Senior DevOps Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior DevOps Engineer (AI): Managing and scaling cloud infrastructure for a leading AI video platform with an accent on Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD optimization, and FinOps practices. Focus on building robust, maintainable systems in a high-traffic SaaS environment while collaborating with product engineers to ensure reliability and performance.

Location: Must be based in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, or Ireland (or other European locations subject to compliance).

Company

Synthesia is a world-leading AI video platform for business, backed by major investors and used by over 90% of the Fortune 100.

What you will do

• Maintain and scale Kubernetes (EKS) clusters at production scale.
• Manage and evolve AWS and GCP cloud environments, balancing reliability and cost.
• Own and improve CI/CD systems using GitHub Actions.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Strengthen observability via Datadog and enable teams to monitor production services.
• Drive FinOps practices, including vendor management and cost allocation.

Requirements

• Deep hands-on DevOps/SRE/Platform experience in a SaaS or high-traffic environment.
• Strong Kubernetes expertise, including cluster management.
• Proven AWS and/or GCP proficiency.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Terragrunt, Linux, and Python.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD design patterns.
• Must be based in Europe with valid right to work; full-time employment only (no contractors).

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Temporal.io or workflow orchestration frameworks.
• Light frontend or tooling development experience (React, Node.js).
• Previous work supporting AI research or data-intensive environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Focus on building and execution over meetings and politics.
• Work principles designed to empower autonomy and fast decision-making.
• Opportunity to work on state-of-the-art AI technologies at a high-growth company.
• Collaborative environment with a focus on developer experience.

Hiring process

• 30-minute call with a technical recruiter.
• 45-minute call with the engineering lead for Cloud Infra.
• Syntax-agnostic take-home assignment.
• 60-minute technical discussion and 30-minute leadership call.