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Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers at an AI company focused on enterprise decision-making.

Location
Europe
Compensation
Not disclosed
Level
lead
Type
full time

Posted by employer 8 months ago

First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago

Last verified on the company career page 6 hours ago

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Requirements

Experience
7+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Equity/Stock Options Health Insurance Relocation Assistance Parental Leave

Joblaze summary

The DevOps Team Lead at Fundamental is responsible for guiding a team of engineers in developing and maintaining cloud infrastructure that supports advanced AI models. This role requires extensive experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure, along with a strong command of Kubernetes and infrastructure as code practices using Terraform. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in technical leadership and a proven ability to optimize infrastructure for performance and cost. Fundamental fosters a collaborative environment focused on innovation in enterprise AI.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Fundamental's careers page October 29, 2026.
  • Kubernetes appears in 39.7% of 58 comparable lead devops/sre roles; Datadog appears in 1.7% of 58 comparable lead devops/sre roles.

Quick facts

How much experience is required?
At least 7 years of relevant experience for this DevOps Team Lead role.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, ArgoCD, Azure, Datadog, GCP, GitHub Actions.
What seniority level is this role?
Fundamental targets lead candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this DevOps Team Lead role at Fundamental.

From the original posting

Key responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering technical growth and collaboration

  • Define and drive the infrastructure roadmap aligned with company objectives

  • Architect and oversee cloud infrastructure design and implementation

  • Establish best practices, standards, and processes for infrastructure development and operations

  • Partner with Engineering, Research, and FDE to align infrastructure capabilities with business needs

  • Drive the evolution of Kubernetes clusters optimized for GPU workloads, Production SaaS hosting and and varied enterprise deployment models

  • Champion GitOps practices using ArgoCD for continuous deployment

  • Establish infrastructure as code standards using Terraform

  • Define monitoring and observability strategy for distributed systems

  • Collaborate with ML engineers to optimize infrastructure for model training and serving

  • Own infrastructure reliability, performance, and security posture

  • Implement and maintain cost optimization strategies (FinOps) for cloud resources

Must have

  • 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps, with 5+ years in a technical leadership role

  • Proven track record of building and leading high-performing infrastructure teams

  • Strong experience with AWS, GCP and Azure

  • Deep expertise in Kubernetes, including multi-cluster management, GPU workload optimization, resource scheduling and autoscaling, and network policies and security

  • Extensive experience with cloud networking, including VPC design, load balancer configuration, network security and segmentation, and cross-cloud networking solutions

  • Strong CI/CD expertise, preferably with GitHub Actions

  • Proficiency in Terraform

  • Proficiency with GitOps tools (ArgoCD preferred)

  • 3+ years of experience with Python

  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools

  • Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization

  • Excellent communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences

Nice to have

  • Experience with ML workflow tooling (MLflow, Kubeflow, or similar)

  • Experience with FastAPI and backend applications

  • Familiarity with data platforms like Databricks or Snowflake

  • SRE practices experience or cloud security certifications

  • Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog

  • Experience scaling infrastructure for AI/ML startups

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with salary and equity

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