Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer

Overview

We’re seeking a Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer to join our NYC-based team (we are an in‑person company) to give teams across Ultra safe and compliant access to the data that helps accomplish their goals. Engineering shouldn’t be the bottleneck on a new stats page or internal system. We are an early stage company moving very fast in a rapidly growing space, and welcome people from any background as long as you’re excited to join our mission, drive immediate impact, and create a future where automation is accessible to all.

• You’ve have 5+ years of professional software development experience
• You’re using AI to write your code
• You have thought a lot about authentication, authorization, and misbehaving agents
• You consider yourself a software generalist and have worked on a variety of software systems
• You are proficient in Python and are familiar with different languages and programming paradigms
• You know how to deploy high-quality production code as a part of a software team and are comfortable moving uncomfortably fast
• You thrive in a high-trust, high-autonomy environment. You don’t need to be micromanaged on what the top priorities are at any given moment
• You’re hungry for impact and personal growth, and like to have fun in the pursuit

• Own Ultra’s internal authentication and authorization system
• Build the core infrastructure to allow teams to safely and quickly build internal tools
• Onboard new data sources and their permissions models
• Understand and influence the Ultra's compliance policies

• You’ve build this system at another company
• You have strong opinions about the best way to implement RBAC