Founding DevOps Engineer at OpenBuilder

We’re building a web-based AI app builder that lets non-technical users create and deploy real applications without writing code. Our users expect things to “just work”—which means the platform underneath must be fast, reliable, and invisible. We’re an early-stage, YC startup building a small, high-ownership founding team. We’re hiring a Founding DevOps Engineer to own infrastructure, reliability, and operational excellence from day one. This is a staff-level role with architectural authority and long-term impact. You’ll design systems that support AI-powered workloads, rapid iteration, and a product where non-technical users never think about infrastructure—yet can get instant help when something goes wrong. A core differentiator of our product is a human-in-the-loop marketplace . When a user’s app breaks or behaves unexpectedly, a vetted human developer can instantly jump into that user’s running VM , diagnose the issue, and fix it in real time—often before the user even understands what went wrong. As a founding DevOps engineer, you will: Design secure, auditable VM access for third-party human developers Build fast, safe workflows for live debugging and remediation Integrate de