Foundational Infrastructure Engineer — Remote‑First, High Impact

Numeral; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, remote-first culture

Strong mentorship and ownership opportunities

Job summary

A leading tech startup is seeking a foundational Software Engineer (Infrastructure) in San Francisco to design and build core infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience with backend systems and proficiency in Node.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS. This role offers the opportunity to shape the company's technical direction and is part of a remote-first culture with strong mentorship opportunities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building and scaling backend or infrastructure systems in high-growth environments.
• Experience managing containerized workloads using tools like Kubernetes, ECS, or similar.
• Strong debugging and performance optimization skills across the stack.

Responsibilities

• Design and build highly scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure.
• Lead infrastructure architecture decisions for performance, observability, and fault tolerance.
• Drive improvements in system reliability, monitoring, and incident response.

Skills

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Redis

AWS

Kubernetes

Tools

Datadog

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Job description

A leading tech startup is seeking a foundational Software Engineer (Infrastructure) in San Francisco to design and build core infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience with backend systems and proficiency in Node.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS. This role offers the opportunity to shape the company's technical direction and is part of a remote-first culture with strong mentorship opportunities.