DevOps Engineer

All rolesSan Francisco, CADevOps EngineerSan Francisco, CAFull-timeMid to SeniorOn-siteZof AI is hiring for this role in San Francisco, CA. This is a full-time opportunity for candidates who want to contribute directly to the development of ambitious AI products in a high-performance environment.Must be able to run infrastructure for large agent workloads and use AI tools to automate operational work.CompensationCompetitive salaryPlus meaningful equityApply for this roleAbout This RoleZof AI is seeking a DevOps Engineer to run the infrastructure that lets fleets of sandboxed agents execute customer code safely and cheaply. This role owns the execution layer of our control plane: Kubernetes and container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, hard isolation for untrusted code, observability, and the cost controls that keep large agent fleets affordable. If you have worked as a Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or Infrastructure Engineer, this is that discipline at Zof AI. The ideal candidate has operated production infrastructure at scale and treats security, reliability, and cost per agent run as constraints they personally own.ResponsibilitiesDesign and operate the sandboxed environments where agents reproduce defects and validate fixes.Own Kubernetes, container, and compute infrastructure end to end.Build CI/CD pipelines that let engineers ship safely many times a day.Harden isolation boundaries so untrusted customer code stays inside its sandbox.Instrument fleet health with metrics, logs, tracing, and alerting that catch failures early.Drive down cost per agent run through scheduling, autoscaling, and capacity work.Automate provisioning, deployment, rollback, and environment management.Partner with engineers to make infrastructure fast and safe to build on.RequirementsExperience running production infrastructure on a major cloud platform.Working knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, and orchestration.Experience building CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure as code.Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and on-call practice.Judgment about security, reliability, and cost trade-offs.Daily use of AI tools to automate operational and engineering work.Clear written and verbal communication.Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment.Nice to haveExperience with sandboxing or multi-tenant isolation tooling such as gVisor or Firecracker.Experience with Terraform, Pulumi, or similar infrastructure as code tooling.Experience running large batch or job-based workloads cost efficiently.Experience in early-stage infrastructure or platform teams.DevOpsKubernetesCI/CDCloud InfrastructureReliabilityWhat we provide in San Francisco MacBook Pro Premium AI development tools Cursor Ultra Claude Code Ultra OpenAI Codex Max or equivalent advanced AI tooling Access to a high-performance AI product environment Close collaboration with leadership, engineering, and customers Opportunity to work in the San Francisco AI ecosystem Wellness and productivity support where applicable Competitive startup environment High ownership Direct product impactBenefits may depend on role and final offer terms.ApplyApply for DevOps EngineerThis application is for the DevOps Engineer role in San Francisco, CA. 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(optional)Education (optional)Anything else you would like us to know? (optional)0/30006Final confirmationI understand this is a location-based role and have reviewed the location requirements.*I confirm that the information I have provided is accurate.*By submitting, you agree that Zof AI may store and review your application for hiring purposes.Related rolesAccra, GhanaFull-timeMid to SeniorOn-siteDevOps EngineerZof AI is seeking a DevOps Engineer to run the infrastructure that lets fleets of sandboxed agents execute customer code safely and cheaply. This role owns the execution layer of our control plane: Kubernetes and container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, hard isolation for untrusted code, observability, and the cost controls that keep large agent fleets affordable. If you have worked as a Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or Infrastructure Engineer, this is that discipline at Zof AI. The ideal candidate has operated production infrastructure at scale and treats security, reliability, and cost per agent run as constraints they personally own.GHS 8,000-16,000 / monthDevOpsKubernetesCI/CDCloud InfrastructureReliabilityView roleApply