Staff Devops Engineer Jobs in California
Staff Devops Engineer jobs in California represent one of the most active markets in the country, concentrated heavily in the technology, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise software sectors with demand at every level from junior devops engineer through principal and staff. The largest hiring clusters are in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, where companies like Google, Apple, and Salesforce maintain deep devops engineering teams. The most in-demand specialties in California right now are Kubernetes and container orchestration, CI/CD pipeline development, and cloud platform engineering across AWS and GCP. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Who You Are
You embrace the ethic of "infrastructure as code" to provide consistency and security for both data center and IT deployments. You deliver solutions that are scalable, maintainable and follow the ethos of "cattle, not pets." You hold yourself and your teammates to a high standard when writing clean, performant, and maintainable code for deployments and configuration management. You enjoy finding new ways to improve the design, performance, and testing of the systems and services that you deploy and operate.
You work well with cross-functional teams that include platform engineers, data scientists, security engineers and product managers. You care deeply about your work and its impact on your team's productivity. You have a great work ethic and are able to take on major projects from start to finish, collaborating with other engineers. You value the security of a company with a proven business model. On a personal note, you are fun to work with; you maintain a positive attitude throughout the Agile Sprint cycle.
Who We Are
Quantifind helps some of the world's biggest banks catch money laundering and fraud. Quantifind also works with government agencies to use the same platform to uncover criminal networks and combat money laundering committed by internationally sanctioned entities. Unlike other players in this space, Quantifind delivers results as software-as-a-service (SaaS) with consumer-grade user experiences.
Quantifind is a data science technology company whose AI platform uncovers signals of risk across disparate and unstructured text sources. In financial crimes risk management, Quantifind's solution uniquely combines internal financial institution data with public domain data to assess risk in the context of Know Your Customer (KYC), Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Fraud Risk Management, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) processes. Today these compliance processes are burdened by ever-increasing regulatory responsibilities and an expectation of frictionless transactions. Legacy technologies demand increasingly more human resources as the operations expand; Quantifind's SaaS solution offers a way to cut through the inefficiency and enhance effectiveness simultaneously.
To help you succeed, we provide a supportive environment that fosters collaboration between teams and team members, where learning and professional growth are considered a key part of your success, and of ours. We offer a flexible work environment with a family friendly work-life balance.
What a Great Candidate Looks Like:
- 8+ years of professional industry experience, in addition to your academic experience
- Strong professional development experience using Python or Go
- Experienced in Linux administration with a preference for Ubuntu package management
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for application development and deployment
- Experience with network, host and application security practices both on prem and in the Cloud
- Strong experience with modern (on-prem/cloud) fleet management tools
- Experience with monitoring, observability, availability engineering, and the art of performance metrics
- Experience with release engineering tools like Maven, Jenkins, etc.
- Experience with Apache Airflow for orchestration
- Experience with uptime/availability engineering, performance metrics, and monitoring
- Familiarity with network design, operation and troubleshooting
- Excellent communication, presentation and collaborative problem-solving skills
- Great team player who has a strong desire to change the way people use their data and have a huge impact on a small team
The Opportunity We Offer
As a Staff DevOps Engineer at Quantifind's HQ in Palo Alto, California, you will play a critical role in managing the infrastructure for Quantifind's systems. Our stack includes fleet management in an IT fashion, fleet management in a Datacenter fashion, back-end services and infrastructure, machine learning modules surfaced through REST APIs, and React-based front-end web applications. As a member of our DevOps Team, you will have a big impact on how we build, automate, and scale our technology and processes. You will work closely with DevOps engineers, solving problems, automating deployments, and championing best practices.
Our technology includes: Ubuntu, Ganeti, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, git, Hadoop, Nagios, PostgreSQL, Jenkins, and in-house Scala and NodeJS applications. We deploy to our own data centers and to AWS.
Quantifind's development team is centered in Palo Alto, California, and we have technology hubs in Atlanta, Georgia, and in Washington, D.C. Quantifind is currently using a hybrid mix of working from home and in the office, with regular in-person touchpoints and shared office space.
A highlight of our benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Company Equity
- Exceptional benefits package
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off
- Employer-matched 401(k) plan
- A fun environment where work-life balance is valued
The California base salary range for this full-time position is $195,000 to $220,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location, and the range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, role-related knowledge and skills, depth of experience, relevant education or training, and additional role-related considerations.
Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commission, or other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.
We are an equal opportunity employer; we have a fun place to work and a devotion to succeeding together.
Will you join us? Apply now!
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Staff Devops Engineer Job Market in California
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Who's Hiring
- Microsoft27

- Databricks20

- Google20

- GEICO19

- Walmart15

Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software347
- Artificial Intelligence62
- Automotive27
- Electronics & Hardware27
- Banking & Financial Services25
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in staff devops engineer jobs across California.
- Minimum seven years of devops or site reliability engineering experience in production environments
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration at scale
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi
- Experience on at least one major cloud platform including AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go for automation and tooling development
Staff Devops Engineer Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a staff devops engineer in California?
Staff devops engineer is not a licensed or state-regulated role in California, so the path runs through education and demonstrated experience. Most California employers expect a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field, combined with several years of progressive devops experience. Earning widely recognized certifications such as the Certified Kubernetes Administrator or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer strengthens a candidacy considerably in California's competitive tech market.
How much do staff devops engineers make in California?
Staff devops engineers in California earn a median of about $174,410 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $105,060 for the lowest 10% to over $272,670 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire staff devops engineers in California?
Employers hiring staff devops engineers in California right now include Microsoft, Databricks, and Google, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. California's density of enterprise technology headquarters and cloud-native companies means staff-level devops roles appear across both large hyperscalers and fast-growing mid-size software firms throughout the state.
Which California cities have the most staff devops engineer jobs?
San Francisco, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale consistently post the most staff devops engineer openings in California. The San Francisco Bay Area dominates because of its concentration of technology headquarters and cloud infrastructure companies, while Los Angeles reflects growth in media technology and enterprise software, and San Diego benefits from defense-tech, biotech, and a rising number of cloud-focused employers in the region.
Are there remote staff devops engineer jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most fields. Devops engineering is inherently infrastructure-driven work that runs through code, cloud consoles, and automated pipelines, making it well suited to remote arrangements. About 31% of staff devops engineer openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, with the fully remote roles most common in cloud platform engineering and CI/CD pipeline work where no physical datacenter presence is required.
How can I get hired as a staff devops engineer in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving laterally from a systems administrator, software developer, or IT operations role and building devops tooling experience through project work or open-source contributions. Large California employers like Google, Meta, and Salesforce run associate site reliability and junior infrastructure engineering programs that accept candidates from adjacent disciplines. Earning a Certified Kubernetes Administrator credential or completing a cloud associate certification on AWS or GCP gives applicants a concrete credential that California hiring managers recognize as a signal of readiness.
Where can I find and apply to staff devops engineer jobs in California?
You can find and apply to staff devops engineer jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings updated regularly. Search the listings for roles that match your experience level, cloud platform focus, and preferred location or remote arrangement, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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