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Formlabs is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team. The company builds 3D printing technology that powers innovation at over 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA.
In this role, you will design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure supporting Formlabs' software and services. You'll drive improvements in developer experience through better CI/CD pipelines, observability, and platform tooling. Key responsibilities include taking ownership of production systems with a proactive mindset toward monitoring and continuous improvement, leading architectural decisions impacting infrastructure, and mentoring other engineers through technical guidance and knowledge sharing.
You will build and maintain Kubernetes-based platforms, cloud infrastructure on GCP and AWS, and automation tooling. You'll ensure monitoring, logging, and alerting systems are robust, actionable, and scalable. Cross-functional collaboration with Software, Test, and Data teams will align platform improvements with organizational needs.
This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week presence in the Somerville, MA office.
**Requirements:**
- BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience in DevOps, Platform, or SRE roles supporting production SaaS systems
- Hands-on expertise with: Linux systems administration and troubleshooting, Kubernetes, cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD), CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), scripting in Bash/Python or similar, and monitoring/observability systems (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Sentry)
- Strong understanding of modern infrastructure security principles
- Solid networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP/S)
- Experience supporting complex distributed systems in production environments
**Bonus skills:** Familiarity with 3D printing workflows or hardware/software integration, background in building developer platforms or internal tooling for large engineering teams, strong interest in improving engineering productivity through automation and tooling.
