Founding Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

CLERA; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Clera Labs, Inc. invites a founding cloud infrastructure engineer to build the production cloud foundation for an AI platform in San Mateo, CA. You will design from scratch, implement Kubernetes-based systems, and establish IaC and CI/CD pipelines for reliable, governed infrastructure.

Expect to own cloud architecture decisions, manage security and access controls, and scale relational and NoSQL databases. This is a full-time, on-site role in a fast-growing environment with visa sponsorship

Qualifications

• 5-12 years in cloud infrastructure roles; 5+ years operating production infra.
• Hands-on with AWS/GCP/Azure; networking, storage, compute, managed services.
• Experience architecting and managing Kubernetes or other container platforms.
• Proficient in IaC tools: Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, etc.
• Background in cloud/data infra with CI/CD, observability, security, access control.
• Experience designing relational and NoSQL databases at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and build cloud infrastructure from ground up through deployment and scale.
• Set architecture standards and best practices for infrastructure.
• Build and operate Kubernetes-based infra and IaC solutions.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, and logging.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Security & IAM

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Tools

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Job description

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI infrastructure team as its founding cloud infrastructure engineer. You will build the production cloud foundation for a platform that helps organizations provide reliable, governed context to AI systems.

What You'll Do

• Design and build cloud infrastructure from the ground up, taking systems from initial architecture through deployment and scale.

• Make foundational decisions about cloud architecture and establish infrastructure standards and best practices.

• Build and operate Kubernetes-based infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code solutions.

• Develop CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, observability, and logging systems.

• Design and maintain secure cloud networking, access controls, and database infrastructure.

What We're Looking For

• Approximately 5 to 12 years of experience, including at least 5 years building and operating production cloud infrastructure.

• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, including networking, storage, compute, and managed services.

• Production experience architecting and managing Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms.

• Experience implementing infrastructure as code with Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or similar tools.

• Background building and operating cloud or data infrastructure, with experience in CI/CD, observability, security, and access control.

• Experience designing database infrastructure for relational and NoSQL systems at scale.

• Comfort making architectural decisions and building from scratch in an early-stage or high-growth environment, with a stable employment history.

• Experience with data pipelines, knowledge graphs, graph databases, or AI and machine learning infrastructure is beneficial.

• Seeking full-time employment.

Compensation & Benefits

Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Mateo, California, United States.