Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Join the infrastructure team at an early-stage AI-powered social software company. You will help scale the distributed systems behind high-volume data ingestion and real-time AI agents, while shaping infrastructure practices as the platform grows.

• Own the reliability and scalability of distributed systems supporting data ingestion and real-time AI agents.
• Build and improve ETL pipelines and data infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, and Click House.
• Develop automation, tooling, and product features across the stack with Python, Type Script, or Java, working with product and design teams.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, respond to customer issues, and lead incident response.
• Strengthen infrastructure-as-code with Pulumi, CI/CD, and observability practices.

• 5 to 16 years of experience in SRE, infrastructure, platform, or Dev Ops engineering, including operating production systems.
• Recent experience at a startup or rapidly scaling company, ideally with experience establishing or maturing an SRE practice.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or similar cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.
• Full-stack experience building operational services and tooling with Python, Type Script, or Java.
• A degree, strong cross-functional collaboration skills, and a track record without a pattern of roles lasting less than a year.

Base salary is $200,000 to $300,000 annually. Candidates must have US work authorization or be eligible for visa transfer. New visa sponsorship is not available.

Hybrid in Palo Alto, California, with four days per week on-site.