Senior DevOps Engineer
About Us
Sydecar is on a mission to transform the world of private markets. Our goal is to make these markets more accessible, transparent, and liquid, and we're achieving this by revolutionizing the way investment vehicles are created and executed.
At Sydecar, we're not just a platform; we're a trusted partner in venture capital. We're dedicated to simplifying and standardizing the private investing experience, empowering capital allocators to discover and support visionary entrepreneurs who are shaping the future.
Our platform is designed with ease and efficiency in mind. We take care of all the behind-the-scenes tasks, from automating banking, ensuring compliance, handling contracts, managing taxes, to streamlining reporting. This leaves investors the freedom to concentrate on what matters most: making valuable deals and nurturing meaningful relationships.
Join us at Sydecar, as we lead the charge in revolutionizing private investing.
Locations: San Francisco or New York City (Hybrid – 2 days per week in office)
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (Platform Engineer) to own our cloud infrastructure, developer experience, and core security and compliance foundations. This is a direction setting role for someone comfortable being the primary DevOps person in a small team. You will work closely with product and internal tooling engineers to make environments consistent and reliable, and you will act as our main contact with Google Cloud. If you like creating standards, automating repetitive work, and helping a startup move faster, this role is for you.
What You Will Do
Design, provision, and maintain production and other infrastructures in Google Cloud using Terraform
Standardize Docker based workflows so services run consistently across development, staging, and production
Define and document the path from laptop to cloud so engineers can self serve environment setup and deployments
Configure and maintain networking and security including VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, DNS, and IAM or service accounts
Support core services such as Postgres and Redis including connectivity, access management, backups or snapshots, and basic performance
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting so issues are visible, auditable, and easy to troubleshoot
Automate repetitive infrastructure tasks with scripts and tooling to increase engineering velocity
Work with engineering on SOC 2 related infrastructure controls and configuration hygiene
Own communication with Google Cloud support or consultants and drive recommended changes to completion
Produce and maintain runbooks, standards, and infrastructure documentation so knowledge is shared
What We Are Looking For
7 or more years in DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure, or Platform roles
Experience in a startup or high growth environment where you owned outcomes and operated with limited direction
Strong hands on experience with Terraform in production, including modules and environment separation
Strong hands on experience with Docker and container based development
Cloud experience with GCP preferred, or strong AWS or Azure experience with willingness to complete GCP training or certification in 1 to 2 months
Working knowledge of Postgres in cloud environments including networking, access, and backups
Solid networking fundamentals including VPCs, firewalls, load balancers, and DNS
Comfort with Unix or Linux systems and shell scripting
Ability to work in some isolation while still providing leadership and clear guidance to application engineers
Our Tech Stack
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with flexibility for strong AWS or Azure candidates who can ramp on GCP quickly
Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
Docker as the container standard
PostgreSQL and Redis for data and services
Unix or Linux, shell scripting, and cloud CLI tools
SOC 2 aligned security, firewall, and networking configuration
Bonus If You Have
Experience with Redis or similar key value stores
Experience with CI or CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, or CircleCI
Exposure to Kubernetes, GKE, or other container orchestration platforms
Experience supporting SOC 2 or other compliance frameworks from an infrastructure perspective
Prior experience being the primary point of contact with a cloud provider
You Will Enjoy These Benefits
Competitive salary and bonus program
PTO and sick leave
Generously covered medical, dental, and vision
Stock options program
401k program with 4 percent employer match
Personal data plan reimbursement
Annual professional development stipend
Annual wellness stipend
Workspace allotment
Commuter benefits
Life insurance
Parental leave for all employees
Sydecar’s values
Our values are important to the way we live and work at Sydecar. They guide our priorities, behaviors and interactions.
Be Committed
As a team, we rise to meet challenges and recognize that we become stronger and develop character when facing adversity.
Be Excellent
We measure our success not just by what we achieve, but by how we achieve it—through integrity, creativity, elegance, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Excellence is not just doing things well—it's looking for ways to do them better.
Be Humble
Humility is our key to personal and professional growth. We appreciate that great ideas can come from anywhere, regardless of seniority, pedigree, or experience. We care more about collective outcomes than who gets credit or who does what. We try to not let our ego cloud our judgment.
Win Together
Winning is no accident. It is the result of collective hard work, perseverance, sacrifice, and most of all, loving what we do. Winning requires that we give extra—sometimes winning calls for late nights or extra effort, and we show up for clients and each other with urgency and heart. While excellence is a journey, winning is a destination.
Sydecar is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Sydecar are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Sydecar will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Sydecar encourages applicants of all ages.