Sr Engineer - DevOps

Xperi invents, develops and delivers technologies that create extraordinary experiences at home and on the go for millions of people around the world. Powering billions of consumer electronics, connected cars and digital content titles, we make entertainment more immersive, driving more intelligent and every interaction seamlessly personalized through our renowned consumer brands: DTS®, HD Radio™ and TiVo®.

Xperi (NYSE: XPER) is a publicly traded technology company headquartered in San Jose, CA with over 1,500 employees across North America, Europe and Asia. Come join a thriving team where you can play an integral role in shaping the future of entertainment technology.

About the role:

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with a proven track record in database administration to join our team and take ownership of our CI/CD infrastructure, developer tooling, and database operations. In this role, you'll be responsible for maintaining and optimizing our Jenkins build clusters, managing developer tooling, and supporting database reliability across our production systems. You'll work closely with development and data teams to enhance build and deploy pipelines, ensure database performance and availability, and drive operational improvements.

You will be modernizing our infrastructure by migrating to the cloud and implementing automation, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code practices - while also bringing DBA discipline to areas like schema management, backup strategies, query optimization, and access control.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on infrastructure work, is comfortable operating at the intersection of DevOps and database engineering, values reliability and automation, and wants to deepen their expertise in cloud-native environments.

What you’ll get to do:

Maintain and improve multiple Jenkins clusters (distributed builds, pipeline configuration, plugin management)

Manage and optimize Linux-based VMs hosting development tools and services

Collaborate with development teams on schema migrations, query optimization, and database access patterns

Enforce database security practices including access controls, secrets management, and audit logging

Gradually modernize our infrastructure (IaC, containerization, cloud adoption - including migration to managed database services)

Automate operational tasks using Bash and Python scripting

Collaborate with development teams to improve build and deployment pipelines

Maintain standards of security, reliability, and performance

Who we are looking for:

Must have:

4+ years of experience in DevOps, DBA, or infrastructure engineering roles

Solid database administration experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL: provisioning, performance tuning, backup/restore, replication, and failover

Linux administration skills (Ubuntu/CentOS/RHEL) in production environments

Experience with managed database services (Cloud SQL, RDS, or equivalent)

Experience managing Jenkins clusters and pipeline configuration

Experience managing schema migrations and collaborating with developers on query optimization and data access patterns

Proficiency in scripting and task automation with Bash or Python

Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills for infrastructure and database issues

Experience supporting development teams and understanding of the SDLC

Nice to have:

Experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)

Familiarity with AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch) or other cloud platforms equivalents

Experience with monitoring and observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog)

VM and hypervisor management (VMware, KVM, VirtualBox)

What will make you successful:

Self-starter who can work independently and take ownership of projects

Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration

Strong documentation practices and knowledge sharing mindset

Proactive approach to identifying bottlenecks and solving problems before they escalate

Desire to learn and adopt new technologies while maintaining existing systems

Patient and methodical troubleshooting approach

Life @ Xperi:

At Xperi, we value People, Customers, Performance and Innovation. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where all employees have a voice and sense of belonging, feel safe and valued, and are acknowledged for how their unique differences contribute to organizational culture and business outcomes.

Our employees and their families are important to us, and our comprehensive pay, stock and benefits programs reflect that. Xperi supports personal well-being, builds financial security and enables employees to share in our collective success.

Rewards include:

Competitive compensation (salary, equity and bonuses) and comprehensive benefits designed to foster work-life balance, care for your health, protect your finances and help you save and invest for the future.

Generous paid time away from work, including flexible time off, holidays and sick time, health and wellness initiatives, and a charitable match program to help you give back to your community.

Great perks, which vary by location and can be site-specific: employee discounts, transportation reimbursements, subsidized cafes and fitness facilities.

A flexible, hybrid work environment combining the best of in-office collaboration and community-building along with the benefits of working from home.