Staff Infrastructure Engineer

WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION; München; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Tools for Humanity (TFH) is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to establish our team presence in Munich. You will contribute to the technical direction and best practices for our infrastructure, blending hands-on administration with automation to support global systems.

You will focus on reliability, scaling, and security across diverse platforms, collaborating with a distributed team to advance our mission and projects in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifikationen

• Strong hands-on systems engineering experience with Linux, networking, and cloud environments.
• Experience building automation and tooling for reliability and scale.
• Proactive, thoughtful problem-solver who communicates clearly across distributed teams.

Aufgaben

• Contribute to technical direction and best practices for global infrastructure.
• Build and maintain automation tooling and CI/CD pipelines for reliability.
• Support large-scale, distributed systems and security services across regions.

Kenntnisse

Linux

Networking

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Infrastructure-as-code

Automation

Site Reliability Engineering

Distributed systems

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Jobbeschreibung

About The Company

Tools for Humanity (TFH) designs and builds technology behind World. World is building a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI. As bots and autonomous agents reshape the internet, people, institutions, and applications need a trusted way to confirm who is a real human while preserving privacy. The TFH and World tech stacks make this possible: the Orb verifies real, unique people, World ID proves it privately, and World App puts these capabilities, and more, in people’s hands. Together, they add a human layer to an AI-driven internet.

About The Company

Tools for Humanity (TFH) designs and builds technology behind World. World is building a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI. As bots and autonomous agents reshape the internet, people, institutions, and applications need a trusted way to confirm who is a real human while preserving privacy. The TFH and World tech stacks make this possible: the Orb verifies real, unique people, World ID proves it privately, and World App puts these capabilities, and more, in people’s hands. Together, they add a human layer to an AI-driven internet.

World is already running at a global scale. More than 17 million people across 160 countries have verified with World ID, and more new Orb verifications take place each week. World App is already among the most used wallets globally. Developers are integrating World ID to build safer online experiences and create spaces where real people can participate, earn, and be recognized in ways AI simply can’t replicate.

Founded in 2019, TFH has more than 400 people across hardware, software, AI, cryptography, mobile engineering, and global operations. Our teams come from OpenAI, Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Google, Stripe, Meta, Coinbase, Palantir and MIT Media Lab. We’re backed by leading investors, including a16z, Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital, Variant, Tiger Global, and Coinbase Ventures, as well as prominent operators and founders across fintech and AI.

TFH and World have been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, highlighted in Fast Company’s Next 5 in Fintech, and explored in a Bloomberg deep dive. The New York Times, Bankless and TechCrunch have all recognized our collective progress in identity, cryptography, AI, and global-scale hardware deployment. Our leadership is also named to the Time AI 100. Learn more about the newest product launches from our Liftoff event.

About The Team

Our Infrastructure team is a collaborative group of experienced engineers dedicated to supporting the World project's mission. With diverse backgrounds from across the technology landscape, we work together to solve complex challenges and provide a stable foundation for the entire organization. We are now thoughtfully expanding our team from Europe to the US, and we’re looking for a new member to help us grow. We believe in sharing knowledge and supporting each other as we tackle the unique opportunity of building infrastructure for a global community.

This opportunity is based in Munich.

About The Opportunity

We are looking for a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to help establish our team's presence in the United States. This is a meaningful role where you will contribute significantly to the technical direction and best practices for our infrastructure in the region. Your work will involve a thoughtful blend of responsibilities, from hands-on systems administration to building reliable automation and contributing to our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practice. There is never a dull day; your contributions will support a wide variety of critical systems, including our anonymous multi-party computation platforms, internal security services, and blockchain node deployments. Ultimately, your work will directly support our teams and the project's long-term goals.

About You

• You have a strong foundation in systems engineering, including hands-on experience with Linux, networking, and cloud environments like AWS or GCP.
• You enjoy building tools and automation that make work easier and more reliable for everyone, with experience in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
• You are a proactive and thoughtful problem-solver, taking the initiative to see challenges through to resolution.
• You are a kind and clear communicator, able to work effectively with a distributed team and patiently support colleagues with different technical backgrounds.
• You are motivated by the opportunity to contribute your expertise to a project with a broad and positive mission.
• Your background includes experience working on large-scale, distributed systems.