Senior Infrastructure Engineer

. **Infrastructure Architecture:** Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure with a core focus on **scalability and security**.

Posted 4/1/2026full-timeRemote • District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesTypeScript

Key responsibilities & impact

**Infrastructure Architecture:** Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure with a core focus on **scalability and security**.
**Automation & SRE:** Architect and operate containerized systems (**Docker, Kubernetes**), automating provisioning and deployments using **Terraform, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines**.
**Security & Resilience:** Configure and manage **secure enclaves (e.g., AWS Nitro)** to harden critical workflows and improve overall system resilience.
**Observability:** Implement and maintain robust **observability** with tools like **Datadog** across logs, metrics, and traces.
**Optimization:** Optimize performance and reliability of Node.js applications and backend services.
**Strategy Alignment:** Partner with product and security teams to align infrastructure decisions with the roadmap and risk strategy.

What you’ll need

**Experience:** **8+ years** of infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE experience in **cloud-native systems**.
**Cloud Expertise:** Strong expertise with **AWS** (Lambda, EKS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, etc.). GCP is a plus.
**IaC & CI/CD:** Highly skilled in **Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)** and advanced CI/CD automations.
**Containerization:** Deep knowledge of **Docker, Kubernetes**, and containerized microservices architecture.
**Database Management:** Experience administering and tuning **SQL and NoSQL databases**.
**Security:** Solid understanding of **infrastructure security and applied cryptography fundamentals**.
**Programming:** Proficiency in scripting and systems programming (Python, Go, Rust, or TypeScript).
**Soft Skills:** Clear communication skills, ability to operate under pressure, and make sound technical decisions.

Comp & perks

Highly competitive base salary range of **$180K–$300K per year** (full-time).
Generous **stock options (100–200)** package vested over 4 years.
Comprehensive **Healthcare, 401K**, and coverage for **travel expenses**.
**Remote-first** role within the **United States**, with office options available.
Provided with a **MacBook Pro and essentials** for a high-performance setup.

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud infrastructurescalabilitysecurityautomationcontainerizationDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDNode.js

Soft Skills

clear communicationability to operate under pressuretechnical decision making