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Infrastructure Engineer


Job Location:

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 175000 - 275000
Posted: 22 August 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 19 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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Infrastructure Engineer
Location - United States (Remote) - (Hybrid 2-3 Days Per Week in San Francisco or New York City for candidates in those locations)
Compensation - $175000 $275000 Base Competitive Equity
Visa - Visa Transfers Supported (OPT/H1B Transfers)
Company Stage - Series C ($100M Raised $2B Valuation)
Industry - Developer Infrastructure Enterprise SaaS Cloud Infrastructure Identity Infrastructure Distributed Systems AI Infrastructure
About the Company

The company is building the infrastructure foundation powering the next generation of software companies.

Its platform provides critical enterprise infrastructure authentication and identity solutions used by some of the worlds most innovative technology companies including OpenAI Perplexity Vercel Cursor and Plaid.

Backed by leading investors with more than $100M raised and a valuation exceeding $2B the company combines the resources of a well-funded growth-stage startup with the ownership speed and technical depth of a smaller engineering organization.

As an Infrastructure Engineer youll join a highly collaborative Foundations team responsible for building and scaling the distributed systems cloud infrastructure developer tooling and reliability foundations that power the companys platform.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a senior-level infrastructure team where engineers have full ownership work directly with product engineering teams and solve complex distributed systems challenges at meaningful scale.

What Youll Do
  • Design and maintain distributed systems powering core parts of the platform
  • Own infrastructure architecture decisions focused on scalability reliability and performance
  • Build and evolve cloud infrastructure across AWS and modern infrastructure tooling
  • Design scalable systems handling millions of requests from enterprise customers
  • Partner closely with product engineering teams through an embedded infrastructure model
  • Provide architectural guidance and technical expertise during product development
  • Build internal tools shared infrastructure and developer productivity systems
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines deployment workflows and engineering velocity
  • Manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools
  • Build reliable Kubernetes-based infrastructure platforms
  • Participate in production on-call rotations and incident response
  • Diagnose complex production issues and improve system reliability
  • Contribute to technical design reviews and architecture discussions
  • Document systems decisions and best practices to improve engineering effectiveness
  • Drive continuous improvements across infrastructure reliability and developer experience
Ideal Candidate Background
Experience Requirements
  • 47 years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering SRE or Platform Engineering
  • Experience working at modern cloud-native technology companies
  • Experience building and operating production infrastructure at meaningful scale
  • Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems
  • Experience working across multiple engineering organizations or companies
  • Experience in one of two profiles:
    • Embedded SRE generalist who partners closely with product engineering teams
    • Distributed systems-focused infrastructure engineer who enjoys architecture and scalability challenges
  • Experience participating in production incident response and on-call rotations
  • Experience working in collaborative high-ownership engineering environments
  • Strong startup mindset with ability to operate independently
Technical Requirements
  • Strong infrastructure and platform engineering fundamentals
  • Experience with Kubernetes or equivalent container orchestration systems
  • Strong experience with AWS GCP or another major cloud provider
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts
  • Experience designing scalable and reliable backend infrastructure
  • Experience with networking deployment systems and production operations
  • Experience improving developer productivity through internal tooling
  • Familiarity with TypeScript-based infrastructure or application environments is a plus
  • Experience building CI/CD systems and engineering workflows
  • Experience troubleshooting complex production systems
Education
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or another technical discipline preferred
  • Strong engineering background with demonstrated infrastructure expertise
  • Exceptional professional experience may substitute for formal education
Soft Skills
  • Strong collaboration skills
  • Warm and approachable communication style
  • Comfortable embedding with engineering teams
  • Strong ownership mentality
  • Excellent incident response judgment
  • Ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly
  • Comfortable operating in flat autonomous organizations
  • Strong documentation and communication habits
  • Continuous learner with strong technical curiosity
  • Passion for building reliable engineering systems
Compensation & Benefits
  • Base Salary: $175000 $275000
  • Competitive Equity Package
  • Fully remote across the United States and Canada
  • Hybrid flexibility for candidates in San Francisco and New York City
  • Opportunity to build infrastructure powering leading AI and software companies
  • Direct ownership over distributed systems and platform architecture
  • Work alongside senior infrastructure engineers from leading technology companies
  • High-growth Series C company with strong financial backing
  • Flat engineering structure with significant autonomy
  • Opportunity to influence infrastructure strategy at company scale
Why Join

This is an opportunity to build the infrastructure foundation behind some of the worlds most innovative software companies.

Youll work on distributed systems cloud infrastructure Kubernetes platforms developer tooling and reliability challenges that directly impact companies shaping the future of software and AI.

As an Infrastructure Engineer youll have true ownership over critical systems collaborate with experienced engineers and help define how modern infrastructure is built and operated at scale.


Required Experience:

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