Founding DevOps Engineer
Founding DevOps Engineer at Novoflow — San Francisco, CA, US
- Company: Novoflow
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 120000–250000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
About Novoflow
Novoflow is building AI Employees for medical clinics. We see two industry-breaking problems: over 400 EHRs, 1000s of vendors, and millions of patients all lacking interoperability across healthcare, and a trail of operational inefficiency following it. We’re building the scalable, reliable, and safe AI infrastructure that solves this problem.
With multi-year contracts secured and strong investor backing from YC advisors and top investors, we’re scaling fast to meet skyrocketing demand.
Why Join Us?
Impact: Be a key contributor to cutting-edge technology, transforming industries.
Growth: Thrive in a dynamic, high-ownership environment alongside top-tier talent.
Innovation: Work with advanced tools and push technological boundaries.
Autonomy: Drive your own initiatives and influence the company’s technical direction.
About the Role
We’re seeking a former team lead with hands-on experience in building and deploying agentic systems and large-scale data processing pipelines. You should take pride in your work and write high-quality, scalable code. If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment, we want to hear from you.
What You’ll Do:
Build Product: Rapidly contribute to building the cloud infrastructure for AI employees, being the founding lead for cloud-b
Technical Leadership: Drive technical decisions and architecture design, shaping the foundation of our solutions.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with co-founders and other team members to translate business vision into actionable project plans.
Ownership: Take full product ownership from ideation to launch.
Who You Are / Must-Haves:
Startup Experience: Strong preference for candidates with prior startup experience. Former founders are especially valued for their entrepreneurial mindset and problem-solving skills.
Prior Experience: 5-15 years of hands-on engineering experience. Team leads or principal DevOps engineers who have grown teams from an early stage.
Educational Background: Ideally, candidates should have attended a college ranked in the top 50 in the United States.
Backend Skills: Strong background in JS/Typescript and Python (we also build voice agents!)
Frontend Skills: Proficiency in Next.js.
Cloud Platforms: AWS services, Terraform, and Postgres.
Scalability: Docker, CI/CD pipelines, etc.
Regulatory: Basic or professional experience with HIPAA is useful.
Perks & Benefits
Competitive Compensation: Base salary plus equity
Gym Membership
Wellness allowance
Full health, dental, and vision coverage
Live with us in a dedicated 3,500 sq. ft. hackerhouse.
A large snack supply
Interview Process
Intro call w/ CTO (20 min)
Live coding round w/ CTO (1 hr)
Take home assignment (2 hrs)
Work trial (between 2-7 days)