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As we scale our platform to support hundreds of thousands of patients and expand our enterprise customer base, the reliability, security, and performance of our infrastructure becomes mission-critical; not just technically, but for the patients whose care depends on it.\nWe're looking for a Senior Engineer, DevOps & Infrastructure to own the foundation that everything else runs on. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role for someone who takes deep pride in the craft of building secure, observable, and scalable cloud infrastructure. You'll be the primary driver of our DevOps maturity, security posture, and HIPAA compliance at the infrastructure layer: working closely with our backend engineers to make sure every system we ship is reliable, hardened, and production-ready. 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We want you to benefit from all the hard work you do in helping patients and catalyzing this shift in healthcare.\n\nWe are committed to your Wellness:\nMedical, Dental, Vision\n\n401k plan\n\nFlexible PTO and sick days\n\nCommuter benefits\n\nSanta Monica HQ with 180 degree beach views and daily catered lunches\n\nWe are committed to your Growth:\nFast paced work environment geared towards professional growth\n\nGet the chance to move roles within the organization to learn new skills and continue to make an impact\n\nWe are committed to building Community:\nMonthly team events, dinners, & happy hours\n\nSpecial team outings - some past events have included: yacht cruises, visits to Universal Studios, Magic Castle, and Vegas","description_format":"text","description_chars":6760,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["HR & Payroll Software","Scheduling & Booking Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T16:06:36Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":9,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.316,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":179,"expected_fill_days":38,"reasons":["conf:4","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":200000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/axlehealth-senior-software-engineer-devops-and-infrastructure","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/axlehealth-senior-software-engineer-devops-and-infrastructure.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T18:20:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":23785,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":669653},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=669653"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Faxlehealth-senior-software-engineer-devops-and-infrastructure"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Faxlehealth-senior-software-engineer-devops-and-infrastructure"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Faxlehealth-senior-software-engineer-devops-and-infrastructure"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/axlehealth-senior-software-engineer-devops-and-infrastructure\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Faxlehealth-senior-software-engineer-devops-and-infrastructure"}]}