Senior Staff DevOps Engineer

About SonderMind

At SonderMind, we know that therapy works. SonderMind provides accessible, personalized mental healthcare that produces high-quality outcomes for patients. SonderMind's individualized approach to care starts with using innovative technology to help people not just find a therapist, but find the right, in-network therapist for them, should they choose to use their insurance. From there, SonderMind's clinicians are committed to delivering best-in-class care to all patients by focusing on high-quality clinical outcomes. To enable our clinicians to thrive, SonderMind defines care expectations while providing tools such as clinical note-taking, secure telehealth capabilities, outcome measurement, messaging, and direct booking.

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About the Role

Sondermind is seeking a highly-skilled and experienced Senior DevOps engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in deploying, maintaining and automating large-scale, mission-critical systems. As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our CI/CD pipelines, optimizing infrastructure performance and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

What you will do? 

• Design, implement, and manage robust CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient software delivery 
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using tools like Terraform, Helm, Argo and Crossplane 
• Collaborate closely with development, QA, and operations teams to streamline workflows and improve productivity 
• Optimize cloud infrastructure on platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP for cost, performance, and scalability
•  Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure the health and performance of applications and infrastructure
•  Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to application deployment and operations in a timely manner
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies, continuously seeking ways to enhance our DevOps practices 

What does success look like? 

• Efficiency: CI/CD pipelines are running smoothly and efficiently, significantly reducing deployment times and minimizing cost 
• Reliability: Infrastructure is stable, scalable, and highly available, with minimal disruptions and quick recovery times 
• Automation: High levels of automation in infrastructure provisioning, deployment processes, and operational tasks in order to optimize productivity and consistency 
• Collaboration: Development, QA, and Ops teams are working seamlessly together, with clear communication and well-defined and agreed upon processes 
• Innovation: Continuous improvements are being made to internal practices, adopting new tools and technologies that enhance operational efficiency and support business goals 

Who you are

• Completion of degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field (or equivalent experience) 
• 4+ years of experience in a DevOps role, with a focus on CI/CD, automation and infrastructure as code 
• Extensive experience with CI/CD tools like GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, CircleCI, or Travis CI 
• Strong knowledge of containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes 
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their respective services 
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus and Datadog 
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation 
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment 

Preferred Education/Experience

• 2+ years experience maintaining Kubernetes clusters (EKS preferred)
• Experience building and maintaining Gitlab CI/CD pipelines 
• Automation experience via tools like Rundeck, Lambda, or CI Jobs 
• Terraform experience

Our Benefits 

The anticipated salary range for this role will be between $145,000-165,000 per year.

As a leader in redesigning behavioral health, we are walking the walk with our employee benefits. We want the experience of working at SonderMind to accelerate people’s careers and enrich their lives, so we focus on meeting SonderMinders wherever they are and supporting them in all facets of their life and work.

Our benefits include:

• A commitment to fostering flexible hybrid work
• A generous PTO policy with a minimum of three weeks off per year
• Free therapy coverage benefits to ensure our employees have access to the care they need (must be enrolled in our medical plans to participate)
• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage with plans to meet every need, including HSA ($1,100 company contribution) and FSA options
• Employer-paid short-term, long-term disability, life & AD&D to cover life's unexpected events. Not only that, we also cover the difference in salary for up to seven (7) weeks of short-term disability leave (after the required waiting period) should you need to use it.
• Eight weeks of paid Parental Leave (if the parent also qualifies for STD, this benefit is in addition which allows between 8-16 weeks of paid leave)
• 401K retirement plan with 100% matching which immediately vests on up to 4% of base salary
• Travel to Denver 1x a year for annual Shift gathering
• Fourteen (14) company holidays
• Company Shutdown between Christmas and New Years
• Supplemental life insurance, pet insurance coverage, commuter benefits and more!

Application Deadline

This position will be an ongoing recruitment process and will be open until filled.

Equal Opportunity 
SonderMind does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, creed, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, religion, veteran and military status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including genetic information or characteristics), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.