Principal DevOps Engineer
Core
Define long-term technical vision for cloud platform, set organizational standards for reliability/observability, and mentor senior engineers to support Headspace's mission of providing mental health support to 65M+ users.
Role type
Principal DevOps Engineer (Strategy & Org Leadership)
Builds
Cloud platform infrastructure, CI/CD workflows, and developer experience tools for Headspace members
Domain
Mental health technology / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS architecture (compute, networking, data, security), Cloud reliability (SLO/SLI, incident management), Terraform/IaC leadership, Solutions engineering, Executive communication, Technical mentorship, Strategic roadmap planning, CI/CD governance
Preferred skills
Healthcare domain experience
Technologies
AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, CloudFront, RDS, S3, IAM, Secrets Manager, Systems Manager), Terraform
Responsibilities
Define long-term technical vision for cloud platform; Set organizational standards for cloud reliability and observability; Serve as senior solutions engineering authority for partner teams; Own the developer experience roadmap; Proactively surface systemic risks in AWS infrastructure; Translate infrastructure risk into business-aligned narratives for executives; Mentor Staff and Senior engineers
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
