Archer56

Archer56

Staff DevOps Engineer

San Jose, California, United States · Staff+

No sponsorship$190k-$237kDetected 8 days ago
PythonJavaDistributed SystemsPostgreSQLRedisAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDPrometheusGrafanaDevOpsKafkaMachine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceLLMsMLOpsVoIPResearch

About the role

  • All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs.

Responsibilities

  • As a Staff DevOps Engineer, you will architect, develop, and scale the core services, real-time data pipelines, and distributed infrastructure that power our cutting-edge AI products.
  • Architect and maintain highly available backend systems, distributed data pipelines, and scalable cloud infrastructure to support real-time AI applications.
  • Leverage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and cloud-native tooling to build, manage, and optimize our production, staging, and development environments.
  • Build and manage stream-processing jobs capable of handling global, high-frequency data streams with ultra-low latency.
  • Own the full development lifecycle-from system design and infrastructure provisioning to deployment, proactive monitoring, and capacity planning.
  • Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to design resilient architectures and explain complex infrastructure paradigms to the broader team.

Requirements

  • BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a heavy focus on backend systems, distributed architectures, and infrastructure management.
  • Strong proficiency in Java, Python and/or Rust, with a solid grasp of writing high-performance, concurrent backend code.
  • Production experience with stream-processing frameworks, specifically Apache Flink.
  • Solid experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), including configuring network policies, storage, and auto-scaling.
  • Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools such as OpenTofu/Terraform and Ansible.
  • Hands-on experience with modern GitOps practices (e.g., Argo CD) and managing CI/CD automation pipelines.
  • Solid experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), in-memory datastores (e.g., Valkey/Redis), and high-throughput data storage strategies.

Nice to have

  • Deep experience with Apache Pulsar (or Kafka) handling high-throughput, event-driven streaming architectures.
  • Rust experience with async runtimes (Tokio) and message-driven architectures.
  • Experience architecting real-time media pipelines using WebRTC (LiveKit, RealtimeKit) with a focus on server-side jitter buffering and network impairment handling.
  • Deep understanding of audio codecs, specifically optimizing server-side Opus encoding/decoding for CPU efficiency and low-latency distribution.
  • Familiarity with MLOps frameworks, GPU orchestration in Kubernetes, and serving LLMs at scale.
  • Background in high-availability, real-time systems, telecommunications, or safety-critical networks.
  • Prior experience or a deep interest in aerospace, aviation, or autonomous tracking systems.
  • Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications.

Compensation

  • For this position we are targeting a base pay between $190,000 - $237,000.

Company info

  • Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility.
  • We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.
  • Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success.
  • We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Archer is unable to provide work visa sponsorship for this position at the present time.
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