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Founding DevOps Engineer

Walker Bowen Talent Partners
Full-time
On-site
San Francisco, California, United States
Cloud & Virtualization
Walker Bowen Talent Partners is excited to partner with an early stage startup who is building out their Founding DevOps Engineering team.

If you have prior experience working in an early stage startup and are willing to work onsite 5 days a week in San Francisco, then let's chat!



***Resume must reflect DevOps role with an early stage startup, as well as enterprise DevOps experience with a B2B company, or it will automatically be excluded from consideration.***


Position Overview

We're hiring a Founding DevOps Engineer to build and maintain our client's infrastructure, deployment processes, and security systems. This role has a 70/30 split between DevOps responsibilities and backend development, working closely with the engineering team to ensure reliable, scalable, and secure operations.

In this role, you'll take ownership of the infrastructure and deployment pipeline, implementing best practices that will support hundreds of thousands of users across enterprise health systems.

Tech Stack

  • Github CI/CD, deployment pipelines, Github Actions
  • AWS
  • Postgres (Supabase)
  • Node.js, Bun/Deno, Sync Engines (Zero / Replicache)
  • Typescript
  • Auth systems (JWT, SSO/SAML)
  • Redis

Our Client

Our client enables health systems to automate and optimize staffing operations, freeing up thousands of hours and reducing labor costs by millions. Currently, schedules still live on paper, spreadsheets, and whiteboards, and hospitals are building new departments of 20+ FTEs to manage this tangled mess.

In less than 6 months, our client has reached 7-figures in ARR and is backed by top investors, including Y Combinator and top health systems.

They are a small team of published healthcare researchers, college and grad school dropouts, former McKinsey consultants, former US math champions, and previous VC-backed founders.

Company Vision

To become the unified clinical operating system for health systems. After rebuilding hospital staffing and scheduling automation-first (their wedge), they want to consolidate fragmented HR and clinical operations processes that are trapped in Excel or Legacy HR systems. They see a massive opportunity to automate and streamline the processes that govern > 60% of every hospitals P&L.

Why should you join them?

  • Rapid Growth: They have signed on 20+ hospitals in less than 12 months of ideation, and have no signs of slowing down.
  • Incredible Customers/Partners: They’re working with the most innovative health systems, and have some of the most respected nursing and digital health leaders as investors and advisors on their team.
  • Professional Growth: As an early employee, you will have the opportunity to eventually build and lead a team that helps our client keep up with growth and maximize success. You’ll also have a huge role in day-to-day decisions that guide the overall trajectory and growth of the company.


Requirements

Qualifications and Requirements

Required - 

1+ years 
  • DevOps experience with an Early Stage Startup 
  • DevOps experience building with an Enterprise product (B2B)
  • Seed-Series A through larger startups, unicorns
  • Ability to work on the backend - 
Required Tech Skills - 

  • DevOps (AWS) + Backend Development (TypeScript + Node.js OR Bun/Deno)
  • Github CI/CD, deployment pipelines
  • Github Actions
  • TypeScript Development (solid)
  • Postgres (Supabase ideal)
  • Auth Systems (JWT, SSO/SAML)
  • Redis
  • Bun and/or Sync Engines (Zero / Replicache)

Onsite
  • 5 days a week in San Francisco office
Who You Are
  • Self-motivated
  • High Ownership
  • Low Ego
  • Desire to work in a fast-paced, intense, fun team
  • Passion for building world-class engineering culture


Benefits

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k and 401k match
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Bi-annual company retreats
  • Reimbursement for gym subscription (~$100 per month)
  • Reimbursement for BayWheels membership/new bike and Ubers
  • In-office meals