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Principal DevOps Engineer
Motion Recruitment Partners, LLCBoston, MA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 13 Aug 2026
Quick Overview
Salary
$150k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Leader
Job Description
Our client is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to join their team in Downtown Boston. This is a full-time, direct-hire role with a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite, 2 days remote). This position is highly hands-on, focused on designing, building, and scaling cloud infrastructure in an AWS-based environment, while serving as a senior technical leader and mentor across engineering teams.
The company develops a differentiated, math-driven predictive analytics platform used globally by organizations to support mission-critical business decisions. They are an established and respected organization with a collaborative, high-caliber engineering team onsite.
Required Skills & Experience
Tech Breakdown
Daily Responsibilities
Benefits Include:
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
The company develops a differentiated, math-driven predictive analytics platform used globally by organizations to support mission-critical business decisions. They are an established and respected organization with a collaborative, high-caliber engineering team onsite.
Required Skills & Experience
- AWS
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform & CDK)
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- AWS Lambda
- Aurora & RDS
- Kubernetes
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Tech Breakdown
- 90% hands-on engineering
- 10% technical leadership and mentorship
Daily Responsibilities
- Architect and build automated cloud infrastructure
- Improve system reliability, scalability, and performance
- Lead technical direction and best practices for DevOps initiatives
- Partner cross-functionally with engineering and product teams
- Mentor engineers and influence platform strategy without direct people management
- $150,000 Base Salary
Benefits Include:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) (with match, if applicable)
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
Skills
AWS
CDK
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Terraform
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