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Staff Software Engineer (DevOps / Platform Engineering)

Liberate · Boston / San Francisco · On-site

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About Liberate

Liberate is the AI-powered System of Action for Insurance. Handle 100% of calls 24/7, automate claims, and deliver 5-star service with zero wait times. Backed by Battery and Redpoint.

About the role

We are looking for a seasoned Staff DevOps and Platform Engineer to own and evolve the infrastructure that powers Liberate’s real-time AI voice and workflow automation systems. This is a critical technical leadership role. You will inherit and advance a modern AWS-based platform that spans PBX telephony, canary routing, MTLS-based integrations with carriers, secure production environments, CI/CD, and compliance posture. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Modernize developer workflows: streamlined builds, repeatable environments, safe deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, feature flags)
  • Build internal tools and abstractions to make engineers productive while enforcing safety, configuration hygiene, and compliance requirements
  • 8+ years of DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering experience operating production systems at scale
  • Deep hands-on AWS expertise (EKS, IAM, VPC, ALB/NLB, CloudWatch, KMS)
  • Strong experience with Kubernetes , container orchestration, and multi-environment management
  • Proficiency with Terraform or other IaC tools and GitOps workflows
More about this role

Liberate builds AI agents to automate manual tasks for the $2.7T insurance industry. We started with voice, the hardest and most valuable channel in insurance, and are now expanding into full workflow automation across sales, servicing, and claims. Our long-term vision is to build reasoning agents capable of handling the entire spectrum of insurance carrier and broker operations. We've raised $72M to date, including a $50M Series B in October 2025, backed by top-tier venture firms.

We are looking for a seasoned Staff DevOps and Platform Engineer to own and evolve the infrastructure that powers Liberate’s real-time AI voice and workflow automation systems. This is a critical technical leadership role. You will inherit and advance a modern AWS-based platform that spans PBX telephony, canary routing, MTLS-based integrations with carriers, secure production environments, CI/CD, and compliance posture.

You will drive reliability, scalability, and operational rigor across our multi-agent runtime. You will also mentor engineers, design forward-looking system improvements, and create the platform foundations that enable Liberate’s rapid product expansion.

Key Responsibilities

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