Senior DevOps Engineer
Location: Cambridge, CB4 0WN
Salary: Competitive Salary, DOE + Excellent Benefits
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Benefits: Quarterly and annual bonus scheme, Private healthcare (Medicover), Co-financed Sports Packages (Medicover Sport), Life insurance, Employee capital plans (PPK) and an extra day off ("Company day")!
Polatis is a leader in all-optical network switching technology, delivering cutting-edge solutions to global customers.
Our Product Software Team develops customer-facing software for our industry-leading optical switches, managing two distinct software stacks:
Network Software (NIC SW): Implements L2/L3 protocols and interfaces (TL1, Netconf, Restconf, WebUI).
Control Software (DSP SW): Bare-metal stack controlling piezoelectric actuators for precision optical switching.
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to define and lead our DevOps strategy across embedded Linux and bare-metal firmware environments.
You will design scalable CI/CD pipelines, automate build and test workflows, and integrate modern DevOps practices to accelerate development cycles and improve product quality.
This is a key role bridging embedded systems with advanced automation.
Key Responsibilities of the Senior DevOps Engineer role:
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Yocto-based Linux an...