Sardine

DevOps Lead

United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Fraud Prevention, AML ComplianceIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, along with 7+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and automation. Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and monitoring tools (Datadog, Prometheus) is essential. Demonstrated expertise in cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is required, along with experience optimizing cloud costs and improving system performance.

Responsibilities

As a DevOps Lead, you will own and evolve our DevOps and platform engineering function, designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, improving observability, optimizing cloud usage, and strengthening the platform’s resilience. You will work closely with application engineers and stakeholders to ensure system reliability and scalability, drive cost-efficiency, and enable developer productivity through internal tooling and automation. Additionally, you will play a key role in shaping our engineering culture, DevOps best practices, and influencing the long-term infrastructure roadmap, while defining and measuring SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs.

Skills

DevOps
Platform Engineering
CI/CD Pipelines
GCP
Datadog
Observability
Cloud Infrastructure
Internal Tooling
Cost Optimization
Performance Monitoring
SLOs
SLIs
SLAs

Sardine

Fraud prevention and compliance platform

About Sardine

Sardine.ai focuses on fraud prevention and compliance for banks, retailers, and fintech companies. Its platform offers tools for risk scoring, transaction monitoring, and customer due diligence, helping clients detect fraud and prevent money laundering. What sets Sardine.ai apart is its ability to monitor customer interactions for fraud signals, using data from over 35 providers to generate accurate risk scores. The company's goal is to enhance security and compliance for financial institutions and retailers.

Key Metrics

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2020Year Founded
$73.5MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Generous compensation in cash and equity
7-year for post-termination option exercise (vs. standard 90 days)
Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
Unlimited paid time off and minimum 2 weeks/year of mandatory vacation
100% of health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and 60% for dependents
4% matching in 401k
Company-wide offsites, the last one was at Miami
MacBook Pro delivered to your door
One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, monitors, etc.
Monthly meal stipend
Monthly health and wellness stipend
Monthly meet-up stipend
Unlimited access to an expert financial advisory

Risks

Sophisticated synthetic identity fraud challenges traditional detection methods.
Real-time payment systems increase fraud risk, straining current detection capabilities.
Dollar-to-crypto conversion partnership may attract regulatory scrutiny.

Differentiation

Sardine offers instant settlement for NFT and cryptocurrency transactions, enhancing transaction speed.
The platform uses behavioral biometrics to monitor interactions, providing precise risk scores.
Sardine integrates data from over 35 providers for comprehensive fraud detection.

Upsides

Partnership with Experian enhances product offerings with behavioral biometrics and device intelligence.
Collaboration with Airbase expands market reach in integrated risk management solutions.
Launch of GenAI assistant, Finley, leverages AI for competitive fraud detection.

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