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Staff DevOps Engineer

Rethink recruit
Full-time
On-site
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
$170,250 - $170,250 USD yearly
About AI Growth Labs
AI Growth Labs is currently operating in stealth mode — but our mission is bold and world-changing. We’re building the AI travel agent that will disrupt Booking.com and redefine how the world books travel — a $100B opportunity.

We’ve raised $40M from top-tier investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, alongside legendary angels like Elad Gil, Garry Tan, and executives from Gemini, OpenAI, and more.

Our founding team brings 20+ years of experience building consumer travel and AI-driven products. This is our fourth travel startup — our first was acquired by TripAdvisor. Founder and CEO Luc has built products since age 16, spent a decade at TripAdvisor, worked alongside Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook on Messenger Kids, and served as Chief Growth Officer at Shopify for six years.

At AI Growth Labs, we combine deep travel expertise with a proven track record in consumer product growth, building category-defining products at global scale.

 

The Role
We’re looking for a Staff DevOps Engineer to architect, automate, and scale secure, high-performance infrastructure for our AI-driven travel platform. You’ll own the foundation that powers our rapid iteration cycles, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security as we push the boundaries of AI in production.

This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in high-stakes, fast-moving environments, wants founder-level ownership, and has the expertise to build systems that scale from zero to millions.

 

What You’ll Do

  • Architect, automate, and scale secure, high-performance infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable product delivery.

  • Collaborate with software engineers to design AI-ready, production-grade systems.

  • Monitor, optimize, and secure all environments for speed, stability, and scalability.

 

What You Bring

  • 10+ years of combined DevOps, SRE, Infra, Platform, or Software Engineering experience.

  • Deep expertise with Google Cloud Platform (compute, networking, storage, and security).

  • Proven AI/ML infrastructure integration experience in production environments.

  • A portfolio of bold, shipped projects demonstrating real-world impact.

  • Founder-level ownership, speed, and ambition.

  • A growth mindset—you learn fast, adapt quickly, and thrive in fast-moving, high-stakes environments.

 

Tech Stack
GCP, OpenAI, Postgres, TurboPuffer, CI/CD

 

Why Join AI Growth Labs

  • Work with a world-class founding team that’s built and exited multiple companies.

  • Shape the core infrastructure of a category-defining AI travel platform.

  • Solve hard, high-scale problems in AI infrastructure and product delivery.

  • Competitive compensation with $170K–$250K salary and equity upside.

  • Be part of a company backed by top-tier VCs and iconic angel investors.