Sr DevOps Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Onsite (El Segundo, CA - greater Los Angeles)
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

Radiant, a clean energy startup building a nuclear microreactor, is seeking a driven Sr DevOps Engineer to lead software infrastructure, deployment, and automation projects. This role involves collaborating across the organization and working closely with the software team to design scalable, secure, and resilient DevOps practices, tools, and systems. The infrastructure, pipelines, and analysis tools managed will be critical for the development and testing of the first new reactor design in 50 years.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience: 8+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Technical Skills:
  • Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform (or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools).
  • Familiarity with Git and common CI/CD frameworks.
  • Ability to write scripts or software applications for automation.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain infrastructure across AWS and on-premise environments.
• Own and optimize Kubernetes and Docker container orchestration to run simulations and internal tools.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines with Git, Argo, and other automation tools.
• Build and maintain internal tooling to support developer workflows.
• Lead by example, promoting best practices in DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud security across the organization.

Desired Qualifications and Skills

• Highly self-motivated with strong communication skills.
• Experience deploying and maintaining cloud-native applications in production.
• Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring and observability tools.
• Previous work in a highly regulated environment is a plus.
• Passion for clean, maintainable code and empowering engineers via automation.
• Interest in physics, hardware, and electrical engineering.

Application Instructions

• Not specified.

Company Information

Radiant is an El-Segundo, CA-based clean energy startup building a nuclear microreactor. The company plans to test its development reactor by 2026 and, if successful, will be the first new commercial reactor design to achieve a fueled test in over 50 years. Radiant’s goal is to bring one of the world's first factory-constructed microreactors to market.

Employee Benefits (for Eligible Employees)

• Stock: Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time, salaried employees.
• Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans.
• One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents.
• Vision: Not specified.