Location: Remote - Based in ET+2 / -3, NY preferred
Remote | Full-time
Compensation: $170K - $220K
Our client is a venture-backed financial technology firm dedicated to transforming the global movement of money through stablecoin infrastructure. Backed by premier investors such as Paradigm and Dragonfly, the organization is building a full-service platform designed to make issuing, managing, and integrating digital dollars seamless for developers, fintechs, and institutional partners.
The team operates with the discipline of high-performance finance and the agility of a crypto-native startup. They are currently seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design and build an internal platform that empowers product teams to deploy software with confidence, reliability, and speed. This individual will bring a software engineering mindset to infrastructure by building reusable abstractions, internal services, and developer tooling that reduce cognitive load across the engineering organization.
This is a remote-friendly role with a preference for candidates who can maintain a majority overlap with Eastern Time (ET) business hours.
Key Responsibilities
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Platform Architecture: Own and evolve core platform components, including a TypeScript-based Pulumi codebase and Kubernetes-based runtime environments.
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Engineering Standards: Enforce high engineering standards through code, architecting scalable systems that prioritize reliability and security.
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Developer Experience: Improve developer productivity by building internal development platforms focused on self-service and "golden paths."
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System Observability: Design and maintain the monitoring stack, defining SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, and operational dashboards.
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Infrastructure as Code: Build reusable systems and infrastructure primitives rather than one-off scripts to ensure a scalable and maintainable environment.
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Operational Excellence: Participate in the maintenance and operations of production-grade systems, including on-call rotations and incident response tooling.
Requirements
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Professional Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a significant focus on infrastructure and cloud domains.
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Technical Proficiency: Strong programming skills in TypeScript or another strictly typed language.
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Cloud & Orchestration: Deep understanding of AWS architecture and proven experience designing, operating, and scaling Kubernetes workloads.
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Systems Design: Strong grasp of distributed systems fundamentals, including availability, consistency, and fault tolerance.
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Tooling & Patterns: Familiarity with GitOps patterns, deployment automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) systems.
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Collaborative Mindset: Ability to operate in short feedback loops and a desire to build foundational infrastructure for the future of digital finance.
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Time Zone Alignment: Ability to provide significant overlap with Eastern Time business hours.
Benefits
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High-Impact Work: Opportunity to build foundational infrastructure for a next-generation financial fabric.
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Elite Team: Work alongside a small, mission-driven group of builders from high-performance finance and crypto backgrounds.
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Growth Environment: Engagement with a fast-moving, well-funded startup during a period of high growth.
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Inclusive Culture: Our client is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering a diverse and equitable workplace regardless of race, religion, gender identity, or veteran status.
Interview Process
The selection process for this position consists of the following stages:
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Recruiter / HR Initial Screening: Candidates will be asked to respond to a set of questions via video recording.
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Hiring Manager Interview: A technical and background discussion with the Head of Engineering.
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Technical Interview I: Deep dive into engineering capabilities and systems design.
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Technical Interview II: Further assessment of infrastructure expertise and coding proficiency.
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Final Interview: Comprehensive review and cultural alignment.