Infrastructure Engineer

Opendoor; Toronto; On-site; CAD 290,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Canada is seeking a seasoned Staff Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design, development, and evolution of their cloud infrastructure. The role involves optimizing operations, implementing infrastructure as code, and driving best practices. Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of experience in infrastructure, strong AWS and Kubernetes skills, and a passion for automation. The position offers a competitive compensation package including bonuses and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k)

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or site reliability engineering roles.
• Strong expertise with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, IAM, VPC, RDS, S3, etc.).
• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) in production environments.
• Proficient in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CDK.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure in AWS.
• Lead efforts in Kubernetes (EKS) architecture, cluster management, and deployment strategies.
• Collaborate with application and platform engineering teams on CI/CD workflows.
• Define and implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools.

Skills

AWS services

Kubernetes (EKS)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Scripting and automation (Python, Bash, Go)

Monitoring and observability systems

Education

AWS Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)

Tools

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

CloudWatch

Job description

About the Role

We’re looking for a seasoned Staff Infrastructure Engineer to join our engineering team and lead the design, development, and evolution of our cloud infrastructure. In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of scaling our platform, optimizing cloud operations, and driving infrastructure best practices in a modern, services-based architecture.

You’ll work closely with the product engineering, developer experience and security teams to ensure our infrastructure is robust, secure, scalable, and aligned with our product goals. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, have deep experience in AWS and Kubernetes, and are passionate about infrastructure as code and automation, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure in AWS using best practices.
• Lead our efforts in Kubernetes (EKS) architecture, cluster management, and deployment strategies.
• Collaborate with application and platform engineering teams to optimize microservices deployment, CI/CD workflows, and service orchestration.
• Define and implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or AWS CDK.
• Drive observability and performance monitoring strategies using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
• Champion DevOps culture across the organization and mentor other engineers on cloud-native best practices.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Conduct architecture reviews, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, proactively recommending improvements.

What You’ll Need

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or site reliability engineering roles.
• Strong expertise with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, IAM, VPC, RDS, S3, etc.).
• Deep hands‑on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) in production environments.
• Proficient in infrastructure‑as‑code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CDK.
• Experience with microservices and distributed systems architectures.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
• Proven experience with monitoring, logging, and observability systems.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and cloud infrastructure best practices.
• Experience in a high‑scale, SaaS or cloud‑native environment.
• Familiarity with service meshes (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and container runtimes.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Jenkins.
• AWS Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) are a plus.

Why Join Us

• Work on cutting‑edge cloud infrastructure and architecture.
• Make a real impact on how we scale and ship reliable services.
• Collaborate with a team of passionate engineers in a culture of learning and growth.
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits package.

Compensation

The base pay range for this position is $214,000 - $294,800 annually, plus RSUs and bonuses. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on your qualifications, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer a comprehensive package of benefits including unlimited PTO, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

At Opendoor our mission is to tilt the world in favor of homeowners and those who aim to become one. Homeownership matters. It's how people build wealth, stability, and community. It's how families put down roots, how neighborhoods strengthen, how the future gets built. We're building the modern system of homeownership giving people the freedom to buy and sell on their own terms. We’ve built an end‑to‑end online experience that has already helped thousands of people and we’re just getting started.