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Posted July 30, 2026

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

planet earth recruiting
San Francisco, CA, US Full Time
200000USD - 260000USD per year

Job Description

Job Description

About the Opportunity

Help build the foundation that powers the next generation of AI applications. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll architect and own infrastructure systems that enable product teams to ship fast without worrying about reliability or scale. This is high-impact, systems-level work.

What You'll Do

  • Design and build infrastructure platforms (CI/CD, observability, service mesh, etc.)
  • Improve developer productivity by reducing toil and improving tooling
  • Own reliability and performance; drive SLA improvements across the platform
  • Collaborate with product and backend teams to unblock scaling challenges
  • Mentor engineers; participate in architecture reviews and technical decisions

What We're Looking For

  • 7+ years of software engineering; 3+ years focused on infrastructure, platform, or DevOps
  • Strong understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud infrastructure
  • Experience building internal developer platforms or enabling tools
  • Systems thinking; ability to design for scale, reliability, and observability
  • Comfortable with Linux, shell scripting, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm, etc.)

Preferred: Experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI); background in observability stacks; knowledge of databases and data pipeline infrastructure.

About the Opportunity

Company details and full scope will be shared with candidates who advance in the process.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base salary: $200,000–$260,000 USD
  • Equity participation
  • Medical, dental, vision coverage
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Learning and development budget

Location / Work Model

San Francisco, CA. Hybrid; remote-friendly.

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