Design, build, and maintain core platform infrastructure to support scalable, reliable, and secure services across engineering teams.
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to ensure consistent, reliable environments.
Own major architectural decisions and long-term technical direction for Fieldguide’s infrastructure.
Build reusable platforms, abstractions, and AI-enabled tooling that raise the baseline for engineering teams.
Monitor and improve system reliability, performance, and cost efficiency through metrics, logging, and alerting frameworks (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch).
Ensure infrastructure security and compliance by implementing best practices for identity management, network segmentation, secrets handling, and vulnerability management.
Lead incident response and postmortem processes, driving root cause analysis and structural long-term improvements.
Mentor and collaborate with engineers and tech leads, fostering a culture of reliability, automation, and continuous improvement.
Support disaster recovery and business continuity planning, ensuring high availability and resilience of critical systems.
Document infrastructure design, architecture decisions, and operational procedures for transparency and team enablement.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience constructing complex cloud solutions using multiple AWS services.
Skilled in provisioning and configuring cloud services using Terraform and the AWS CLI / API.
Proficiency in designing effective monitoring/alerting and log aggregation solutions using tools like Datadog and AWS CloudWatch (New Relic, Prometheus/Grafana, etc.)
Solid understanding of data systems, including both SQL and NoSQL.
Experience in developing and maintaining software in security and regulatory compliance environments (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, etc.)
Comfortable participating in on-call support to ensure 24/7 availability of services.
Passion for mentoring and coaching other engineers.
Excellent communication and organizational skills and capable of managing multiple competing priorities.
Deep expertise designing systems and processes that make engineering teams measurably faster and more effective.
Clearly communicate technical strategy to managers and executives.

Benefits

Competitive compensation packages with meaningful ownership
Flexible PTO
401k
Wellness benefits, including a bundle of free therapy sessions
Technology & Work from Home reimbursement
Flexible work schedules

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

Infrastructure as CodeTerraformAWS servicesmonitoringalertinglog aggregationSQLNoSQLcloud solutionssecurity compliance

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationcommunicationorganizational skillsincident responseroot cause analysiscontinuous improvementfostering culturemanaging prioritiestechnical strategy communication

Certifications

SOC 2PCI-DSSHIPAA