SandboxAQ

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Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Full TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 2021Company SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

9 days ago

Salary

$168.3K - $276K / year

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformKotlinKubernetesPythonTerraformGo

Job Description

• Engineer the Platform: Design and build our internal self-service Cloud Platform as a Product. You will develop production-grade software that automates the provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management of our global infrastructure. • Architect Scalable, Resilient Cloud: Lead the design of highly available, multi-region cloud architectures (AWS/GCP) for low-latency, high-throughput security services, making key decisions on distributed systems, state management, and disaster recovery. • Extend Kubernetes: Build and maintain custom Kubernetes Controllers, Operators, and CRDs to orchestrate complex, stateful workloads and enforce best practices automatically. • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Rigor: Apply software engineering standards to IaC. Architect reusable Terraform/OpenTofu modules, implement automated infrastructure testing (Terratest), and enforce GitOps (ArgoCD) for deterministic deployments. • Build Developer Tooling: Design and code CLIs, APIs, and SDKs to abstract infrastructure complexity for product engineers while enforcing security and compliance guardrails. • Drive Technical Excellence: Mentor engineers on cloud-native patterns, review infrastructure code, and champion a culture of automation.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of production experience in an Infrastructure, Platform, or Developer Productivity role
  • Strong proficiency for developing SDKs, CLIs or APIs (Go, Python, Kotlin)
  • Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining complex orchestration pipelines
  • Deep expertise in Kubernetes, containerization and container orchestration
  • Production experience with large scale distributed systems
  • Experience managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform, Helm
  • Extensive cloud provider experience with AWS or GCP

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents with generous employer premium contributions
  • Retirement savings with company matching
  • Paid parental leave
  • Inclusive family-building benefits
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Company-wide seasonal breaks
  • Support for flexible work arrangements that enable sustainable performance
  • Opportunities for continuous learning and growth through on-the-job development, cross-functional collaboration, and access to internal learning and development programs

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