Kindred

Senior / Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Kindred

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $220,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDockerEC2JavaScriptKubernetesPythonTerraformTypeScript

About the role

  • Serve as infrastructure lead and own key decisions including cloud architecture, platform strategy, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code implementation.
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure that supports our growing platform and enables rapid product development.
  • Develop internal tools, automation, and backend services that improve developer productivity and operational efficiency.
  • Work directly with engineering, and data teams to ensure infrastructure supports current needs while scaling for future growth.
  • Help establish infrastructure best practices and mentor engineers across the organization on cloud architecture, observability, and operational excellence.

Requirements

  • Have 5+ years of technical experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles.
  • Have deep hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, VPC, IAM, etc.).
  • Have strong coding skills (Python, Javascript/Typescript, or similar) and experience building internal tools, automation scripts, and infrastructure services.
  • Have experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
  • Have experience with observability tools, monitoring, logging, and incident response practices.
  • Have demonstrated success leading infrastructure initiatives and making critical architectural decisions at previous roles.
  • Have prior experience at a high-growth stage company.
  • Treat engineering as the client who sees infrastructure as an enabler of innovation and rapid iteration.
  • Are motivated by building platforms that empower teams and enable exceptional consumer experiences.
  • Have the ability to exercise strong judgment and make difficult tradeoff decisions balancing cost, performance, security, and velocity.
  • Are an excellent listener and strong communicator, working well cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.
  • Are comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity.
  • Enjoy the process of building foundational systems that will support the company's growth for years to come.
  • Have a pragmatic approach to engineering — you're not dogmatic and know how to choose the best tool or process for the job at hand.
  • Come to work with energy, humility, and positivity.
Benefits
  • A vibrant, inclusive, and highly skilled team that ferociously protects team chemistry
  • A culture of championship (vs. just mentorship), feedback, and continual development
  • Competitive cash compensation and equity
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Unlimited credits to stay at Kindred homes during your time as an employee
  • $4,000 annual travel stipend to use toward travel costs to stay at a Kindred home
  • Remote-flexible work environment. We encourage team members to travel and adventure, including working from Kindred HQ in San Francisco!
  • Regular offsites to co-locate with the team

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
AWSPythonJavascriptTypescriptDockerKubernetesTerraformCloudFormationCI/CDinfrastructure-as-code
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationjudgmentproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilitymentoringlisteningpositivityhumility