile environment including documentation,
design, development, and testing of features and sub-systems;
Additional Desirable Skills and Experience --- Experience in the
healthcare or life sciences industry, and familiarity with related
regulations. Personal Qualifications --- Passionate,
purpose-driven, and excited about Karius' mission. --- Mastered
your craft yet eager to learn and grow. --- Demonstrated ability to
tackle complex problems. --- Ability to work independently but also
be an excellent team player. --- Ability to work effectively and
efficiently in a fast-paced (startup) environment. - At Karius, we
value a diverse and inclusive workplace and provide equal
employment opportunities for all applicants and employees and are
committed to honor and invest in the full diversity of people, in
our hiring, recruiting, and development of employees across the
Company. All qualified applicants for employment are encouraged to
apply and will be considered without regard to an individual's
race, color, sex, gender identity, and gender expression (including
transgender individuals who are transitioning, have transitioned,
or are perceived to be transitioning to the gender with which they
identify), religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship,
physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care
status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual
orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or
any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. -If you
are unable to submit your application due to a disability, please
contact us at - recruiting@kariusdx.com -and we will accommodate
qualified individuals with disabilities.
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