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.
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