Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer

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About Our Team
Lenovo is building
Quantum
, a next‑generation hybrid AI platform that spans Windows, Android, and cloud. As part of this vision, we are expanding the engineering organization supporting
Qira
, Lenovo’s cross‑device Personal AI.
We are hiring
Senior DevOps / Platform Engineers
to build and operate the core automation, infrastructure, and service platforms that enable secure, reliable, and high‑velocity delivery of Qira’s AI systems across device, edge, and cloud.
Depending on your background, you may be aligned to Platform Engineering, Observability, Operations, or Service Reliability—based on experience and organizational need.
Qira operates with the
speed, ownership, and creativity of a startup
, supported by the scale, resources, and technical depth of Lenovo. We are building foundational systems from the ground up—intentionally, pragmatically, and with a culture of engineering excellence.
Location:
Open to remote work in the US. The preferred work location is Chicago, IL.
What You Might Work On
As a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer, you may be responsible for a subset of the following areas depending on team placement:
CI/CD, Automation Tooling

• Designing, implementing, and improvingCI/CD pipelinesfor AI, platform, and application teams.
• Building automation and developer tooling to improve productivity and consistency.
• Developinginfrastructure‑as‑codefor cloud and hybrid environments (Terraform, Bicep, etc.).

Platform Infrastructure Engineering

• Implementing scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure onAzureand Kubernetes.
• Building and operating hybrid systems spanningdevice,edge, and cloud compute.
• Enabling reliable platform services that support inference, data pipelines, and high‑performance AI workloads.

Observability Telemetry

• Implementing and enhancing observability systems usingOpenTelemetry,Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and related tooling.
• Ensuring platform telemetry is accurate, actionable, and tied to performance and reliability outcomes.
• Building dashboards and analytics for service health and operational insight.

Deployment Release Engineering

• Improving deployment workflows, safety, consistency, and traceability.
• Supporting progressive delivery patterns including canaries, staged rollouts, and automated rollbacks.
• Optimizing CI/CD and deployment tooling for hybrid AI services.

Collaboration Reliability Culture

• Partnering closely with SRE, AI/ML, security, firmware, and product engineering teams.
• Contributing to system design discussions with a focus on automation, scalability, and operational best practices.
• Helping define and evolve platform engineering standards, patterns, and conventions.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ yearsin DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or related fields
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Strong experience building and operating infrastructure in Azure, AWS, or GCP
• ProficiencywithCI/CD systems, build automation, and deployment pipelines
• Experience withInfrastructure as Code(Terraform, ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Strong development or scripting skills (Python, Go, Bash, or similar)
• Hands-on experience withDockerandKubernetes
• Understanding of observability fundamentals (metrics, logs, tracing)

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience withAzurecloud architecture and DevOps tooling
• Strong hands‑on work withOpenTelemetry(instrumentation, pipelines)
• Experience withGrafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, or similar observability tools
• Experience supportingAI/ML workloadsor GPU‑accelerated compute environments
• Familiarity with event‑driven systems and operationalizing data pipelines
• Experience contributing to or running on‑call rotations
• Passion for automation, developer experience, and infrastructure reliability at scale

What Success Looks Like

• CI/CD pipelines are fast, stable, and trusted.
• Platform infrastructure becomes more automated, observable, and scalable.
• Telemetry and dashboards provide clear visibility into system health.
• Deployments are consistent, safe, and repeatable.
• Engineering teams move faster thanks to strong platform foundations.
• Qira’s hybrid AI platform becomes increasingly reliable, efficient, and easy tooperate.

The base salary budgeted range for this position is $190K - $230K. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission.
Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on www.lenovobenefits.com.
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