Staff Software Engineer, Devops

ABOUT SLATE At Slate, we’re building safe, reliable vehicles that people can afford, personalize and love—and doing it here in the USA as part of our commitment to reindustrialization. The spirit of DIY and customization runs throughout every element of a Slate, because people should have control over how their trucks look, feel, and represent them. Who we are looking for Slate is looking for a Staff DevOps Engineer to set the technical direction for how we build, run and operate our infrastructure, and to build a large share of it yourself.

We don't separate DevOps from SRE. The team that builds the platform also runs it, carries the pager, and is accountable for its reliability. Our AWS foundation is in place: a governed multi-account environment, private connectivity between the cloud and our sites, and infrastructure as code throughout.

Next is a hybrid Kubernetes platform that spans Amazon EKS and self-managed clusters in our own facilities, serving our digital, data, manufacturing and enterprise teams. You will design that platform and help ship it. This is a hands-on role.

You'll lead through architecture, code and example rather than through direct reports, and you'll take your turn on call like everyone else on the team. You will report to the leader of the DevOps team and work closely with Digital, Data Engineering, IT, Manufacturing Systems and Security. The Hands-On Architect: You design systems and then build them.

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