Infrastructure Engineer Architect /Full Time Role

HARAMAIN SYSTEMS INC.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

HARAMAIN SYSTEMS INC. in Palo Alto, CA, seeks an Infrastructure Engineer/Architect to design, monitor, and improve highly available mortgage-processing infrastructure. This hybrid, full-time role focuses on tooling, reliability, and developer productivity.

You will lead efforts to reduce deploy pain, mentor junior engineers, and foster best practices for scalable, resilient systems. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to keep systems healthy and responsive.

Qualifications

• Must: Proficient in TypeScript and at least one other technology for backend programming.
• Must: Experience with caching, cloud services, scaling systems, integrations, or event-driven architectures.
• Nice: Experience with backend AWS.

Responsibilities

• Keep highly available systems highly available. We process mortgage transactions that can't go down. You'll design, monitor, and improve the infrastructure that makes that possible.
• Make developers more productive. Slow builds, flaky tests, painful deploys – these are your enemies. You'll build tooling and infrastructure that lets the rest of the team move fast with confidence.
• Be a groundskeeper of the codebase. You'll help maintain code quality, teach best practices, and mentor junior engineers. The Foundation team sets the standard for how we build software.
• Fight fires and prevent them. When something breaks, you'll help fix it. More importantly, you'll build the systems and practices that keep things from breaking in the first place.
• Work with instant feedback. Your customers are your coworkers. They'll tell you what's working and what's not – no surveys, no quarterly reviews, just direct, honest feedback every day.

Skills

TypeScript

Backend programming

Cloud services

Microservices

Tools

AWS

Graphite

Honeycomb

GitHub Codespaces

Temporal.io

PostgreSQL

GraphQL

AI tooling

Job description

Role: Infrastructure Engineer/architect

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Full-Time Position

Hybrid

What You'll Do

• Keep highly available systems highly available. We process mortgage transactions that can't go down. You'll design, monitor, and improve the infrastructure that makes that possible.
• Make developers more productive. Slow builds, flaky tests, painful deploys – these are your enemies. You'll build tooling and infrastructure that lets the rest of the team move fast with confidence.
• Be a groundskeeper of the codebase. You'll help maintain code quality, teach best practices, and mentor junior engineers. The Foundation team sets the standard for how we build software.
• Fight fires and prevent them. When something breaks, you'll help fix it. More importantly, you'll build the systems and practices that keep things from breaking in the first place.
• Work with instant feedback. Your customers are your coworkers. They'll tell you what's working and what's not – no surveys, no quarterly reviews, just direct, honest feedback every day.

Tech Stack

• AWS (our cloud home)
• TypeScript
• Graphite (stacked PRs and developer workflow)
• Honeycomb (observability)
• GitHub Codespaces (development environments)
• Temporal.io (workflow orchestration)
• SQL (PostgreSQL)
• GraphQL
• AI-driven development tooling and agentic infrastructure

Seniority

• 1 - 4 years of experience as a SWE
• Work experience
• Must: Has contributed to core infrastructure (could include managing a microservice at a larger company)
• Nice to: Experience with microservices, GraphQL APIs, or cross-team platform work

Hard skills

• Must: Proficient in TypeScript and at least one other technology for backend programming
• Must: Experience with any of the following: caching, cloud services, scaling systems, integrations, event-driven systems
• Nice: Experience with backend AWS
• Nice: Postgres or database infrastructure experience