Upscale AI
Senior Staff DevOps Engineer – Scaleup
$222K–$250K
US - Santa Clara, CA · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
About the job
Own and improve CI/CD, build, test, and release infrastructure for software powering high-performance Ethernet switches used in AI and HPC networks.
What you'll do
- Manage multi-repository CI/CD, including builds, tests, quality gates, artifacts, and release promotion.
- Operate and improve Linux build and test infrastructure, pipeline speed, reliability, and observability.
- Partner with SDK, SAI, and QA teams to validate switch behavior and coordinate CI and release work through Jira.
What they ask for
- Strong CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI in multi-repository environments.
- Deep Linux fluency and automation experience in Python and bash; working knowledge of CMake/Make.
- Experience with Docker and self-hosted or cloud runners at meaningful scale.
- Track record reducing flaky tests and improving CI signal-to-noise; hands-on Jira or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Background in networking ASICs, switch SDKs, SAI, DPDK, or NIC/SmartNIC software.
- Exposure to AI/ML cluster networking, simulation or hardware-in-the-loop CI, or large-scale build and release patterns.
Pay
USD 222,000–250,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Linux, Python, bash, CMake, Docker
AI focus
Build and maintain infrastructure and release pipelines for Ethernet switching software supporting AI/HPC networking workloads.
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