Even as a staff engineer it's not worth trying to fix. Run, run as fast as you can. It's one of my questions I always ask, even for front end based gigs. How do

Even as a staff engineer it's not worth trying to fix. Run, run as fast as you can. It's one of my questions I always ask, even for front end based gigs. How does DevOps/Infra work at your place. Unless they have a gleam in their eye or they say that developers can so most of it or a DevOps resource is embedded on each team I run. As a Staff Engineer it's a no win situation, if you recommend changes the current team hates you. If you don't and try to change things slowly or just tweak things to build trust, most managers are upset that you aren't "moving the needle". The only way I've made that work was to be in complete control and to go scorched earth. Loudly and often state the issues and to have solutions in the back pocket. Basically be unafraid to make the existing team hate you. To be clear I've only been here once and I TRIED to work with them. I didn't last long after righting the ship because I grew to hate the company and working there.