Staff DevOps Engineer (GCP)
TalentTank
Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada
Information Technology
Engineering
TFWP
Job posted on October 9, 2025
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Job Description:
Staff DevOps Engineer
Location: On-site, 5 days/week in Ottawa, Canada
Type: Full-time
Compensation: CA$150K–$250K + competitive equity
Visa: Sponsorship or transfer possible for exceptional candidates
About the Company
This is a stealth AI startup backed by leading investors and operators across tech and AI. The founding team has decades of experience building at scale in consumer, travel, and platform companies. The mission: transform a multi-trillion dollar global industry using production-grade AI from day one.
The company is fully funded, moving fast, and hiring senior engineers who want true ownership in a flat, high-trust team. Every line of infrastructure you write will directly affect how fast the team ships and scales.
The Role
As a Staff DevOps Engineer , you’ll own infrastructure from day one. You’ll work hands-on to design, automate, and scale systems that make AI safe, fast, and reliable in production. This is a builder role for a senior engineer who wants to move quickly and own key outcomes.
What You’ll Do
Architect and scale secure, high-performance infrastructure on Google Cloud
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid, reliable shipping
Partner with engineers to productionize ML systems and support experimental workflows
Monitor, secure, and optimize environments for performance and scalability
Bring DevOps best practices into a fast-moving, AI-first environment
What You Bring
10+ years in DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering
Deep GCP experience—compute, networking, security, and data services
Proven success running ML/AI systems in production
Startup mindset: speed, ownership, and comfort in ambiguity
Track record of high-impact, shipped work across environments
Desire to grow in a tight, high-talent team where every contribution matters
Nice to Have
Prior experience supporting AI or LLM-heavy infrastructure
Exposure to CI/CD tooling, observability platforms, or GCP-native ML services
Previous role in a high-trust startup or high-growth product environment
Tech Stack
GCP, OpenAI, Postgres, TurboPuffer, CI/CD
Logistics
On-site 5 days/week in Ottawa (within 40 min of downtown)
Relocation support available for candidates within Canada
Lean 3-step interview process:
CEO intro (30 mins)
Co-founder call (30 mins)
Technical screen with in-house DevOps engineer (30 mins)
APPLY NOW
Location: On-site, 5 days/week in Ottawa, Canada
Type: Full-time
Compensation: CA$150K–$250K + competitive equity
Visa: Sponsorship or transfer possible for exceptional candidates
About the Company
This is a stealth AI startup backed by leading investors and operators across tech and AI. The founding team has decades of experience building at scale in consumer, travel, and platform companies. The mission: transform a multi-trillion dollar global industry using production-grade AI from day one.
The company is fully funded, moving fast, and hiring senior engineers who want true ownership in a flat, high-trust team. Every line of infrastructure you write will directly affect how fast the team ships and scales.
The Role
As a Staff DevOps Engineer , you’ll own infrastructure from day one. You’ll work hands-on to design, automate, and scale systems that make AI safe, fast, and reliable in production. This is a builder role for a senior engineer who wants to move quickly and own key outcomes.
What You’ll Do
Architect and scale secure, high-performance infrastructure on Google Cloud
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid, reliable shipping
Partner with engineers to productionize ML systems and support experimental workflows
Monitor, secure, and optimize environments for performance and scalability
Bring DevOps best practices into a fast-moving, AI-first environment
What You Bring
10+ years in DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering
Deep GCP experience—compute, networking, security, and data services
Proven success running ML/AI systems in production
Startup mindset: speed, ownership, and comfort in ambiguity
Track record of high-impact, shipped work across environments
Desire to grow in a tight, high-talent team where every contribution matters
Nice to Have
Prior experience supporting AI or LLM-heavy infrastructure
Exposure to CI/CD tooling, observability platforms, or GCP-native ML services
Previous role in a high-trust startup or high-growth product environment
Tech Stack
GCP, OpenAI, Postgres, TurboPuffer, CI/CD
Logistics
On-site 5 days/week in Ottawa (within 40 min of downtown)
Relocation support available for candidates within Canada
Lean 3-step interview process:
CEO intro (30 mins)
Co-founder call (30 mins)
Technical screen with in-house DevOps engineer (30 mins)