Infra & SRE Intern — On-Prem Backend

Fab2; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 84,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Lunches daily

Stocked office kitchen

Weekly learning & development

Commuter benefits including parking

Paid time off incl. holidays & sick

Visa sponsorship

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

fab2 is seeking an Infrastructure and Site Reliability Intern for the winter term in San Francisco. The role focuses on on-prem backend infrastructure without heavy use of Docker or cloud services, using bare-metal Linux, systemd, and single-file binaries.

A portfolio demonstrating real projects is required for application. You will design, deploy, and manage our on-prem infrastructure, working closely with engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or demonstrated exceptional skill in software engineering.
• Strong programming skills in Rust, Go, or other systems-oriented languages.
• Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems concepts.
• Experience building or maintaining non-trivial infrastructure, automation, or tooling projects (personal, academic, or professional).
• Interest in systems reliability, observability, infrastructure automation, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve infrastructure-as-code tooling for multi-environment deployments.
• Help manage on-premises servers ensuring high availability and efficient resource use.
• Monitor and maintain system performance across production workloads.
• Design and refine alerting systems to catch issues early.
• Build automation to reduce toil and improve efficiency.
• Implement secure secret management across systems.
• Debug production issues across the stack.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to meet infrastructure needs.

Skills

Rust

Go

Linux

Networking fundamentals

Distributed systems

Systems programming

Education

Pursuing BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Datadog

Vault/SOPS

PKI

Job description

fab2 is seeking an Infrastructure and Site Reliability Intern for the winter term in San Francisco. The role focuses on on-prem backend infrastructure without heavy use of Docker or cloud services, using bare-metal Linux, systemd, and single-file binaries.

A portfolio demonstrating real projects is required for application. You will design, deploy, and manage our on-prem infrastructure, working closely with engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.