Senior DevOps Engineer

About Us

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.

About Trase

Co-founded in 2023 by Joe Laws and Grant Verstandig, Trase Systems is AI, Uncomplicated. Trase empowers enterprise leaders to harness the full potential of AI without the associated complexity and risks. We are an end-to-end solution for deploying, managing, and optimizing AI in the enterprise. Our platform specializes in bridging the “last mile” of AI adoption, unlocking AI's full potential while driving efficiency and significant cost savings. Trase is at the forefront of AI Agent innovation, topping the Hugging Face GAIA Leaderboard for Generalized AI Assistants, ahead of industry giants such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI. We are leveraging our cutting-edge technologies to develop mission-critical agentic applications in complex industries such as Healthcare, Oil & Gas, and National Security.

About the Role

Are you passionate about building the systems that empower engineers to build and ship software quickly and reliably? Do you excel at optimizing complex build systems and creating frictionless CI/CD pipelines? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you as a DevOps Engineer at Trase Systems.

As a DevOps Engineer, you will own the critical infrastructure that enables our engineering and research teams to iterate efficiently. You will be responsible for designing, managing, and scaling our CI/CD pipelines and our Bazel build system. Your work will directly impact developer velocity and the quality of our AI platform. If you are a proactive problem-solver with a passion for automation and a desire to create a world-class developer experience, we invite you to join our mission.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable and efficient CI/CD pipelines for our backend, frontend, and machine learning services.
• Own and optimize the Bazel build system, ensuring fast, reliable, and reproducible builds across the organization.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to understand their development workflows and improve the overall developer experience related to building and deploying code.
• Manage the infrastructure required for our build and deployment systems, using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate provisioning.
• Implement and enforce security best practices within the CI/CD process to secure our software supply chain.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in the build and deployment pipeline, providing support to engineering teams.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in CI/CD, build systems, and cloud technologies to drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a DevOps or a similar role focused on build and release engineering.
• Deep, hands-on experience with the Bazel build system is required.
• Extensive experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python.
• Strong experience with containerization technologies like Docker.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex build and deployment issues.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees' normal pay.
• Unlimited PTO, with management ap