[Hiring] DevOps Engineer @Pursuit

Role Description

We are hiring a DevOps Engineer to own and evolve Pursuit's infrastructure — maintaining SOC 2 compliance, scaling our vector search and document processing systems, and building the AI-powered development infrastructure that enables our engineering team to operate at 10x. You'll transform how we build software by enabling AI agents to safely and securely spin up environments, run tests, and ship code in parallel.

• Build AI-Powered Development Infrastructure
  • Build infrastructure that enables Claude Code and other AI agents to spin up isolated, ephemeral environments on demand
  • Create secure sandboxing for AI-driven development — agents can safely execute code, run tests, and provision resources without human intervention
  • Enable parallel execution of AI agent workflows across multiple environments with automated provisioning and teardown
  • Implement cost management and resource controls for AI-initiated infrastructure
  • Integrate AI workflows with existing CI/CD pipelines on ECS and Fargate
• Lead Infrastructure & Reliability Projects
  • Maintain and evolve our fully Terraformed AWS infrastructure — ECS, Fargate, and supporting services
  • Manage vector search database infrastructure at scale, ensuring high availability and performance for our core product
  • Operate and optimize S3-based document storage containing millions of documents and terabytes of government contract data
  • Ensure infrastructure reliability, monitoring, and incident response
  • Manage Vercel deployments and frontend infrastructure
• Own Security & Compliance Initiatives
  • Maintain SOC 2 Type II compliance — we're already certified, and you'll own the ongoing processes and controls
  • Implement and enforce security best practices across all infrastructure
  • Ensure secure access controls and audit logging
  • Manage secrets, credentials, and security configurations
• Champion CI/CD & Developer Experience
  • Own and improve CI/CD pipelines — reduce build times, improve reliability, and enable faster deployments
  • Build and maintain integration testing infrastructure
  • Enable engineers to self-serve infrastructure needs without bottlenecks
  • Document infrastructure and create runbooks for common operations

Qualifications

• AWS Native Experiences: Deep experience with AWS services, particularly ECS, Fargate, S3, and related infrastructure. You've operated production systems at scale.
• Terraform Fluency: Infrastructure-as-code is second nature. You maintain, extend, and improve Terraform configurations without breaking existing systems.
• AI-Forward Thinking: You're excited about AI-powered development workflows. You see the potential for AI agents to transform how engineering teams operate and want to build the infrastructure that makes it possible.
• Security-Minded: SOC 2 compliance isn't a checkbox — it's a mindset. You understand security controls, audit requirements, and how to build systems that are secure by default.
• Data Infrastructure Experiences: You've worked with large-scale data systems — vector databases, document storage, or similar. You understand the challenges of operating infrastructure that handles terabytes of data.
• Autonomous Operator mindset: You'll be the dedicated DevOps person working directly with the CTO. You thrive with ownership and don't need hand-holding to drive results.
• Startup Resiliency: Comfortable with ambiguity, moving fast, and prioritizing ruthlessly. You build what matters now while keeping an eye on what scales.

Requirements

• 6 Months: AI agent infrastructure operational — Claude Code and other agents can spin up isolated environments, run tasks in parallel, and tear down automatically
• Secure sandboxing in place for AI-driven development
• Integration testing infrastructure deployed
• SOC 2 compliance processes running smoothly
• Vercel and CI/CD pipelines optimized

Benefits

• Work with proven founders affecting trillions in government contracts. Ground floor opportunity to shape the company, not just your role.
• Do Your life’s work: Our mission is to improve government, benefitting every citizen
• AI-First: Work at the intersection of AI, programmatic marketing, and data-driven growth
• Backed by top investors: Join a highly ambitious, well-funded startup
• Driving Innovation in Public-Sector Engagement: Own and execute innovative, high-impact projects that redefine how businesses engage with public-sector opportunities
• Personal Growth: You’ll be challenged every day; your growth will come in dog years