DevOps / DataOps Engineer

About us

At Distalmotion, we aim to deliver the benefits of robotic surgery to more surgeons, more hospitals, and more patients globally. Our vision is to establish a new standard of care, removing traditional barriers and complexities of robotics to ensure greater access to best-in-class minimally invasive surgery.

We are a diverse, international team, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a growing presence and footprint globally. With over 150 members, more than 25 nationalities, speaking over 15 languages, we are all united by the same goal — bringing patients the best in minimally invasive surgical care.

Are you looking for a new fulfilling challenge in a fast-growing medical device company? Join a team engaged in empowering robotic surgery, the new medical revolution.

About DevOps / DataOps Engineer:

We are seeking an experienced and dedicated DevOps / DataOps Engineer to lead, design, and maintain the core IT cloud infrastructure of our forward-thinking organization.

As a key player in our team, you'll have the opportunity to shape and optimize our cloud environments, security protocols, and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth and secure operations. You’ll work with the latest cloud technologies and tools to build scalable solutions that drive business success.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop, and maintain cloud infrastructure to support IT, Data and R&D projects related to data-decision making.
• Lead efforts in automating and streamlining operations and processes, leveraging CI/CD to ensure rapid, consistent delivery of services.
• Lead the design and development of the back-end data infrastructure interacting with our fleet of Dexter robots.
• Design and manage data pipelines using data integration platform technologies ensuring efficient data flow and integration across platforms.
• Collaborate with development teams to support seamless application deployment and monitoring.
• Continuously improve and evolve our IT systems to stay ahead of industry trends and challenges.
• Ensure robust cybersecurity practices such as SOC2 are in place, safeguarding our systems and data.
• Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations for improvements and ensuring that the company leverages new technology effectively.
• Update documentation, procedures, and work instructions.

Work Experience and Education requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent, 7 to 10 years of experience.
• Proven experience in similar position.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities required:

• Deep expertise in IT cloud infrastructure (Microsoft Azure), with a passion for implementing efficient and scalable solutions.
• Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and modern DevOps tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with Data Factory technologies (Databricks, Snowflake or equivalent) for creating, orchestrating, and managing data pipelines.
• High proficiency in creating scripts in Python, PowerShell, or other languages to automate repetitive operations.
• Proven track record in implementing data middleware using tools such as BOOMI, Talend.
• Strong background in cybersecurity, ensuring the highest levels of protection across the organization.
• Hands on experience with asset monitoring (e.g. telemetry and observability frameworks, IoT platforms).
• Familiar with cloud business applications (CRM, ERP), Google Workspace, Box.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize a diverse workload.
• Flexible, agile mindset, service oriented, customer-focused, results-focused.
• Eager to join a fast-growing company.
• Fluent in English in mandatory, good level of French is preferred and German is plus.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work in a fast-growing company active in one of the most promising fields of medicine.

• A dynamic atmosphere in an internationally minded environment.
• Permanent contract with 25 days of paid vacation.
• Benefit from one day to two days per week working remotely to boost flexibility.
• Attractive talent development programs and initiatives empowering employees to enhance their skills and fostering professional development growth.
• Mobility plan, competitive company pension plan, support for gym memberships.
• Regular team building events such as boot camps, skiing and much more.

Distalmotion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees.

Distalmotion is a medical device company founded and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded in 2012, as a spin-off from the Robotics Lab of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). We are all united by the same goal - to empower more surgeons and hospitals to deliver the benefits of robotic surgery to more patients. We can only do this with the right people in our team. Apply now and be part of the mission to bring patients the best in minimally invasive care.

For further information visit: distalmotion.com and follow us on LinkedIn/Twitter: @Distalmotion.