Sonatus · 21 hours ago
Sr. Director of DevOps & Developer Productivity
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$238K/yr - $300K/yrSonatus is a company redefining the capabilities of Software-Defined Vehicles. They are seeking a Senior Director of DevOps & Developer Productivity to architect the technical foundation and culture needed for the engineering organization to evolve, while managing a hybrid infrastructure and enhancing developer experience.
AutomotiveCloud Data ServicesInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Define a clear, pragmatic strategy for our complex footprint
Determine what stays on-prem, what moves to AWS, and manage the connectivity between them to ensure scalability and cost-effectiveness (FinOps)
Act as the strategic bridge between Product Management, Engineering leadership, and your Platform team
Translate high-level business goals into technical infrastructure roadmaps
Negotiate requirements, push back against scope creep, and ensure your team is focused on high-impact work rather than ad-hoc requests
Hire and structure the DevOps/Platform Engineering department
Define a culture that emphasizes automation, service, and deep empathy for the developers trying to ship code across our complex environment
Take ownership of our Jenkins infrastructure as the critical bridge between worlds
Architect an environment capable of deploying securely to physical on-prem servers and dynamic AWS resources (EC2/EKS/Lambda) at scale
Implement enterprise-level best practices for our GitHub organization, introducing appropriate governance and security scanning without crippling speed
Standardize Jira workflows across growing teams to ensure leadership maintains visibility into velocity and bottlenecks across the entire organization
Define 'Golden Paths' that allow developers to ship code safely without needing to understand the underlying network topology
Obsessively measure DORA metrics to identify where engineers are stuck
Qualification
Required
Prior professional experience working as an application developer before moving into DevOps/SRE leadership
Significant experience working in large, mature engineering organizations (e.g., supporting hundreds of developers)
Comfortable operating at a Director level, negotiating budgets and scope with peers in Product and Engineering VPs
Proven experience managing footprints in both physical On-Premises/Data Center environments AND Amazon Web Services (AWS) at scale
Architectural understanding of Jenkins managing deployments across hybrid targets (shared libraries, scaling agents across DC and Cloud boundaries)
Advanced strategic use of GitHub Enterprise and Jira for governance and reporting
Experience with modern infrastructure automation (Terraform/IaC) and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS) in production
Benefits
Competitive compensation and equity program
Health care plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
Flexible and Dependent Care Expense program
Retirement plan (401k)
Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
Unlimited paid time off per year, 15 paid holidays
Hybrid office work arrangement/flexibility
Complimentary lunches, snacks, and beverages during on-site working days
Wellness benefit allowances (towards gym membership and fitness programs)
Internet reimbursement
Computer Accessory Allowance
Departmental team building and outings
Employee Referral Program
Culture/Employee Satisfaction Surveys - Feedback matters!
Company
Sonatus
Sonatus provides in-vehicle and cloud software that enables automotive companies to achieve the full promise of software-defined vehicles.
Founded in 2018
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$110MKey Investors
Foxconn Technology GroupTranslink Capital
2022-12-07Corporate Round· $75M
2021-07-21Series A· $35M
Leadership Team
Jeffrey Chou
CEO and Founder
Yu Fang
CTO,CPO,Founder
Recent News
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