Senior Infrastructure Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Act as the infrastructure lead and take ownership of significant decisions regarding cloud architecture, platform strategy, deployment pipelines, and the implementation of infrastructure-as-code.

• Design, create, and sustain scalable AWS infrastructure that supports the expanding platform.

• Develop internal tools, automate processes, and build backend services to enhance developer productivity and operational efficiency.

• Collaborate directly with engineering and data teams to address current requirements and facilitate future growth.

• Set and promote best practices for infrastructure.

• Provide mentorship to engineers throughout the organization on cloud architecture, observability, and operational excellence.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of technical experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE positions.

• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services, including EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, VPC, and IAM.

• Proficient coding skills in Python, Javascript/Typescript, or comparable languages.

• Experience in developing internal tools, automation scripts, and infrastructure services.

• Proven track record in implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent tools.

• Knowledge of observability tools, monitoring, logging, and incident response methodologies.

• Demonstrated success in leading infrastructure projects and making essential architectural decisions.

• Previous experience at a rapidly growing company.

• Strong judgment with the ability to balance cost, performance, security, and speed.

• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Comfort in navigating uncertainty and ambiguity.

• A pragmatic approach to engineering and tool selection.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive cash compensation and equity.

• Comprehensive health benefits.

• Flexible time off.

• 12 paid holidays each year.

• 21 credits annually to stay in Kindred homes.

• $4,000 yearly travel stipend to assist with travel-related expenses.

• Remote-first and remote-flexible work environment, offering opportunities to work from anywhere and gather in person, including at Kindred HQ in San Francisco.

• Regular team and company offsite events.

• An inclusive and highly skilled team.

• A culture that values high standards, feedback, and continuous growth.