[Hiring] Staff DevOps Engineer @Code for America

Role Description

Code for America is looking for a talented Staff DevOps Engineer who will play a critical role in transforming compliance from a constraint into an operational strength. Through hands-on execution across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and monitoring, you ensure that security, availability, and data integrity are built into the platform by default. This work allows civic programs to scale responsibly while maintaining public trust.

We’re seeking an experienced Staff DevOps Engineer to help design, automate, and scale secure, compliant cloud infrastructure supporting containerized and AI-powered applications. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced, compliance-driven environments (SOC 2, HIPAA, or similar) and is passionate about Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), CI/CD, and enabling developer velocity through automation and best practices.

This role will report to the Director of Product Engineering and is expected to travel no more than 10% of the time. This is a full-time, term-limited position for 1 year. Code for America is based in California and can employ those who reside full-time within the United States. This is a remote position.

In this position you will:

• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for secure, automated deployments
• Implement, maintain, and monitor containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS)
• Collaborate closely with engineering and security teams to ensure compliance with frameworks such as SOC 2, HIPAA, and NIST 800-53
• Automate cloud resource provisioning, scaling, and governance with reusable modules and policy-as-code
• Manage and monitor infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost optimization
• Contribute to and enforce secure DevOps best practices (least privilege, secrets management, audit logging, vulnerability scanning)
• Support platform integration for AI/ML workloads, container orchestration, and environment isolation
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of hands-on DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering experience
• Deep experience with AWS (CloudFormation, IAM, ECS/EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, VPC, RDS)
• Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills in matrixed organizations
• Familiarity with Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) a plus
• Proficient in GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes

Requirements

• Aptible (deployment or compliance automation experience)
• AI/ML infrastructure (GPU orchestration, model serving, or AI workflows)
• Scripting in Ruby, Python, Bash, or Go for automation and tool development

Benefits

What you’ll get -

• Salary: Code for America’s salary bands are transparent as a part of our commitment to transparency and fairness. The offer targets for this role range from $128,945 to $157,850, annually.
• Employee Enablement Support:
  • Laptop provided
  • A one-time $700 payment for remote environment setup; $200 stipend (in first paycheck) and up to $500 reimbursement, in accordance with our equipment policy
  • Cell phone and/or internet reimbursement of $50 per month
• Professional Development:
  • $500 annual (per calendar year) stipend towards professional development; prorated at time of hire
  • Up to $500 of professional development funds can be rolled over each year, up to a maximum of $1000
  • Training/guidance for staff required to utilize AI as part of their role, plus opportunities for employees to gain AI-related skills to support job and career growth
• Retirement & 401k Plans:
  • Employees receive a 100% employer match on the first 3% of contributions.
  • Employees with 3+ years of service receive an additional 50% match on contributions between 3% and 5%, for a maximum employer contribution of 5%
• Medical:
  • At least one no cost health insurance option for full-time employees for employee-only coverage
  • A minimum of 80% of the cost of dependent coverage
• Remote Work:
  • Code for America employees may work remotely across the US
  • Full-time employees work 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday
  • Collaborative working hours: we aim to hold all internal meetings between 10 AM - 3 PM PT.
• Time Off:
  • Open personal time off (subject to manager approval), a minimum of 14 paid holidays, and an org-wide closure from Christmas Day through New Year's Day
  • Paid sick time; up to 96 hours annually
  • 17 weeks of paid parental and family leave
  • 3 weeks of paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

Equal Employment Opportunity

Code for America is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Code for America Workers United

This position is not covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement between Code for America and Code for America Workers United, affiliated with OPEIU, Local 1010. The agreement was ratified on January 13, 2026, and is currently in effect.