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Company Description
Care.com is a consumer tech company with heart. We’re on a mission to solve a human challenge we all face: finding great care for the ones we love. We’re moms and dads and pet parents. We have parents and grandparents, so we understand that everyone, at some point in their lives, could use a helping hand. Our culture and our products reflect that.
Here, entrepreneurs, self-starters, great teammates, and big problem solvers unite behind a common cause. Here, we’re applying data analytics, AI and the latest technologies to solve universal problems and connect people in new ways. If you enjoy solving big problems and building new things, and if you’re all about using your talent for good, this is the place for you.
Job Description
The DevOps team is responsible for the tooling and automation underlying the deployment, monitoring, and management of Care.com's services and applications. They provide 24x7 operational support to the engineering teams responsible for the applications themselves, and work with those teams to ensure that requirements around compliance and availability are met.
As domain specialists, engineering authorities are encouraged to take ownership of key parts of Care.com’s infrastructure and guide related standards discussions and initiatives. They work closely with architects on the Engineering team to design and then implement fundamental aspects of the platform. Within the DevOps team, Principal level engineers provide mentorship and guidance to more junior members of the team and help ensure that team priorities and goals are being met.
What You'll Be Working On
- Lead high-impact, high-complexity projects, collaborating across Engineering, Security, and DevOps teams to drive architectural and operational improvements for our cloud infrastructure.
- Own the improvement and modernization of our CI/CD infrastructure, while vetting and implementing new software and processes to optimize SDLC workflows.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code and system configurations on AWS to support Care.com’s services.
- Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to provide escalation support around deployment tooling and workflows.
- Mentor junior engineers and facilitate training sessions on the operational and architectural aspects of the Care.com platform.
- Author and maintain high-quality documentation for our infrastructure and architectural standards.
Qualifications
- 8+ years working with infrastructure as code and/or configuration management tools, receiving and providing code reviews (we use Ansible, Terraform, CDK).
- Experience with CI/CD toolchains and automation (we use Jenkins, Harness, GitHub, JFrog/Artifactory/X-Ray, and SonarQube) and experience developing and extending Groovy-based Jenkins pipelines a plus.
- Strong understanding of the AWS cloud platform including AWS cloud-native design patterns.
- Strong written communication skills and comfort with chat tools (e.g. Slack) as a primary means of communication.
- Familiarity with SaaS observability platforms (we use Signalfx, Splunk).
- Solid Python and Bash programming skills.
- Ability to work independently on projects and deliver them on time.
Additional Information
Available in 21 countries, Care.com is one of the largest providers of online services for finding family care and care jobs, spanning in-home and in-center care solutions. Since 2007, families have relied on Care.com for an array of care for children, seniors, pets, and the home. Designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s families and caregivers, the Company also offers customized corporate benefits packages to support working families, household tax and payroll services, and innovations for caregivers to find and book jobs.
Salary Range: $165,000 to $195,000. The base salary range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the national salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Care.com’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses and short- and long-term incentives. In addition, Care.com provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life, and disability insurance, a generous 401K employer matching program, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- CVS Health103

- Palo Alto Networks67

- Oracle56

- Humana45

- Walmart28

Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software510
- Healthcare & Medical Services128
- Consulting & Professional Services84
- Agriculture & Farming52
- Electronics & Hardware52
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal devops engineer jobs.
- 8 or more years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes, Helm, and container orchestration at production scale
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CDK
- Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Strong background designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
- Experience leading technical direction across multiple engineering teams or a large platform organization
Tips for Your Principal Devops Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to platform scope
Principal-level roles expect you to show org-wide impact, not just technical execution. Reframe your bullet points around platform adoption, reliability improvements across multiple teams, and the engineering decisions you owned end-to-end rather than tasks you completed.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists principal devops engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Highlight your infrastructure-as-code depth
Hiring managers at this level distinguish between engineers who use Terraform or Pulumi and those who architect and maintain shared modules across dozens of teams. Be explicit about the scale of the codebase you owned and the number of consumers it supported.
Filter openings by tech stack before applying
Principal devops roles are often stack-specific: Kubernetes-heavy platform teams, AWS-first orgs, and on-prem hybrid shops all have different expectations. Applying to roles where your primary cloud provider and container orchestration experience match directly increases your callback rate.
Prepare a design exercise for the loop
Most principal-level devops interviews include a system design or platform architecture exercise. Practice designing a CI/CD pipeline, multi-region deployment strategy, or observability stack from scratch, explaining your tradeoffs at each step rather than just naming the tools you would use.
Negotiate scope before negotiating title
At the principal level, reporting structure and cross-team authority matter as much as compensation. Before accepting, clarify whether you will have a defined platform mandate, direct influence over engineering standards, and access to leadership when advocating for infrastructure investment.
Principal Devops Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most principal devops engineers?
The companies hiring the most principal devops engineers right now include CVS Health, Palo Alto Networks, and Oracle, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Washington, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Demand is concentrated in organizations with large platform or cloud infrastructure teams.
How many principal devops engineer jobs are remote?
About 41% of principal devops engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting how much of this work happens across distributed engineering teams. Platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and SRE-adjacent specializations tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible roles compared to on-prem or regulated-environment positions.
How do you become a principal devops engineer?
You typically move into a principal devops engineer role by progressing from senior engineer to staff level, building a record of owning platform decisions that affect multiple teams. Focus on developing infrastructure-as-code expertise, cloud architecture depth, and experience leading technical initiatives without direct management authority. Earning a cloud certification such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional or a Kubernetes certification can also accelerate your path.
Can you get hired as a principal devops engineer without prior principal-level experience?
You can get hired at the principal level without the exact title if your work history shows principal-level scope. Employers focus on whether you have led platform strategy, made architecture decisions with org-wide consequences, and influenced engineering standards across teams. Document specific initiatives where you drove those outcomes, even if your official title was senior or staff engineer.
What does the principal devops engineer interview process look like?
The interview process for a principal devops engineer typically includes a recruiter screen, a technical phone interview focused on your platform and infrastructure experience, a system design or architecture exercise where you design a deployment pipeline or cloud environment live, and a cross-functional loop with engineering managers and peer principals. Expect questions about how you have influenced engineering culture and resolved technical disagreements at scale.
Where can I find and apply to principal devops engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to principal devops engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your cloud platform expertise, industry preference, and seniority level, then apply directly to each one.
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