DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote (Europe-based preferred)

Type: Full-time

Industry: Digital Health, SaMD, DTx

Reports to: Head of Engineering

Position Overview

We are seeking a skilled and proactive DevOps Engineer to help us scale and secure our cloud-native infrastructure across regulated digital health products. The ideal candidate will bring deep hands-on experience in infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security within a healthcare or similarly regulated domain.

This is a mission-critical role at the intersection of technology, compliance, and patient impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud-based / serverless infrastructure (AWS/GCP/AZURE) for scalable deployment of SaMD solutions.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, high-quality delivery of Newel Health’s digital therapeutics and backend services.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and QA teams to ensure continuous integration aligns with regulatory requirements (ISO 13485, IEC 62304, GDPR, HIPAA).
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices using Terraform or similar tools.
• Configure infrastructure policies and controls (e.g. network, access control, backup) promoting confidentiality, integrity, availability of information managed in transit and at rest
• Monitor system performance, security, and availability, with an emphasis on patient safety, data protection, and uptime.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution for production infrastructure issues.
• Support audit readiness and documentation for MDR/CE, DiGA, and FDA-compliant deployments.
• Integrate DevSecOps tools and workflows to proactively identify and mitigate risks.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or site reliability engineering (SRE), ideally in health tech or a regulated environment.
• Proficiency in AWS, GCP, or Azure, and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Serverless.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and monitoring solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch).
• Solid grasp of cybersecurity principles and hands-on experience with security hardening and compliance (ISO 27001, SOC2, etc.).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash) and familiarity with REST APIs, databases, and microservice architecture.
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards and privacy regulations is a strong plus (FHIR, HL7).
• Experience with development in compliance with IEC 62304 is a plus.
• Fluency in English; additional European languages are a plus.

Why Join Newel Health

• Shape the next generation of digital health solutions.
• Work in a certified SaMD environment at the forefront of behavioral science and AI.
• Collaborate with leading partners in Pharma, MedTech, and academic research.
• Enjoy a remote-first culture, supported by cross-disciplinary teams passionate about patient outcomes.
• Be part of an organization building scalable, evidence-based impact in chronic care management.