WHOOP · 14 hours ago
Staff DevOps Engineer (Data Platform)
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $230K/yr
8+ years expWHOOP is on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan, empowering members through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. As a Staff DevOps Engineer, you will shape the cloud infrastructure that enables critical systems, driving secure, resilient, and scalable solutions in AWS.
Consumer ElectronicsFitnessSportsWearablesWellness
Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and operation of cloud infrastructure for the WHOOP Data Platform, ensuring scalability, security, reliability, and cost efficiency across AWS environments
Implement best practice infrastructure-as-code with tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK to manage resources, automate deployments, and enforce compliance guardrails
Architect internal frameworks for secure data workflows, including encryption at rest/in transit, IAM policies, logging, and audit mechanisms
Enhance CI/CD tooling and platform automation for data services, analytics pipelines, and machine learning workflows across development and production environments
Champion observability and incident response practices, including monitoring, alerting, on-call workflows, and post-incident reviews
Mentor engineers across teams on cloud best practices, DevOps principles, and secure infrastructure design patterns
Own cross-organization initiatives that improve team velocity and infrastructure reliability at scale
Partner closely with Data Engineering, ML Operations, Security, and Compliance teams to translate regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR) into actionable operational controls
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or related roles with increasing scope and responsibility
Deep hands-on expertise with AWS infrastructure, including services like IAM, VPC, EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda. Experience with multi-account architectures is a plus
Advanced proficiency in infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK
Strong background in CI/CD pipeline development, infrastructure automation, and platform operations at scale
Proven experience building and maintaining compliant systems aligned with standards like HIPAA and GDPR
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a history of guiding decisions across engineering, data, and security teams
Demonstrated ability to mentor and influence engineers to raise infrastructure and operational standards
Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Company
WHOOP
WHOOP is a fitness tech company that offers wearables that track sleep, recovery, and performance.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (18)
2023 (15)
2022 (5)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$404.75MKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundIVPFoundry Group
2026-01-15Undisclosed
2021-08-30Series F· $200M
2020-10-28Series E· $100M
Leadership Team
Will Ahmed
Founder & CEO
Aurelian Nicolae
Co-Founder & Chief Hardware Engineer
Recent News
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