Principal Infra Architect – Remote, AWS & Kubernetes

Sezzle; Philippines; Remote; PHP 8,746,000 - 14,553,000; Full time

Job summary

Sezzle is seeking a Principal Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, operate, and scale the platform that powers Sezzle. You will tackle the hardest infrastructure problems: increasing throughput, reducing latency, and improving reliability as the business grows.

You will own complex initiatives from architecture through production rollout, working with AWS, Kubernetes, Aurora RDS, and IaC. Expect on-call responsibilities, incident response, and AI-assisted tooling to reduce toil while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure/platform engineering or related areas.
• Deep expertise with AWS, Kubernetes, and databases (Aurora MySQL/Postgres).
• Strong coding and automation skills with IaC experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture and evolution of core infrastructure.
• Design and build AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes platform.
• Scale and optimize Aurora RDS for MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Participate in on-call and drive incident recovery.

Skills

AWS expertise

Kubernetes production

Golang

Python

Incident response

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Aurora RDS

Job description

Sezzle is seeking a Principal Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, operate, and scale the platform that powers Sezzle. You will tackle the hardest infrastructure problems: increasing throughput, reducing latency, and improving reliability as the business grows.

You will own complex initiatives from architecture through production rollout, working with AWS, Kubernetes, Aurora RDS, and IaC. Expect on-call responsibilities, incident response, and AI-assisted tooling to reduce toil while