Motion Recruitment | Jobspring | Workbridge

Principal DevOps Engineer

Boston, Massachusetts

Hybrid

Direct Hire

$145k - $165k

Our client is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to join their team in Downtown Boston. This is a full-time, direct-hire role with a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite, 2 days remote). This position is highly hands-on, focused on designing, building, and scaling cloud infrastructure in an AWS-based environment, while serving as a senior technical leader and mentor across engineering teams.

The company develops a differentiated, math-driven predictive analytics platform used globally by organizations to support mission-critical business decisions. They are an established and respected organization with a collaborative, high-caliber engineering team onsite.

Required Skills & Experience
  • AWS

  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform & CDK)

  • Jenkins

  • GitHub Actions

  • AWS Lambda

  • Aurora & RDS

Desired Skills & Experience
  • Kubernetes

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

  • 90% hands-on engineering

  • 10% technical leadership and mentorship

Daily Responsibilities

  • Architect and build automated cloud infrastructure

  • Improve system reliability, scalability, and performance

  • Lead technical direction and best practices for DevOps initiatives

  • Partner cross-functionally with engineering and product teams

  • Mentor engineers and influence platform strategy without direct people management

The Offer
  • $150,000 Base Salary

Benefits Include:

  • Medical Insurance

  • Dental Insurance

  • Vision Insurance

  • Paid Time Off (PTO)

  • 401(k) (with match, if applicable)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Posted by: Matthew Durkin

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