DevOps Manager, Sonatus
$180-260k
+ Equity program
3 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
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Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$180-260k
+ Equity program
3 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate automotive innovation.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 8-12 years of experience in DevOps, with at least 3-5 years of that in people management
- Cloud Finance: Proven experience managing AWS budgets, including cost optimization, right-sizing, and utilization of Savings Plans/Reserved Instances
- Administration: Solid experience administering GitHub Enterprise and Jira at an organizational or departmental level
- Infrastructure Awareness: Working knowledge of Bare Metal server management (provisioning, hardware specs) and core AWS infrastructure services
- Tooling Oversight: High-level understanding of Ansible and CI/CD platforms (Jenkins/GitHub Actions) to guide team strategy and troubleshoot workflow blockers
- Security Tooling: Experience overseeing the implementation of Black Duck and Coverity in a professional software environment
- Analytical Mindset: Comfortable working with data to justify infrastructure spend and tool ROI
- Vendor & License Management: Capable of managing relationships and contract seats for AI and SaaS providers
What the job involves
- As the DevOps Manager, you will lead the operational strategy for our hybrid infrastructure and developer ecosystem
- Your primary focus is the governance and administration of our core platforms—including GitHub, Jira, and Development Tools—alongside high-level oversight of our Bare Metal fleet
- You will be the primary stakeholder for our AWS cloud budget, ensuring financial efficiency through active management and optimization
- This role reports to the VP of Developer Experience
- Global Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a distributed team of six DevOps engineers in Sunnyvale, California, and Dublin, Ireland. Foster a collaborative culture that overcomes time-zone challenges and ensures 24/7 infrastructure reliability
- AWS Financial Management: You will actively use AWS Cost Explorer and other billing tools to identify savings, manage Reserved Instances and Savings Plans, and provide regular financial reporting to leadership
- Platform Administration: Be responsible for the company’s GitHub organization and Jira instance. You will manage user lifecycle, access permissions, and repository/project governance
- Tooling Management: Lead the rollout and management of productivity tools (e.g., GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory). You will manage seat licensing, monitor usage trends, and ensure these tools align with company security and budget policies
- Infrastructure Coordination: Oversee the health and lifecycle of Bare Metal servers and AWS resources. You will coordinate with the engineering team on hardware refreshes and resource scaling
- Automation & CI/CD Oversight: Ensure the team maintains consistent standards using Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions. You will provide technical direction and process oversight to ensure pipelines remain efficient and reliable
- Operational Excellence: Demonstrated experience overseeing the architecture and administration of production-grade Kubernetes clusters, with a focus on optimizing container orchestration, auto-scaling, and high availability
- Security Governance: Monitor the integration of Coverity (SAST) and Black Duck (SCA) within our deployment workflows, ensuring security compliance is met without disrupting developer velocity
Our take
Software-defined vehicles represent the biggest innovation in automobiles for decades, but there are large obstacles in the way of their growth. The software that defines such vehicles requires over-the-air (OTA) updates and other forms of maintenance, which can quickly become a time-consuming and resource-intensive process.
Sonatus develops cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles, providing a platform called Digital Dynamics that empowers automakers to harness vehicle data, add feature updates, diagnose problems, and maintain vehicle infrastructure wirelessly and in real time. The company achieves its flexibility through cloud-empowered data infrastructure, no-code software solutions, and working closely with clients.
Whilst the company faces competition from other IoT vehicle software companies, Sonatus shows great potential to compete through its all-in-one approach. This has earned it impressive funding, which supports further development and the increase of production volume, as well as the company's expansion into the Japanese market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$75m
SERIES A
Jul 2021
$35m
SERIES A
Total funding: $110m
Company benefits
- Stock option program
- Flexible working arrangements
- Unlimited PTO
- Comprehensive benefits with generous allowance
- Free in-office food & snacks!
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Jeffrey Chou
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Senior Director of Engineering for Nuova Systems. Founder of Diamanti, where they were CEO and now serve as a Board Member.
Yu Fang
(Co-Founder & CTO/CPO)Head of Mobile Engineering for NAUTO from 2016 to 2018. Experience as CTO of CARDFREE.
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