Founding Product Infra Engineer: Scale the AI Backbone

Netic; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI service company in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Product Infrastructure Engineer to own the infrastructure that powers AI agents. You will define deployment strategies, optimize databases, and establish best practices for reliability and security. With a strong focus on automation and performance, you will work closely with other engineers to scale infrastructure for growth. This is an in-person role that demands strong foundational skills in cloud production systems, backed by experience in databases and observability tools.

Qualifications

• 4+ years operating production systems at scale.
• Deep experience with infrastructure-as-code.
• Hands-on experience running and tuning production databases.
• Practical experience with modern monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with IAM and networking concepts.
• Product-minded approach to infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define deployment and environment strategies.
• Own and optimize databases at scale.
• Establish best practices for reliability and security.
• Plan infrastructure growth for the next 12–24 months.

Skills

Infrastructure automation expertise

Strong infrastructure foundations

Database and performance judgment

Observability fluency

Security and reliability awareness

Product-minded infrastructure thinking

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Datadog

Job description

A leading AI service company in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Product Infrastructure Engineer to own the infrastructure that powers AI agents. You will define deployment strategies, optimize databases, and establish best practices for reliability and security. With a strong focus on automation and performance, you will work closely with other engineers to scale infrastructure for growth. This is an in-person role that demands strong foundational skills in cloud production systems, backed by experience in databases and observability tools.