Software Engineer, Infrastructure

For our client, we are seeking a Software Engineer, Infrastructure to join the team of a leader in the Media space.

This role will shape the infrastructure that supports core product delivery, with a strong focus on reliability, deployment efficiency, and operational excellence. You will partner closely with engineering teams to improve the systems that power AI workflows, production services, and internal developer velocity. The position also calls for thoughtful decision-making around cost, performance, and security in a fast-moving environment.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $220,000 – $292,000 annually

Responsibilities

• Own the infrastructure foundation, including GCP, Kubernetes, and deployment processes, with a focus on reliability and efficiency
• Manage AI enablement systems, including GPU capacity and pipelines for model training and inference
• Make informed engineering decisions that balance cost constraints with performance and efficiency
• Implement security measures across systems, including identity and access management and secrets management
• Develop clear infrastructure documentation and observability insights to improve team understanding and responsiveness
• Drive improvements in team processes, including tools and practices that help teams ship quality releases faster
• Mentor and guide engineers through technical feedback and knowledge sharing

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with production distributed systems or similar server-side engineering focused on infrastructure
• Experience leveraging agents strategically and critically assessing AI applications in work processes
• Experience managing high-stakes systems where failure incurs significant costs, with practical knowledge of reliability and deployment
• Hands-on experience with incident management, including on-call responsibilities and executing rollbacks under pressure
• Familiarity with SLOs and error budgets as operational tools for reliability management
• Proven experience with major cloud services and Kubernetes, with a preference for infrastructure-as-code methodologies
• Experience directing the architecture or migration of significant projects, with an understanding of long-term implications and areas for improvement

Benefits

• Equity options available to employees
• Flexible work environment
• Opportunity to work on projects that leverage the organization's own product, with applications reviewed by a human if a video submission is included

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.