Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Core Systems

Quick Node is a cloud-based infrastructure company that powers the blockchain ecosystem.

Our mission is to be the indispensable utility that empowers companies and innovators globally to build next-generation, Web3 enabled businesses & applications using blockchain technology. Quick Node is backed by some of the world's best investors including Tiger Global, Y Combinator, Soft Bank, and the Seven Seven Six Fund. The Quick Node team has over 120 people maintaining high performance global data infrastructure for amazing customers serving billions of requests daily.

We are a global remote company with an HQ in Miami, Florida.

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Quick Node, you’ll play a pivotal role in architecting, developing, and implementing our next-generation infrastructure platforms across both private and public clouds. This role focuses on building robust, scalable systems that go beyond traditional cloud deployments—developing hybrid environments that integrate bare-metal, virtualization, and orchestration technologies. You’ll drive automation, standardization, and operational excellence across Quick Node’s infrastructure ecosystem, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability as we expand our Web3 infrastructure footprint globally.

• Research, architect, and deploy complex infrastructure systems across bare-metal servers, hypervisors, orchestrators, virtual machines, and containerized environments.

• Design and implement automation using Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration Management principles (Terraform, Ansible, Consul) to ensure reproducibility, speed, and consistency in infrastructure deployment.

• Establish and maintain infrastructure standards, documentation, and architecture diagrams to support scale, reliability, and compliance across environments.

• Partner with Technical Operations, Cloud Ops, and Platform teams to ensure smooth integration of systems, improve deployment efficiency, and enhance observability.

• Optimize resource allocation and infrastructure cost efficiency while maintaining performance and uptime goals.

• Continuously improve resilience and scalability through proactive capacity planning, disaster recovery testing, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Systems Administration, Datacenter Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering, with deep expertise in Linux/Unix systems

• Proven success designing and managing hybrid cloud and traditional infrastructure platforms at scale (bare-metal, virtualized, and cloud-native).

• Hands-on experience with automation, configuration management, and CI/CD tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Consul, and Jenkins.

• Proficiency with observability and monitoring platforms (Grafana, ELK, Victoria Metrics, Data Dog).

• Programming experience in one or more languages such as Python, Go, or JavaScript.

• Strong understanding of infrastructure architecture principles — scalability, redundancy, fault tolerance, and cost optimization.

• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and networking fundamentals across cloud and datacenter environments.

• A proactive, analytical mindset and the ability to deliver under pressure while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and reliability.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills to facilitate alignment across cross-functional engineering teams.

The US base salary range and level for this position are $161,000 - $210,250 per year and level P4. International ranges, in local currency, will be discussed during the hiring process with applicable candidates. This role is eligible for a quarterly bonus tied to company and individual goal achievement. We consider years of experience, level of proficiency in job function, the technical competencies required and location when determining base salary ranges for positions and levels.

The Quick Node compensation philosophy includes pillars to ensure fair and unbiased compensation for all employees. To design and deliver total reward offerings that are employee-centric. To offer a competitive benefit package in all locations where we operate. To prioritize attracting and…