Senior DevOps Engineer

Core Kinect is an innovative startup focused on building customized hardware solutions for a broad range of IoT products. The company manages the entire lifecycle, from initial design and prototyping through to manufacturing and assembly. By tightly integrating hardware, software, and cloud capabilities, Core Kinect aims to redefine the IoT space with highly scalable and efficient solutions. The organization emphasizes market‑disrupting price points while maintaining product quality and reliability.

Team members join a fast‑moving environment where they can directly influence next‑generation IoT platforms.

We are seeking an experienced Dev Ops Engineer to design, implement, and maintain a scalable build and release system for a growing engineering organization. This individual will help define our branching strategy, improve CI/CD workflows, and ensure our software delivery process is reliable, repeatable, and efficient.

The ideal candidate has strong hands‑on experience with modern build systems, source control workflows, and CI/CD platforms such as Team City, Git Hub, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, or similar tools. Experience working within C/C#/.NET environments is a strong plus.

• Design and implement a scalable build system that supports multiple teams, products, and release cycles.
• Define and maintain an effective Git branching strategy, such as Git Flow, trunk‑based development, or a hybrid model tailored to the organization.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, packaging, deployments, and release management.
• Manage and optimize tools such as Team City, Git Hub, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.
• Work closely with software, firmware, QA, and product teams to improve development velocity and release quality.
• Establish best practices for versioning, artifact management, dependency management, and release traceability.
• Improve build performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Support automated testing integration, code quality gates, and deployment workflows.
• Document processes and train engineering teams on source control, build, and release best practices.
• Identify bottlenecks in the development and release process and implement practical, scalable solutions.

• 5+ years of experience in Dev Ops, build engineering, release engineering, or software infrastructure.
• Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands‑on experience with Git and modern branching strategies.
• Experience with build automation tools such as Team City, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of software release management and version control best practices.
• Experience with artifact repositories, package management, and dependency control.
• Ability to work across engineering teams and translate development needs into scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Strong scripting and automation experience using Power Shell, Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Practical understanding of cloud‑based and/or on‑premises build infrastructure.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and eligible to support U.S. government, defense, and public sector customer programs.

• Experience with C/C#/.NET build environments.
• Experience with MSBuild, NuGet, Visual Studio Build Tools, or related Microsoft development tooling.
• Experience supporting embedded, firmware, hardware‑adjacent, or multi‑platform software teams.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized build environments.
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Experience implementing automated test pipelines and quality gates.
• Familiarity with security, compliance, and audit requirements related to software delivery.

Within the first few months, this person will have assessed the current build and release processes, recommended a scalable branching and CI/CD strategy, and begun implementing improvements that reduce manual work, improve reliability, and provide engineering teams with a clearer path from development to release.

You are a hands‑on Dev Ops professional who understands both the technical and organizational aspects of software delivery. You can design a clean and scalable build architecture, choose the appropriate branching strategy, and help engineering teams adopt practical standards without slowing development down. You are comfortable collaborating with developers, QA, firmware teams, and technical leadership to create a build and release process that scales with the company.