Infra Engineer - Datacenters
Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, 99611, USA
Listed on 2026-06-04
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Software Development
Backend Developer, Software Engineer
This is a remote position available anywhere in the world! Linked In makes us show a country, but we hire the best people wherever they are.
At Railway, we make it simple to ship anything. A lot goes into that. This role bridges the universe of atoms, to the universe of bits.
We’ve built ground up infrastructure to deliver better-than-best-in-class experience to all of our users, by building datacenters all over the world.
They’re designed for performance of course, but also for resilience and reliability. Doesn’t matter how good your stuff is if it doesn’t stay up right?
“The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it”
- Confucius
Curious? Learn more in our blog post about this team and the great work they’re doing:
So You Want to Build Your Own Data Center
Want to learn about our work culture? Here is a three-part blog series that will help you see the unique ways our team works (1 and 2 and
3).
Expect to need all of these, day to day, to excel at Railway
Built application level code (Golang, GRPC, Postgres, etc)
Made use of OS primitives (syscalls, cgroups, etc)
Delivered projects 0→N. Lead it, scaled it, seen your “brilliant solutions” become tech debt, etc
Operated with agency and urgency (bonus points if remotely!)
Had enough foresight to ship for today, design for 10x, and engineer for 100x in 18mo
Communicated clearly using RFCs/Docs/etc to break up + deliver large, nebulous tasks
Been oncall and know that you will be 1-2 weeks per quarter
Constructed monitoring, alerts, and dashboards to notify you before things break
Built the confidence to say no to 99% of things, and the grit to deliver the 1% that matter
At Railway, we make it simple to ship anything. A lot goes into that. This role bridges the universe of atoms, to the universe of bits.
We’ve built ground up infrastructure to deliver better-than-best-in-class experience to all of our users, by building datacenters all over the world.
They’re designed for performance of course, but also for resilience and reliability. Doesn’t matter how good your stuff is if it doesn’t stay up right?
“The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it”
- Confucius
Curious? Learn more in our blog post about this team and the great work they’re doing:
So You Want to Build Your Own Data Center
Want to learn about our work culture? Here is a three-part blog series that will help you see the unique ways our team works (1 and 2 and
3).
Required Qualifications/Experience
Expect to need all of these, day to day, to excel at Railway
Built application level code (Golang, GRPC, Postgres, etc)
Made use of OS primitives (syscalls, cgroups, etc)
Delivered projects 0→N. Lead it, scaled it, seen your “brilliant solutions” become tech debt, etc
Operated with agency and urgency (bonus points if remotely!)
Had enough foresight to ship for today, design for 10x, and engineer for 100x in 18mo
Communicated clearly using RFCs/Docs/etc to break up + deliver large, nebulous tasks
Been oncall and know that you will be 1-2 weeks per quarter
Constructed monitoring, alerts, and dashboards to notify you before things break
Built the confidence to say no to 99% of things, and the grit to deliver the 1% that matter
Desired Qualifications/Experience
Expect to go deep in 1-2 of these to do the best work of your life
Designed and procured $1m+ hardware for datacenters
Managed and orchestrated supply chains globally
Designed rack level layouts for optimal efficiency (heat/energy/etc)
Built automated systems for inventory management up to PXE bootstrapping
We value and love to work with diverse persons from all backgrounds
Things to know
For better or worse, we're a startup; our team dynamics are different from companies of different sizes and stages.
We're distributed ALL across the globe, and that's only going to be more and more distributed. As a result, stuff is ALWAYS happening.
We do NOT expect you to work all the time, but you'll have to be diligent about your boundaries because the end of your day may overlap with the start of someone else's.
We're a small team, with high ownership, who are not only…
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