Cloud DNS & Infrastructure Engineer for Scalable Backends

Leadout Capital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadout Capital seeks a backend software engineer focused on Python and cloud-scale infrastructure. You will design and maintain distributed systems spanning data centers, build infrastructure automation, and contribute to open source tooling.

Ideal candidates have strong Linux experience, Kubernetes/Docker, and a track record with CI/CD and monitoring. Join a team that values reliability and rapid feature delivery.

Qualifications

• 3+ years backend development with Python.
• Hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure).
• Strong knowledge of OOP, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerization.
• Infrastructure automation tools like Terraform, Puppet, Spinnaker, Git.
• Networking fundamentals: DNS, Load balancing, SSL, TCP/IP.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms.
• Design, develop, debug, and operate resilient distributed systems across data centers.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and write microservices on Kubernetes/Docker.
• Contribute to open source technologies and maintain monitoring pipelines.
• Resolve complex issues to improve availability, resilience, and performance.
• Balance live-site management with feature delivery and debt retirement.
• Participate in on-call rotation to keep services operational.

Skills

Python

Cloud architecture

Linux admin

Concurrency

OOP patterns

Data structures

CI/CD

Networking

Communication

On-call

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Spinnaker

Puppet

Grafana

Git

Job description

Leadout Capital seeks a backend software engineer focused on Python and cloud-scale infrastructure. You will design and maintain distributed systems spanning data centers, build infrastructure automation, and contribute to open source tooling.

Ideal candidates have strong Linux experience, Kubernetes/Docker, and a track record with CI/CD and monitoring. Join a team that values reliability and rapid feature delivery.