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Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer

Fictiv

Fictiv

Software Engineering
Oakland, CA, USA
USD 180k-220k / year
Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster

Fictiv, coined the “AWS of manufacturing,” is a leading technology company transforming the $350 billion manufacturing industry. Our cutting-edge cloud platform uses AI and machine learning algorithms to help companies build hardware at the speed of software. Come join our growing team!


Fictiv is seeking a highly skilled Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer with at least 10 years of experience in managing cloud infrastructure and automation. The ideal candidate will have experience running projects with a small team, extensive hands-on expertise with AWS, Linux based systems, debugging and writing code. From building a project plan to ensuring its successful implementation, you will be responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing infrastructure, while also ensuring high availability, scalability, fail over and security.

Leveraging automation to scale Fictiv's infrastructure as we expand as a multi-regional global company
Planning and executing projects leading small teams through the PDLC
Be a matter expert to help the teams accelerate projects and unblock where needed
Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS services
Building tools for deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of system resources in an AWS environment
Performing infrastructure upgrades and updates to maximize system efficiency while minimizing downtime
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize the DevOps lifecycle, Deployments, and ensure best practices
Drive initiatives to improve scalability, performance, security, and cost-efficiency
Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues in production environments
Maintaining documentation of infrastructure, automation scripts, and operational processes
Set up, manage, and maintain logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions
All employees are expected to maintain and contribute to the QMS.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk, and hear; use hands to keyboard, fingers, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, crawl, reach, and stretch.

Travel Requirements

Up to 10 percent travel

10+ years of experience in a combination of DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Systems Engineering
5+ years of experience writing code with Python, NodeJS and shell
Expert-level knowledge of AWS, including EC2, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM, CloudWatch, S3, VPC, CodeBuild, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, etc.
Strong hands-on experience with IaC tools such as Cloudformation, ECS, ECR, EKS, CDK, etc.
Experience with building CI/CD pipelines
Hands on experience with profiling tools and debugging applications
Database performance and optimization experience
Strong understanding of security best practices in AWS
Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools and techniques
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Having managed teams is a plus


Perks and Benefits

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401K plan
  • Monthly Virtual Work stipend for things like food, internet, travel, pet care, health and wellness
  • Annual Education stipend
  • Parental leave programs
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Onboarding setup, including: standing desk, laptop, monitor, and chair, and a stipend for additional items such as headphones, blue light glasses, or any other ergonomic supplies you may want or need
  • And much, much more!

Fictiv is continuing to expand our remote US workforce. Applicants from the following states are eligible to apply:

Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Colorado (CO), District of Columbia, (DC), Delaware (DE), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Hawaii (HI), Iowa (IA), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Kansas (KS), Massachusetts (MA), Maryland (MD), Michigan (MI), Minnesota (MN), Missouri (MO), North Carolina (NC), Nevada (NV), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), Ohio (OH), Oregon (OR), South Carolina (SC), Texas (TX), Tennessee (TN), Utah (UT), Virginia (VA), Washington (WA), West Virginia (WV), Wisconsin (WI), Wyoming (WY)

Salary Range: $180,000 to $220,000 per year, depending upon experience

Interested in learning more? We look forward to hearing from you soon.


About Fictiv

Our Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed and delivered to customers around the world.

This transformation is made possible through our technology-backed platform, our global network of manufacturing partners, and our people with deep expertise in hardware and software development.

We’re actively seeking potential teammates who can bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company. We believe inclusion is the best way to create a strong, empathetic team. Our belief is that the best team is born from an environment that emphasizes respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.

We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.